The Best Online MBA Programs In 2019, According to QS

The market for online MBA degrees is growing fast. So the need for reliable methods to compare and contrast courses is greater than ever before.

Independent business school analysts Quacquarelli Symonds, have just published their attempt at providing a resource for prospective students to do that. The 2019 QS Online MBA Rankings named the top 40 providers in the global market.

Spain’s IE Business School saw off growing competition from top business schools in the UK and US to be named the world’s best online MBA provider, after doing so in 2018. London’s Imperial College Business School ranks second globally, with the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business third.

There was little change at the top of the table, which is surprising if you consider how fast the online MBA market is expanding. Seven of the schools ranked in the top 10 in 2019 also achieved that feat the year before.

In the past five years, the number of AACSB-accredited schools offering online MBAs has surged by 69%. The University of California-Davis, for...