Rankings News

US News & World Report ranks Saunders College of Business #100 among the Best Business Schools with full-time MBA programs for 2025. The magazine ranked a total of 506 institutions with master's-level business programs in the U.S. accredited by AACSB International.

RIT ranked 69th overall in the nation for the best graduate engineering school based on statistical indicators that measure the quality of faculty, research, and students. The programs rose four spots from last year.

Saunders’ MBA, Executive MBA (EMBA), and Online MBA programs have been ranked among the best in the world by CEO Magazine. Saunders’ MBA Program is in the top-tier of programs for the eleventh consecutive year, the online Executive MBA program ranked #36 globally, and the on-campus Executive MBA Program sits at #39 globally. 

Saunders College of Business’s undergraduate and graduate portfolio is nationally and internationally ranked and recognized. Most recently, Saunders was ranked #59 in the Poets&Quants list of best undergraduate business programs.

Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology received several rankings from TFE Times on their Top Graduate Programs lists for 2025:

The dean of Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering is praised for his research credentials, success in global partnerships and entrepreneurship, and strong student engagement. He starts at RIT July 1.

Rochester Institute of Technology has again been recognized for offering one of the best online programs in the nation. The 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings, released this week, listed Saunders College of Business’ online Executive MBA program as No. 11 in the nation for “Best Online MBA Programs.”

In its 15th annual list, Poets&Quants ranked Saunders among the top 100 MBA programs for 2024-25, moving it up to #92 from #98 last year. This ranking places Saunders among the top 10% of all business schools in the country.

Saunders Ranked #1 in New York State for MIS by College Factual, 2025

The undergraduate business program at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Saunders College of Business is nationally ranked and recognized. Saunders is ranked 77th overall and 5th in New York State in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Undergraduate Business category for 2025.