Outlet: The Daily Pennsylvanian

The Wharton School was No. 1 in the Financial Times’ 2025 list of the top-100 business schools with global MBA programs.

This year marks the second in a row that Wharton has topped the list. Columbia Business School in New York took second place on this year’s list, followed by IESE Business School in Spain.

The Feb. 16 rankings analyze 21 wide-ranging factors across 125 schools, including academic research output, alumni salaries, and the program’s carbon footprint. Alumni responses to surveys inform eight criteria, which account for 56% of the ranking. Data provided by the schools provides information for an additional 12 criteria, which make up 34% of the ranking. A school’s research rank, which is the final factor, accounts for the remaining 10%.

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