Best Online MBA Programs for 2026

Online MBA programs have become as rigorous as their on-campus counterparts. For many business school candidates, an online degree might even be the smarter choice. Online programs offer flexibility, affordability, access to innovative technologies, students from a diversity of career backgrounds, and global opportunities. Our 2026 Best Online MBA Programs list is based on institutional data, including career outcomes, admissions selectivity, cost, and academic rigor, among others. (Published July 2025)

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University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

Founders Hall, Room 330
4215 E Stevens Way NE
Seattle, WA 98195
United States
  • AACSB-Accredited

The Online MBA program at University of Washington, a public school, was started in 2017. The Online MBA program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Read More...
Work Experience: 0.5 years
Average GMAT Score: 714
Average Starting Salary: $151,116

California State University, Stanislaus - College of Business Administration

One University Circle
Turlock, CA 95382
United States
  • AACSB-Accredited

The Online MBA program at California State University, Stanislaus, a public school, was started in 2012. The application deadline for the Online MBA program is rolling. The Online MBA program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The school rates the importance of the GMAT or GRE as very important in admission decisions. The Online MBA program has a total of 38 students; 42% of Online MBA students are underrepresented minorities; 50% of Online MBA students are women. 80% of Online MBA students are employed full-time while attending the program. Scholarships are available and the average annual aid package is about $17,991. Read More...
Average Undergrad GPA: 3.30
Applicants: 137
Acceptance Rate: 99%
Average Age: 32
Online Enrollment: 160
Total Tuition and Fees: $27,600

California State University, Chico - The College of Business

321 Glenn Hall
CSU, Chico
Chico, CA 95929
United States
  • AACSB-Accredited

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Average Undergrad GPA: 3.20
Work Experience: 6.0 years
Applicants: 322
Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average Age: 32
Online Enrollment: 238
Total Tuition and Fees: $30,000
Average Starting Salary: $71,588

Oregon State University - College of Business

Austin Hall 326
College of Business
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States
  • AACSB-Accredited

The Online MBA program at Oregon State University, a public school, was started in 2018. The application deadline for the Online MBA program is rolling. The Online MBA program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The school rates the importance of the GMAT as very important in admission decisions. Read More...
Average GMAT Score: 575
Average Starting Salary: $87,000

Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business

Lucas Hall 116
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
United States
  • AACSB-Accredited

Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business has offered a well-respected physical MBA in the San Francisco Bay Area for decades, and according to students, their new online MBA program has come strongly out of the gate. There’s a quarterly online program that’s all about flexibility, on account of “being online without any set class schedules,” and while the work remains rigorous and demanding, particularly for those already working jobs or raising families, enrollees boast of the time-management skills they’ve picked up along the way, and stress that because you can “take as many classes as you’re willing to handle” and that “extensions [on assignments are] typically … granted by professors upon request, so it’s fairly doable to maintain a work-life balance.”

Some students note that a few bugs are still being worked out in the rollout of the online MBA program, and that not all professors are as equally adept at utilizing the environment’s message boards and video lectures. There is, however, a “clear roadmap to graduation and [professors] are very responsive to our Read More...
Average Undergrad GPA: 3.14
Work Experience: 8.7 years
Applicants: 144
Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average Age: 34
Online Enrollment: 222
Total Tuition and Fees: $96,670

University of Alaska Fairbanks - College of Business and Security Management

P.O. Box 757480
Fairbanks, AK 99775
United States
  • AACSB-Accredited

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Applicants: 60
Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average Age: 33
Online Enrollment: 87
Total Tuition and Fees: $22,470

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