Pepperdine Graziadio Online MBA Ranked No. 12 by the Princeton Review's 2020 Best Business Schools

Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s Online MBA program was named No. 12 in the nation on the Princeton Review’s 2020 Best Business Schools List rising two places since last year and 6 spots from 2017. Of the top 25 online MBA programs that The Princeton Review ranked Graziadio is the No.1 faith-based university and the No. 2 on the West Coast.

As part of The Princeton Review’s 2020 Best Business Schools on-campus MBA list, Pepperdine Graziadio ranked No. 10 for “Most Competitive Students” and No. 9 on the "Greatest Resource for Minority Students" list. Pepperdine Graziadio was recognized for having excellent resources, a supportive culture for minority students and an ethnically and racially diverse student and faculty population.

"This recognition is validation of the great work going on at Pepperdine Graziadio to develop Best for the World Leaders," said Deryck J. van Rensburg, dean of the Graziadio Business School. “It is an honor that our online MBA program continues to be recognized as one of the country’s leading programs by The Princeton Review.”

The Princeton Review reports its Best Business Schools ranking list in two classifications: one names the best on-campus MBA programs in 18 categories, listing the top 10 schools in each category. The other names the top 25 online MBA programs. The 2020 Best Business Schools list based its data from surveying more than 26,700 students enrolled in MBA programs at 358 universities and administrators at those schools. More than 60 data points were weighted to determine the list and rankings.