Best Online MBA Programs Ranked by Student / Faculty Ratio 2024

Online MBA Programs Ranked by Student / Faculty Ratio

The faculty/student ratio has become an increasingly important criteria for selective MBA candidates. This ratio is important because many schools use the case-discussion approach to business instruction. With this teaching method, students are asked to read a case write-up of a business experiencing a problem, do their own analysis and prepare a solution to the problem. In-class case discussions are often heated, as the solution to the problem is unclear. But students won’t get much time to participate in these discussions if class sizes are enormous.

More broadly, a higher faculty/student ratio indicates a university pays more faculty members to instruct students and to offer additional guidance. This can be seen as a direct reflection of an institution’s attitude towards their students’ success. For aspiring MBA students who want faculty mentorship, a higher faculty/student ratio is important.

Online MBA Programs Ranked by Student / Faculty Ratio

Rank	University	MBA Student Faculty Ratio
1	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey	1:1
1	Seattle Pacific University	2:1
3	University of Richmond	3:1
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3:1
5	Trinity University	4:1
5	Naval Postgraduate School	4:1
6	Dartmouth College	4:1
7	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	4:1
9	Woodbury University	5:1
9	Willamette University	5:1
10	Simmons University	5:1
11	Stanford University	5:1
12	The University of Chicago	5:1
13	Washington and Lee University	5:1
14	Christopher Newport University	5:1
15	U.S. Coast Guard Academy	5:1
17	Vanderbilt University	6:1
17	University of California, San Diego	6:1
18	The Pennsylvania State University Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies	6:1
19	Yale University	6:1
20	Northwestern University	6:1
21	Columbia University	6:1
22	Meredith College	6:1
23	Rollins College	6:1
24	Brown University	6:1
26	Yeshiva University	7:1
26	University of California, Davis	7:1
27	Millsaps College	7:1
28	Illinois Institute of Technology	7:1
29	Bradley University	7:1
30	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	7:1
31	Harvard University	7:1
32	Tuskegee University	7:1
33	University of Evansville	7:1
34	U.S. Air Force Academy	7:1
36	University of California, Los Angeles	8:1
36	Shenandoah University	8:1
37	Rochester Institute of Technology	8:1
38	Pepperdine University	8:1
39	Ohio Northern University	8:1
40	Michigan Technological University	8:1
41	Frostburg State University	8:1
42	Clarkson University	8:1
43	Clark University	8:1
44	American University	8:1
45	University of Pennsylvania	8:1
46	Virginia Military Institute	8:1
48	Western Washington University	9:1
48	University of Washington Bothell	9:1
49	University of Portland	9:1
50	Stetson University	9:1
51	Siena College	9:1
52	Santa Clara University	9:1
53	Saint Mary's College of California	9:1
54	Rider University	9:1
55	Rice University	9:1
56	Oklahoma City University	9:1
57	Northeastern Illinois University	9:1
58	Niagara University	9:1
59	Emory University	9:1
60	Duke University	9:1
61	Case Western Reserve University	9:1
62	Queens University of Charlotte	9:1
63	University of Washington Tacoma	9:1
64	Adelphi University	9:1
65	Alfred University	9:1
66	Bucknell University	9:1
68	Xavier University	10:1
68	Western Illinois University	10:1
69	Washburn University	10:1
70	The University of Tulsa	10:1
71	University of San Diego	10:1
72	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	10:1
73	University of Nebraska at Kearney	10:1
74	Suffolk University	10:1
75	St. Mary's University	10:1
76	Seattle University	10:1
77	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	10:1
78	Lehigh University	10:1
79	Ithaca College	10:1
80	Governors State University	10:1
81	Cornell University	10:1
82	Carnegie Mellon University	10:1
83	Berry College	10:1
84	Creighton University	10:1
85	Fairleigh Dickinson University	10:1
86	Whitworth University	10:1
87	Morehouse College	10:1
89	Widener University	11:1
89	Washington University in St. Louis	11:1
90	Wake Forest University	11:1
91	Villanova University	11:1
92	Valparaiso University	11:1
93	University of Notre Dame	11:1
94	University of New Hampshire	11:1
95	University of Louisiana at Monroe	11:1
96	University of Detroit Mercy	11:1
97	University of Denver	11:1
98	Stevens Institute of Technology	11:1
99	State University of New York at New Paltz	11:1
100	St. Bonaventure University	11:1
101	Southern Methodist University	11:1
102	Manhattan College	11:1
103	Georgia Institute of Technology	11:1
104	The George Washington University	11:1
105	Drake University	11:1
106	Dominican University	11:1
107	Brigham Young University	11:1
108	Bellarmine University	11:1
109	University of South Alabama	11:1
110	Claremont Graduate University	11:1
111	Lawrence Technological University	11:1
112	Roger Williams University	11:1
113	Western New England University	11:1
114	State University of New York at Fredonia	11:1
116	Le Moyne College	12:1
116	Winthrop University	12:1
117	Utah State University	12:1
118	University of Montevallo	12:1
119	University of Central Arkansas	12:1
120	University of Baltimore	12:1
121	University of Alaska Anchorage	12:1
122	St. John Fisher College	12:1
123	St. Cloud State University	12:1
124	Salisbury University	12:1
125	Saint Louis University	12:1
126	Rockhurst University	12:1
127	Pacific Lutheran University	12:1
128	Missouri University of Science and Technology	12:1
129	Marshall University	12:1
130	Marquette University	12:1
131	La Salle University	12:1
132	St. John's University	12:1
133	Iona University	12:1
134	Indiana University Southeast	12:1
135	Indiana University Northwest	12:1
136	Hofstra University	12:1
137	Duquesne University	12:1
138	Drury University	12:1
139	Chapman University	12:1
140	Butler University	12:1
141	Brandeis University	12:1
142	Boston College	12:1
143	The University of North Carolina at Asheville	12:1
144	University of Hartford	12:1
145	Gonzaga University	12:1
146	University of South Carolina Upstate	12:1
147	University of Mary Washington	12:1
148	University at Buffalo	12:1
149	Virginia State University	12:1
150	Salem State University	12:1
151	Elizabeth City State University MBA	12:1
153	University of Wyoming	13:1
153	University of Wisconsin-Madison	13:1
154	University of Southern Mississippi	13:1
155	University of Scranton	13:1
156	University of San Francisco	13:1
157	University of Rochester	13:1
158	The University of Michigan-Dearborn	13:1
159	University of Miami	13:1
160	University of Delaware	13:1
161	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	13:1
162	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	13:1
163	The University of Akron	13:1
164	Truman State University	13:1
165	Southern University at New Orleans	13:1
166	Southern Arkansas University	13:1
167	Robert Morris University	13:1
168	Radford University	13:1
169	New York Institute of Technology	13:1
170	Monmouth University	13:1
171	Middle Tennessee State University	13:1
172	Mercer University-Macon and Atlanta Campuses	13:1
173	Loyola University New Orleans	13:1
174	Loyola University Chicago	13:1
175	Longwood University	13:1
176	Jacksonville University	13:1
177	Indiana University Kokomo	13:1
178	Idaho State University	13:1
179	Georgetown University	13:1
180	Francis Marion University	13:1
181	Colorado State University-Pueblo	13:1
182	College of William and Mary	13:1
183	Canisius College	13:1
184	Baylor University	13:1
185	Babson College	13:1
186	Augusta University	13:1
187	Susquehanna University	13:1
188	Philadelphia University	13:1
189	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	13:1
190	Union University	13:1
191	University of Dayton	13:1
192	Loyola Marymount University	13:1
193	Elon University	13:1
194	Ball State University	13:1
195	University of St. Thomas-Houston	13:1
196	The College of New Jersey	13:1
197	Fairleigh Dickinson University	13:1
198	Mississippi College	13:1
199	Brooklyn College of the City University of New York	13:1
201	Wright State University	14:1
201	Western Carolina University	14:1
202	University of West Georgia	14:1
203	University of the Pacific	14:1
204	University of Southern Maine	14:1
205	University of Southern California	14:1
206	The University of Michigan	14:1
207	University of Alaska Fairbanks	14:1
208	Tulane University	14:1
209	Towson University	14:1
210	Thunderbird School of Global Management	14:1
211	Texas Christian University	14:1
212	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	14:1
213	Southeast Missouri State University	14:1
214	Purdue University Calumet	14:1
215	Purdue University	14:1
216	The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg	14:1
217	The Pennsylvania State University at Erie The Behrend College	14:1
218	New York University	14:1
219	New Mexico State University	14:1
220	Morehead State University	14:1
221	Missouri Western State University	14:1
222	Midwestern State University	14:1
223	Louisiana Tech University	14:1
224	Louisiana State University	14:1
225	Johns Hopkins University	14:1
226	Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne	14:1
227	Florida Southern College	14:1
228	Eastern Michigan University	14:1
229	East Tennessee State University	14:1
230	College of Charleston	14:1
231	Central Washington University	14:1
232	Bentley University	14:1
233	Appalachian State University	14:1
234	The State University of New York Polytechnic Institute	14:1
235	Samford University	14:1
236	The University of North Carolina at Pembroke	14:1
237	Ouachita Baptist University	14:1
238	University of Hawaii at Hilo	14:1
239	Western Connecticut State University	14:1
240	Purdue University Northwest	14:1
241	Howard University	14:1
242	University of Central Oklahoma	14:1
243	State University of New York College at Plattsburgh	14:1
244	University of Hawaii at Manoa	14:1
245	Fort Lewis College	14:1
246	Texas A&M University-Texarkana	14:1
247	Slippery Rock University	14:1
248	State University of New York College at Oneonta	14:1
250	Winston-Salem State University	15:1
250	University of Washington	15:1
251	University of Virginia-Darden	15:1
252	University of Vermont	15:1
253	The University of Texas at Austin	15:1
254	University of Tennessee at Martin	15:1
255	University of Pittsburgh	15:1
256	University of Nebraska at Omaha	15:1
257	University of Minnesota	15:1
258	The University of Michigan-Flint	15:1
259	University of Illinois at Springfield	15:1
260	Syracuse University	15:1
261	State University of New York College at Brockport	15:1
262	Seton Hall University	15:1
263	Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey-Camden	15:1
264	Northeastern University	15:1
265	New Jersey Institute of Technology	15:1
266	Miami University	15:1
267	John Carroll University	15:1
268	Fordham University	15:1
269	Eastern Illinois University	15:1
270	Central Connecticut State University	15:1
271	Auburn University at Montgomery	15:1
272	Arkansas State University	15:1
273	Montana State University-Billings	15:1
274	Fairfield University	15:1
275	Clark Atlanta University	15:1
276	Saint Xavier University	15:1
277	Long Island University-Post Campus	15:1
279	University of Wisconsin Oshkosh	16:1
279	The University of Texas at Tyler	16:1
280	The University of Tampa	16:1
281	University of Southern Indiana	16:1
282	University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras	16:1
283	University of Northern Iowa	16:1
284	University of North Carolina Wilmington	16:1
285	University of Missouri-St. Louis	16:1
286	University of Massachusetts Boston	16:1
287	University of Maryland	16:1
288	University of Kansas	16:1
289	University of Idaho	16:1
290	University of Dallas	16:1
291	University of Connecticut	16:1
292	Tennessee Technological University	16:1
293	State University of New York at Geneseo	16:1
294	Saginaw Valley State University	16:1
295	Rowan University	16:1
296	Pittsburg State University	16:1
297	Old Dominion University	16:1
298	Marist College	16:1
299	Jackson State University	16:1
300	Indiana State University	16:1
301	Henderson State University	16:1
302	Eastern Kentucky University	16:1
303	Cleveland State University	16:1
304	Bowling Green State University	16:1
305	Delaware State University	16:1
306	University of Oklahoma	16:1
307	University of Arkansas at Fort Smith	16:1
308	King's College	16:1
309	Ramapo College of New Jersey	16:1
310	Montclair State University	16:1
311	Belmont University	16:1
312	Georgia College & State University	16:1
313	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	16:1
314	North Carolina Central University	16:1
316	Western Kentucky University	17:1
316	West Texas A&M University	17:1
317	Washington State University	17:1
318	Virginia Commonwealth University	17:1
319	Valdosta State University	17:1
320	University of Wisconsin-Parkside	17:1
321	The University of Rhode Island	17:1
322	University of Northern Colorado	17:1
323	University of Montana	17:1
324	University of Missouri-Kansas City	17:1
325	University of Louisville	17:1
326	The University of Iowa	17:1
327	University of Alabama in Huntsville	17:1
328	University at Albany, State University of New York	17:1
329	Texas State University	17:1
330	Stephen F. Austin State University	17:1
331	Southeastern Louisiana University	17:1
332	South Carolina State University	17:1
333	Shippensburg University	17:1
334	Quinnipiac University	17:1
335	Providence College	17:1
336	Oakland University	17:1
337	Nicholls State University	17:1
338	James Madison University	17:1
339	Indiana University Bloomington/Indianapolis	17:1
340	Georgia Southwestern State University	17:1
341	Drexel University	17:1
342	DePaul University	17:1
343	Clayton State University	17:1
344	The Citadel	17:1
345	Central Michigan University	17:1
346	Bryant University	17:1
347	Abilene Christian University	17:1
348	University of North Georgia	17:1
349	Indiana University Bloomington	17:1
350	SUNY University at Albany	17:1
351	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	17:1
352	Morgan State University	17:1
353	Stonehill College	17:1
354	Winona State University	17:1
356	West Virginia University	18:1
356	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	18:1
357	University of Toledo	18:1
358	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	18:1
359	University of South Dakota	18:1
360	University of South Carolina	18:1
361	University of New Orleans	18:1
362	University of New Haven	18:1
363	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	18:1
364	University of Illinois at Chicago	18:1
365	University of Houston-Victoria	18:1
366	University of Colorado at Boulder	18:1
367	Texas A&M University	18:1
368	Stockton University	18:1
369	San Francisco State University	18:1
370	Sacred Heart University	18:1
371	Prairie View A&M University	18:1
372	Pace University	18:1
373	Oregon State University	18:1
374	Oklahoma State University	18:1
375	Northern Michigan University	18:1
376	Northern Illinois University	18:1
377	North Dakota State University	18:1
378	Montana State University	18:1
379	Loyola University Maryland	18:1
380	Iowa State University	18:1
381	Clarion University of Pennsylvania	18:1
382	California State University, Los Angeles	18:1
383	Black Hills State University	18:1
384	Arkansas Tech University	18:1
385	Southern University and A&M College	18:1
386	Texas A&M University-Kingsville	18:1
387	University of Minnesota Duluth	18:1
388	University of Houston-Clear Lake	18:1
389	Fayetteville State University	18:1
390	Metropolitan State University of Denver	18:1
391	Troy University	18:1
392	Menlo College	18:1
394	Western Michigan University	19:1
394	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	19:1
395	University of St. Thomas-Minnesota	19:1
396	The University of North Dakota	19:1
397	University of Central Missouri	19:1
398	University of California, Berkeley	19:1
399	Temple University	19:1
400	Ohio University	19:1
401	North Carolina A&T State University	19:1
402	Murray State University	19:1
403	McNeese State University	19:1
404	Kent State University	19:1
405	Grand Valley State University	19:1
406	George Mason University	19:1
407	Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	19:1
408	Weber State University	19:1
409	Jacksonville State University	19:1
410	California State University, Bakersfield	19:1
411	Alabama A&M University	19:1
413	William Paterson University	20:1
413	University of North Florida	20:1
414	University of North Alabama	20:1
415	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	20:1
416	University of California, Irvine	20:1
417	Sam Houston State University	20:1
418	Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey-Newark/New Brunswick	20:1
419	Northern Arizona University	20:1
420	Indiana University South Bend	20:1
421	Illinois State University	20:1
422	Eastern Washington University	20:1
423	Columbus State University	20:1
424	Coastal Carolina University	20:1
425	California State University, Stanislaus	20:1
426	California State University, Chico	20:1
427	Boston University	20:1
428	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	20:1
429	Oklahoma State University	20:1
430	Wichita State University	20:1
431	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	20:1
432	Mississippi State University	20:1
433	Norfolk State University	20:1
435	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	21:1
435	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	21:1
436	University of Utah	21:1
437	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro	21:1
438	The University of Memphis	21:1
439	University of Kentucky	21:1
440	University of California, Riverside	21:1
441	University of Arkansas	21:1
442	Texas Wesleyan University	21:1
443	Tennessee State University	21:1
444	Michigan State University	21:1
445	Emporia State University	21:1
446	Boise State University	21:1
447	Binghamton University	21:1
448	Barry University	21:1
449	Texas A&M University-Commerce	21:1
450	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	21:1
451	Savannah State University	21:1
453	University of Tennessee at Knoxville	22:1
453	University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee	22:1
454	University of South Florida St. Petersburg	22:1
455	University of Massachusetts Lowell	22:1
456	Texas Tech University	22:1
457	State University of New York at Oswego	22:1
458	Saint Joseph's University	22:1
459	Minnesota State University, Mankato	22:1
460	California State University, San Bernardino	22:1
461	California State University, Long Beach	22:1
462	California State University, East Bay	22:1
463	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	22:1
464	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	22:1
465	University of Oklahoma	22:1
466	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	22:1
467	California State University, Dominguez Hills	22:1
468	Sonoma State University	22:1
470	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	23:1
470	The University of Texas at Dallas	23:1
471	University of Oregon	23:1
472	The University of New Mexico	23:1
473	University of Nevada, Reno	23:1
474	University of Maine	23:1
475	University of Cincinnati	23:1
476	The Pennsylvania State University	23:1
477	Northern Kentucky University	23:1
478	North Carolina State University	23:1
479	Kutztown University	23:1
480	Kansas State University	23:1
481	California State Polytechnic University Pomona	23:1
482	Texas A&M International University	23:1
483	University of Alabama at Birmingham	23:1
484	Lander University	23:1
486	University of West Florida	24:1
486	The University of Texas at El Paso	24:1
487	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	24:1
488	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	24:1
489	University of Houston	24:1
490	University of Colorado Denver	24:1
491	University at Buffalo, State University of New York	24:1
492	Kennesaw State University	24:1
493	Georgia Southern University	24:1
494	Florida Gulf Coast University	24:1
495	East Carolina University	24:1
496	Colorado State University	24:1
497	California State University, Fullerton	24:1
498	Hult International Business School	24:1
500	Wayne State University	25:1
500	Utah Valley University	25:1
501	The University of Texas at San Antonio	25:1
502	The University of Texas at Arlington	25:1
503	The University of Georgia	25:1
504	Texas Southern University	25:1
505	Missouri State University	25:1
506	Florida International University	25:1
507	California State University, Fresno	25:1
508	University of Houston-Downtown	25:1
509	Minnesota State University Moorhead	25:1
510	Grambling State University	25:1
512	Youngstown State University	26:1
512	University of South Florida	26:1
513	The Ohio State University	26:1
514	Georgia State University	26:1
515	Clemson University	26:1
516	West Chester University	26:1
517	University of South Carolina Aiken	26:1
518	Purdue University Global	26:1
519	Portland State University	26:1
521	University of Massachusetts Amherst	27:1
521	The University of Alabama	27:1
522	Dalton State College	27:1
524	University of North Texas	28:1
524	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	28:1
525	Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Gurabo	28:1
527	University of Central Florida	29:1
527	Florida Atlantic University	29:1
528	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	29:1
530	University of Missouri	30:1
530	California State University, Sacramento	30:1
531	California State University, Northridge	30:1
532	Baruch College-The City University of New York	30:1
533	Auburn University	30:1
535	Florida State University	31:1
535	San Jose State University	31:1
537	University of Florida	32:1
537	The University of Arizona	32:1
539	Lamar University	33:1
540	Arizona State University	34:1
541	The University of Texas of the Permian Basin	35:1
541	The University of Mississippi	35:1
543	Southern Utah University	37:1
544	San Diego State University	47:1
545	Louisiana State University Shreveport	63:1

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Online MBA Programs with the Lowest and Highest Student / Faculty Ratios

Faculty/student ratios vary dramatically from one online MBA program to another. Western Kentucky University, for instance, has about one professor for every 285 students. The University of Arizona, on the other hand, has about one professor for every 2.9 students. It’s easy to see which program provides students with more faculty interaction.

Explore the online MBA programs by Student / Faculty ratios in our table below.

Related to the student faculty ratio metric is the Best Faculty metric which measures the number of professors with a doctorate degree, the number of support staff, the number of part-and full-time professors.

Considering a Campus MBA Option

While considering the faculty/student ratios at online MBA programs, don’t forget to take a look at the campus MBA programs near you. Advances in technology have made online instruction much closer to the classroom experience than it has been in the class. Nonetheless, once you have your MBA diploma in hand, you’ll want to use it to advance your career. Faculty with connections in businesses close to where you live will be of more assistance with that.