Accreditation and Rankings
AACSB International
Accreditation from the world's leading accrediting association for business schools certifies that Olin’s programs meet or exceed a wide range of rigorous quality standards for curriculum, research, admissions, graduation requirements and resources.
EQUIS
EQUIS accreditation ensures rigorous quality control, benchmarking a school against international standards in terms of governance, programs, students, faculty, research, internationalization, ethics, responsibility and sustainability, as well as engagement with the world of practice.
Recent Rankings
Not only is Olin Business School part of Washington University—itself a top university—but our programs are recognized the world over for their contributions to real business application, research and innovation. Whether you come through our doors as an undergraduate student, a master’s or doctoral candidate, or a working professional at the height of your career, you can count on receiving a highly respected education from one of America's most lauded business schools.
Undergraduate
#11 undergraduate business program, Poets & Quants, 2024
#18 (tie) undergraduate business program, US News & World Report, 2025
#8 undergraduate program for entrepreneurs, Princeton Review, 2023
Full-Time MBA
#26 best business school, US News & World Report, 2024
#1 MBA for entrepreneurs, Poets & Quants, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
#28 best MBA program, Poets & Quants, 2023–24
#4 graduate entrepreneurship programs, Princeton Review, 2023
#21 best MBA program, Fortune, 2025
#49 global MBA program (#25 in US), Financial Times, 2024
#19 globally, The Economist, 2022
#15 domestically, The Economist, 2022
Professional MBA
#8 best part-time MBA program, Fortune, 2024
#23 best part-time MBA program, US News and World Report, 2024
Executive MBA
#18 US EMBA program, #11 in US, The Economist, 2020
#3 global EMBA (Shanghai), Financial Times, 2024
Specialized Master’s
#2 global Master of Accounting program, TFE Times, 2023
#2 global Master of Finance program, TFE Times, 2023
#12 Graduate Supply Chain program, Gartner, 2022
Executive Development
#14 open enrollment executive education program, Financial Times, 2020