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The premier public business school in the Northwest, the Foster School is ranked by U.S. News & World Report, Businessweek, Financial Times, Fortune, QS World University Rankings, Princeton Review, and Poets & Quants. As a public business school, we are committed to access and community engagement as well as providing students with a transformational learning experience.

Full-Time MBA Program

Source Northwest Nationwide / Worldwide (w) Public Universities
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 1 27 9
Financial Times, 2024 1 16/30 (w) 4
Poets & Quants, 2024-25 1 19 6
Bloomberg Businessweek, 2024-25 1 24 7
Fortune, 2025 1 25 7

Evening MBA Program

Source Northwest Nationwide / Worldwide (w) Public Universities
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 1 10 5
Fortune, 2024 1 11 7

Executive MBA Program

Source Northwest Nationwide / Worldwide (w) Public Universities
Poets & Quants, 2023 1 14 5
QS World University Rankings, 2022 1 23 8

Hybrid MBA Program

Source Northwest Nationwide / Worldwide (w) Public Universities
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 1 3 2
Poets & Quants, “Best Online Programs of 2024” 1 2 2
QS World University Rankings, 2022 1 7/14(w) 5
Fortune, Best Online Programs 2024 1 4 3

MBA Specialty Rankings

Source Northwest Nationwide / Worldwide (w) Public Universities
U.S. News & World Report, 2025
Accounting 2 29 11
Business Analytics 2 19 7
Entrepreneurship 2 21 6
Information Systems 1 10 7
Supply Chain Management 1 21 16
Financial Times, 2024
Research 1 7/7 (w) 2
Source & Program Northwest Nationwide / Worldwide (w) Public Universities
QS World Master’s Ranking, 2025
Business Analytics 1 8/21 (w) 3
Supply Chain Management 1 3/9 (w) 2
Princeton Review, 2023
Graduate Entrepreneurship 1 7 4
Source Northwest Nationwide / Worldwide (w) Public Universities
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 1 18 9
Poets & Quants, 2024 1 19 7

Undergraduate Specialty Rankings

Source Northwest Nationwide / Worldwide (w) Public Universities
U.S. News & World Report, 2025
Accounting 1 24 12
Management 1 26 15
Marketing 2 33 12
Finance 1 19 10

Each ranking organization uses a different methodology that prioritizes different metrics and outcomes. To help applicants find the U.S. schools that best match their priorities, Foster created the MBA Rankings Calculator with data from major news and rankings organizations. Try our agnostic Rankings Calculator tool below to help find your top 30 best-fit schools and build your own personalized business school rankings.

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Hybrid MBA students at the UW Foster School of Business benefit from the tight integration into Seattle’s business communityRead More

UW Foster Hybrid MBA Rises to #3 in U.S. News Ranking of Online MBA Programs

UW program cracks the top 20 for the first time based on solid employment rates and high admission standardsRead More

UW Foster Jumps 5 Spots in Poets and Quants Rankings of Best Undergrad Business Programs

The UW Foster School of Business has ascended three spots to claim the #17 position in the Poets & Quants 2023-2024 MBA RankingRead More

Foster jumps three spots to #17 in Poets&Quants 2023-2024 MBA Ranking