In addition to its overall ranking of business schools, U.S. News also ranks schools in 13 specialty categories:
- Accounting
- Business analytics
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Insurance / Risk Management
- International Business
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Production / Operations Management
- Quantitative Analysis / Methods
- Real Estate
- Supply Chain Management / Logistics
The magazine asks respondents to the peer assessment survey to nominate up to 15 of the best programs in the 13 business specialty areas. Programs that receive the most mentions in each area are ranked in descending order by number of mentions.
As with the magazine’s specialty rankings for MBA programs, the undergrad rankings include some long winning streaks — among them, the University of Texas at Austin atop the Accounting category, the University of South Carolina in International Business, and Michigan State University atop Supply Chain/Logistics.
But the longest streak is owned by Babson College, which was named No. 1 for the 28th year in a row.
“Babson College is proud to retain our place as the No. 1 undergraduate school for entrepreneurship,” Babson President Stephen Spinelli tells P&Q. “Our community has been pioneers in entrepreneurship education for decades, and this recognition validates our commitment to advancing entrepreneurial thought leadership and practice. The substantial impact that our more than 45,000 alumni have on the world affirms what we’ve long known — that entrepreneurship must be taught to move society forward.”
Among the biggest jumps in standing in entrepreneurship — or any category — was the one for the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, which surged 17 places to land 14th.
“Our world is changing in fundamental, revolutionary ways, via the energy transition and the implementation of generative AI. I can’t imagine a school better suited to prepare leaders ready to lead these transformative changes,” says Peter Rodriguez, dean of the Jones School. “Our course curriculum combined with real-world global experiences ensures that our graduates are ready to meet and shape the future of business.”
| Accounting | Analytics |
| 1 – University of Texas at Austin | 1 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2 – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 2 – Carnegie Mellon University |
| 3 – Brigham Young University | 3 – Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 4 – Indiana University | 4 – New York University |
| 5 – University of Pennsylvania | 4 – University of Pennsylvania |
| Entrepreneurship | Finance |
| 1 – Babson College | 1 – University of Pennsylvania |
| 2 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2 – New York University |
| 2 – University of Michigan | 3 – University of Texas at Austin |
| 4 – UC-Berkeley | 4 – University of Michigan |
| 5 – Indiana University | 5 – UC-Berkeley |
| Insurance | International Business |
| 1 – University of Georgia | 1 – University of South Carolina |
| 2 – University of Wisconsin – Madison | 2 – Florida International University |
| 3 – Georgia State University | 3 – Georgetown University |
| 4 – Florida State University | 4 – George Washington University |
| 4 – Temple University | 5 – New York University |
| Management | Management IS |
| 1 – University of Pennsylvania | 1 – Carnegie Mellon University |
| 2 – University of Michigan | 2 – University of Arizona |
| 3 – UC-Berkeley | 3 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 4 – University of Texas at Austin | 4 – Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 5 – New York University | 5 – University of Texas at Austin |
| Marketing | Production Operations Management |
| 1 – University of Michigan | 1 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2 – University of Pennsylvania | 2 – University of Michigan |
| 3 – Indiana University | 3 – Michigan State University |
| 4 – University of Texas at Austin | 4 – University of Pennsylvania |
| 5 – New York University | 5 – Purdue University |
| Quant Analysis | Real Estate |
| 1 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 – University of Wisconsin – Madison |
| 2 – Carnegie Mellon University | 2 – University of Pennsylvania |
| 3 – University of Pennsylvania | 3 – New York University |
| 4 – UC-Berkeley | 3 – University of Georgia |
| 5 – University of Michigan | 3 – University of Southern California |
| 5 – University of Texas at Austin |
| Supply Chain Management | |
| 1 – Michigan State University | |
| 2 – Arizona State University | |
| 3 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| 4 – University of Tennessee – Knoxville | |
| 5 – The Ohio State University |
