2012 U.S. News & World Report Ranking of the Best Executive MBA Programs
| 2012 Rank & School | 2011 Rank | 2010 Rank | 2012-2011 Change |
| 1. Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2. Chicago (Booth) | 2 | 3 | — |
| 3. Northwestern (Kellogg) | 3 | 2 | — |
| 4. Duke (Fuqua) | 4 | 4 | — |
| 5. Columbia Business School | 5 | 5 | — |
| 6. UCLA (Anderson) | 6 | 9 | — |
| 7. New York (Stern) | 6 | 6 | -1 |
| 8. Michigan (Ross) | 8 | 8 | — |
| 9. UC-Berkeley (Haas) | 9 | 7 | — |
| 10. Southern California (Marshall) | 11 | 12 | +1 |
| 11. North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 10 | 10 | -1 |
| 11. Virginia (Darden) | 14 | 18 | +3 |
| 13. Cornell (Johnson) | 15 | 20 | +2 |
| 14. Stanford | 12 | 13 | -2 |
| 15. Emory (Goizueta) | 13 | 11 | -2 |
| 15. Marquette University | 20 | 14 | +5 |
| 15. Santa Clara (Leavey) | 15 | 18 | — |
| 15. Texas-Austin (McCombs) | 18 | 14 | +3 |
| 19. University of Washington (Foster) | 23 | NR | +4 |
| 19. Washington University (Olin) | NR | NR | NA |
| 21. Southern Methodist (Cox) | 23 | 14 | +2 |
| 21. Thunderbird | 20 | NR | -1 |
| 23. Seattle University (Albers) | 18 | 22 | -5 |
| 23. Maryland (Smith) | NR | NR | NA |
| 23. Xavier University (Williams) | NR | NR | NA |
| 26. Baylor University (Hankamer) | NR | NR | NA |
SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report 2012, 2011 & 2010 Specialty Rankings for Executive MBAs
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