Campus MBA Programs by Best Faculty
Faculty strength is a hard thing to measure. You need to look at a variety of numbers to get a sense of the access you’ll have to professors inside and outside of the classroom and how qualified they are to teach. You’ll want to look at the number of faculty a program has, the percent of the faculty that are employed full-time versus part-time, and the percentage of the professors who have doctorate degrees. If you plan to enroll in an MBA program rather than just pick up a business book from the shelf at Barnes and Noble, it’s worth digging into these statistics to see what you’re getting for your investment in tuition dollars.
100 Best MBA Programs Ranked by the Best Faculty
Rank |
University
|
Full-Time Faculty | Full & Part-Time Faculty | FT Faculty with Doctorate |
1 |
Indiana University Bloomington/Indianapolis |
322 | 32,869 | 66.30% |
2 |
Baruch College-The City University of New York |
189 | 30,259 | 93.20% |
3 |
The University of Texas at Dallas |
223 | 26,267 | 81.00% |
4 |
Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey-Newark/New Brunswick |
222 | 26,176 | 76.90% |
5 |
University of Southern California |
227 | 24,855 | 83.00% |
6 |
Temple University |
193 | 23,652 | 83.90% |
7 |
The University of Texas at Austin |
186 | 22,023 | 86.00% |
8 |
Cornell University |
182 | 20,956 | 94.00% |
9 |
DePaul University |
152 | 20,486 | 85.50% |
10 |
Northeastern University |
163 | 20,266 | 89.00% |
11 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
178 | 20,101 | 85.40% |
12 |
California State University, Fullerton |
145 | 19,986 | 90.70% |
13 |
University of South Carolina |
164 | 19,667 | 79.30% |
14 |
University of Delaware |
155 | 18,725 | 89.50% |
15 |
The Ohio State University |
164 | 18,615 | 67.00% |
16 |
Texas A&M University |
152 | 18,502 | 78.00% |
17 |
Boston University |
162 | 18,326 | 72.00% |
18 |
Georgia State University |
140 | 17,775 | 78.70% |
19 |
University of Arkansas |
137 | 17,679 | 79.80% |
20 |
The University of Michigan |
132 | 17,407 | 92.00% |
21 |
The University of Alabama |
162 | 17,323 | 79.50% |
22 |
University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
155 | 16,841 | 88.90% |
23 |
University of South Florida |
145 | 16,822 | 82.10% |
24 |
University of Miami |
147 | 16,525 | 77.00% |
25 |
University of Utah |
134 | 16,402 | 75.20% |
26 |
University of Maryland |
147 | 16,266 | 87.00% |
27 |
Oklahoma State University |
126 | 15,926 | 92.10% |
28 |
University of Connecticut |
126 | 15,919 | 83.00% |
29 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
133 | 15,787 | 74.00% |
30 |
Brigham Young University |
139 | 15,575 | 89.00% |
31 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
136 | 15,496 | 82.60% |
32 |
The University of Iowa |
134 | 15,451 | 77.50% |
33 |
Oklahoma State University |
135 | 15,358 | -0 |
34 |
The University of Texas at San Antonio |
129 | 15,325 | 89.80% |
35 |
University of Notre Dame |
135 | 15,042 | 80.00% |
36 |
Babson College |
140 | 15,033 | 84.00% |
37 |
Suffolk University |
111 | 15,025 | 82.60% |
38 |
George Mason University |
117 | 14,983 | 77.40% |
39 |
Boston College |
126 | 14,767 | -0 |
40 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
104 | 14,533 | 100.00% |
41 |
The University of Arizona |
133 | 14,365 | 83.70% |
42 |
Middle Tennessee State University |
124 | 13,874 | 87.30% |
43 |
University of North Texas |
114 | 13,803 | 82.10% |
44 |
The George Washington University |
116 | 13,633 | 96.00% |
45 |
California State University, Los Angeles |
86 | 13,588 | 97.10% |
46 |
San Francisco State University |
118 | 13,413 | 100.00% |
47 |
University of Colorado at Boulder |
126 | 13,393 | 78.20% |
48 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
124 | 13,366 | 83.90% |
49 |
Santa Clara University |
126 | 13,341 | 85.40% |
50 |
Hult International Business School |
98 | 13,182 | 83.30% |
51 |
University of Denver |
107 | 13,166 | 68.90% |
52 |
The University of Texas at Arlington |
114 | 13,125 | 83.20% |
53 |
University of Houston-Downtown |
83 | 13,092 | 78.00% |
54 |
Duke University |
109 | 13,001 | 96.00% |
55 |
Michigan State University |
115 | 12,965 | 89.10% |
56 |
Clemson University |
111 | 12,784 | 71.10% |
57 |
Iowa State University |
117 | 12,567 | 77.50% |
58 |
Old Dominion University |
106 | 12,535 | 76.80% |
59 |
Texas Christian University |
101 | 12,328 | 95.80% |
60 |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
115 | 12,175 | 86.30% |
60 |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
117 | 12,175 | 85.00% |
62 |
Appalachian State University |
112 | 12,125 | 85.10% |
63 |
American University |
85 | 12,016 | 80.30% |
64 |
Utah Valley University |
94 | 11,993 | 67.20% |
65 |
University of New Hampshire |
103 | 11,967 | 78.70% |
66 |
University of Central Florida |
110 | 11,936 | 71.80% |
67 |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
95 | 11,892 | 87.80% |
68 |
Louisiana State University |
102 | 11,888 | 82.40% |
69 |
Towson University |
102 | 11,825 | 75.50% |
70 |
Grand Valley State University |
97 | 11,783 | 76.60% |
71 |
Washington State University |
99 | 11,742 | 81.70% |
72 |
Georgetown University |
107 | 11,733 | 100.00% |
73 |
Pepperdine University |
103 | 11,692 | 79.70% |
74 |
University of Cincinnati |
103 | 11,691 | 85.90% |
75 |
University of Florida |
107 | 11,637 | 94.00% |
76 |
Texas Tech University |
114 | 11,623 | 82.30% |
77 |
Villanova University |
99 | 11,621 | 84.50% |
78 |
East Carolina University |
109 | 11,545 | 70.10% |
79 |
University of Oregon |
86 | 11,428 | 79.50% |
80 |
University of Kansas |
94 | 11,394 | 84.10% |
81 |
Pace University |
95 | 11,228 | 88.20% |
82 |
University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
92 | 11,208 | 88.20% |
83 |
St. John's University |
90 | 11,183 | 95.90% |
84 |
West Virginia University |
93 | 11,017 | 78.90% |
85 |
Auburn University |
100 | 10,766 | 91.10% |
86 |
San Jose State University |
71 | 10,727 | -0 |
87 |
Central Michigan University |
106 | 10,725 | 70.60% |
88 |
Lehigh University |
92 | 10,595 | 89.70% |
89 |
Southern Methodist University |
94 | 10,577 | 92.00% |
90 |
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
99 | 10,517 | 90.00% |
91 |
San Diego State University |
73 | 10,496 | 96.10% |
92 |
University of Massachusetts Lowell |
75 | 10,375 | 75.40% |
93 |
North Carolina State University |
93 | 10,238 | 67.90% |
94 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
93 | 10,164 | 81.00% |
95 |
University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
71 | 10,116 | 79.00% |
96 |
Utah State University |
93 | 9,742 | 72.10% |
97 |
University of Louisville |
86 | 9,707 | 77.90% |
98 |
University of Dayton |
77 | 9,663 | 75.80% |
99 |
Loyola University Chicago |
81 | 9,571 | 81.00% |
100 |
Missouri State University |
79 | 8,933 | -0 |
- The average number of full-time faculty for on-campus MBA in programs is 63
- The lowest number of full-time faculty for on-campus MBA in programs is 4
- The highest number of full-time faculty for on-campus MBA in programs is 322
- The average percentage of MBA full-time faculty with a Doctorate degree 84%
- The lowest percentage of MBA full-time faculty with a Doctorate degree 50%
- The highest percentage of MBA full-time faculty with a Doctorate degree 120%
Knowing that your professor is an industry influencer and has extensive teaching experience in the field of is a clear sign that a program delivers high quality education.
50 MBA Programs with the Most Full-Time Faculty
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Indiana University Bloomington/Indianapolis
- 322
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Arizona State University
- 247
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University of Southern California
- 227
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The University of Texas at Dallas
- 223
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Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey-Newark/New Brunswick
- 222
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Temple University
- 193
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Baruch College-The City University of New York
- 189
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The University of Texas at Austin
- 186
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Cornell University
- 182
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 178
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The University of Georgia
- 175
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Kennesaw State University
- 169
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Bentley University
- 166
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The Pennsylvania State University
- 165
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University of South Carolina
- 164
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The Ohio State University
- 164
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Northeastern University
- 163
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Boston University
- 162
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The University of Alabama
- 162
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Baylor University
- 159
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Florida International University
- 157
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University of Delaware
- 155
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University of Tennessee at Knoxville
- 155
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Texas A&M University
- 152
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DePaul University
- 152
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Miami University
- 149
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University of Maryland
- 147
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University of Miami
- 147
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California State University, Fullerton
- 145
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University of South Florida
- 145
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Georgia State University
- 140
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Babson College
- 140
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University of Minnesota
- 139
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Brigham Young University
- 139
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University of Arkansas
- 137
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- 136
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University of Notre Dame
- 135
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Oklahoma State University
- 135
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University of Utah
- 134
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The University of Iowa
- 134
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The University of Arizona
- 133
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 133
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Florida Atlantic University
- 132
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The University of Michigan
- 132
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Purdue University
- 131
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Fordham University
- 130
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The University of Texas at San Antonio
- 129
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University of Houston
- 129
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James Madison University
- 128
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Santa Clara University
- 126

MBA Programs Ranked by the Best Faculty
MBA Programs with the Highest and Lowest Full-Time Faculty
The campus MBA program with the largest total full- and part-time faculty is the Indiana University Bloomington/Indianapolis. The program has 32,869 faculty, 322 of which are full time and 66.3% of whom have a doctorate degree.
The University of Hawaii at Hilo has the smallest faculty, with 17 full- and part-time professors, 12 of which of are employed full-time. All of University of Hawaii-Hilo’s faculty have doctorate degrees. Consider these numbers in conjunction with faculty/student ratios to see whether a program’s faculty is strong but spread thin across a large student body, or whether it’s small but still sufficient to give you the personalized attention you need.
See our online MBA programs ranked by faculty strength.
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