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College of Business Rankings

The University of Louisville is proud to be recognized as one of the top MBA programs in the world. Our focus on entrepreneurship and free enterprise creates one of the best colleges of business for students and faculty equipped who want to build something that lasts.

2023 Featured Rankings

#1 In Kentucky | The Princeton Review
Entrepreneurship Graduate Programs
#44 Global MBA, Tier 1 University
CEO Magazine
The Princeton Review Entrepreneurship Rankings

The Princeton Review Graduate Program Ranking

#6 2023 Top South Entrepreneurship: Graduate
#36 2023 Graduate Entrepreneurship
Program Ranking

Eduniversal Best Masters 2022 Rankings

#27 Full Time MBA
#26 Professional MBA
#78 Innovation MBA in the U.S.
#26 Master of Accountancy (MAC)
EdUniversal's Best Masters Global Program Rankings

AVERAGE ANNUAL STARTING SALARIES, 2023

$56.6K UNDERGRADUATE
$84K MBA
$74K MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS
$60K MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY
91% Employed in field within three months of graduation
130,000 UofL alumni worldwide

U.S. News and World Report Rankings

#17 Online BSBA in the U.S. 2023
#26 Online MBA for veterans in the U.S. 2023
#42 Online MBA in the U.S. 2023
#143 Professional MBA in the U.S. 2023
U.S. News Best College Rankings

Additional Rankings

#61 2021 Best Universities in the South
Forbes Magazine
#73 Kiplinger's Best College Values
(Public Universities) 2019
#93 2021 Top Business Schools
Poets & Quants
Kiplinger Best Values in Colleges

Undergraduate Acceptance & Academics

47% Acceptance rate
22-29 ACT range
28:1 Student-to-faculty ratio
23 Degrees and minors offered

Retention and Graduation Rates

96.1% 1st year student retention rate
71.5% Overall graduation rate

Post-graduation

University of Louisville students are positioned and supported to succeed immediately and over the long term with lifetime access to career support services. The Ulmer Career Management Center staff are dedicated to providing career coaching and interview preparation services at any point in an alum's career.


*Placement (employment) rates are derived from sources that include data from a 2017 Ulmer Career Management Center graduate survey and self-reported data from LinkedIn about graduates' employment after they received their degrees.