MIT Sloan School of Management.
MIT SLOAN AND UCLA ANDERSON MOVE TO TOP 5
Rounding out the top five, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management rose seven spots over last year to land at No. 4.
It fell from No. 3 to No. 11 last year because it wasn’t ranked by Fortune. This year, it was ranked by all three ranking publications for our composite: Sloan was the top-ranked stand-alone programs in the United States in both the Financial Times’ and QS’ global EMBA rankings. It also finished No. 10 in the U.S. News list.
Tasha Hall
UCLA Anderson School of Management rose one spot to No. 5.
“During the MBA program, I had exposure to people from different industries, functions, and experiences. One of the biggest lessons I gained is the power of diverse perspectives in solving complex problems,” says Tasha Hall, 2025 Anderson EMBA.
“Professor Ullmen (Organizational Behavior and interpersonal Managerial Communications) pushed us beyond surface-level thinking and inspired introspection. His deep insights, coupled with truly engaging speakers, made his classes unforgettable and transformative. I think about the learnings from this course constantly in my career and personal life.”
BOOTH EMBA GETS $100 MILLION GIFT
Chicago Booth launched the world’s first Executive MBA program in 1943 with 52 students. It now enrolls about 240 students a year in Chicago, London, and Hong Kong – the only U.S. business school with permanent, stand-alone campuses in cities on three continents. Booth EMBAs spend time studying on all three campuses.
Booth recently renamed its executive MBA the Sokolov Executive MBA Program following a $100 million gift from 2005 alumnus and investor Konstantin Sokolov. It is the second largest donation in the school’s history and the 11th highest gift to any business school, much less to a single business school program.
The funding will expand scholarships, strengthen faculty support, enhance programming across Booth’s three global campuses, and fund a new clinical professorship for faculty who teach in the EMBA program.
University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
“The knowledge, relationships, and perspective I gained at Booth have shaped everything I’ve done since,” says Sokolov, founder of IJS Investments. “I’m proud to give back to a place that continues to define leadership in business education.”
School leaders say the investment is aimed at keeping the 21-month program aligned with evolving executive needs, including digital transformation and cross-border leadership. It will also broaden coaching, career development, and executive-in-residence opportunities for senior professionals navigating career transitions.
The gift places Booth among a growing group of business schools securing nine-figure philanthropy as institutions compete to upgrade facilities, curriculum, and global reach in an increasingly competitive EMBA landscape.
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