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NC State Ranked Top MBA Program by Quacquarelli Symonds

The Jenkins MBA program ranks high in Return on Investment, Employability, and Diversity.

Global higher and business education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranked the NC State Jenkins MBA program No. 98 worldwide in their 2022 Global MBA Rankings. This year’s ranking consisted of 286 programs. Rankings were determined by five indicators including employability, return on investment, entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes, thought leadership and class faculty and diversity. 

The QS rankings cited the MBA program’s return on investment and employability as it’s two of its highest indicators, as the program placed in the top 20% in the U.S in both of these categories. The ranking also showed a high rating in the class and faculty diversity category, ranking in the top 8.7% in the U.S. 

The associate dean for academic programs at Poole College of Management, Vikas Anand, is thrilled that the Jenkins MBA program has been acknowledged for excellence by QS. He stated, “We are proud of the latest ranking that the Jenkins MBA program has received as it acknowledges the diversity and the return on investment of our program. These factors also speak to the quality of our students and our high touch advising approach, which begins as soon as they are a student and continues through graduation.” 

The NC State Jenkins MBA program is available in three formats: full-time, professional evening and professional online . The professional evening and online program are currently accepting applications for spring of 2022

In addition to the MBA program, Jenkins’s graduate programs also include master’s programs in accounting, marketing analytics, and economics.