Cleveland, Ohio · Private · Class size 45
Weatherhead's healthcare management lane runs on University Circle adjacency, and its appreciative-inquiry tradition gave management consulting one of its standard tools.
Waltham, Massachusetts · Private · Class size 40
Brandeis IBS runs finance and economics master's programs with a genuinely global student body; the MBA is the small generalist wing.
Lexington, Kentucky · Public · Class size 45
Gatton's accelerated format and sub-$45,000 resident cost serve the UPS-Amazon logistics belt and Kentucky's healthcare systems.
Davis, California · Public · Class size 50
Davis's world-leading food and agricultural science gives its small MBA a defensible specialty; Sacramento and the wine industry supply the rest.
Louisville, Kentucky · Public · Class size 40
Worldport's all-night hub economy and Humana's headquarters give Louisville's MBA two dependable customers.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama · Public · Class size 45
Mercedes, Hyundai's suppliers, and Regions Bank hire Manderson's small class into Alabama's quietly industrial economy.
Atlanta, Georgia · Public · Class size 50
Transaction Alley processes most of America's card payments, and Robinson's risk and fintech programs staff it from downtown.
Auburn, Alabama · Public · Class size 40
Harbert's online MBA is a fixture in U.S. News's online-MBA top tier, and the Auburn family hires its own across the Southeast's industrial economy.
Lawrence, Kansas · Public · Class size 35
KU jumped 21 spots to No. 51 in the 2026 U.S. News table — the year's largest rise — on outcomes the Kansas City metro has been buying all along.
Oxford, Mississippi · Public · Class size 35
Oxford charm, a compressed calendar, and a sub-$40,000 resident invoice — Ole Miss keeps the MBA simple.
Santa Clara, California · Private · Class size 50
Leavey sits physically inside Silicon Valley — Nvidia is a bike ride away — and its part-time program has moved Valley engineers into management for fifty years.
Starkville, Mississippi · Public · Class size 30
MSU's MBA serves the agricultural-industrial economy the coastal rankings never see, at a total cost near $32,000 in-state.
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