In 2021, US News & World Report's Global Universities ranking for Emory University, a private research university in Atlanta, places it at number 71. Emory University's ranking has remained at #71 till 2019, with the exception of 2018, when it was ranked at #73. The acceptance rate at Emory University in 2020 was 16%; admission was solely based on the applicant's GPA, recommendation letters, and above average results on aptitude tests. The rank is derived based on many areas of admission criteria and standards. Emory University Admissions reports a higher admission rate for selection, and as a result, since 2019, US News & World Report has consistently ranked this university at #21—putting it among the top 100 universities in the country.
According to the QS University and THE rankings, Emory University's ranks have improved for 2021. Emory University is ranked #158 in the QS Universities Ranking 2021, up from #156 in 2020 and #148 in 2019. This university's decline in rankings is the result of worse scores across all assessment categories, including academic reputation: 25, 66.7 citations per faculty, 99.4 faculty students per 1,000 faculty, 33.1 international students per 1,000 faculty, and a 48.6 total score. While Emory University has dropped in THE 2021 rankings from #80 in 2020 to #85 as a result of its high acceptance rate and research output, it has gained points in the eyes of prospective overseas students. In spite of this, the university received scores of 98.7 for citations, 59.2 for global outlook, 53.9 for teaching, and a total of 63.7.
THE (Times Higher Education) - University Ranking [3]
98
84
80
85
82
US News & World Report - Global Universities [4]
73
71
71
71
74
US News & World Report - National University Ranking
21
21
21
21
21
Course Ranking
Emory University's Goizueta Business School offers management courses at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. The Goizueta Business School offers a variety of well-liked courses, such as BBA, MBA (1 year), MBA (2 years), Executive MBA, PhD, etc. Compared to its ranking of #15 since 2018, this Business School was ranked at #12 by US News & World Report - UG Business in 2021. While Emory University has been ranked at #22 since 2020 by US News & World Report's Graduate Business School. Emory University's MBA in Business Analytics programme appears to have gained popularity only recently, as the school is now placed by US News & World Report's MBA Business Analytics rankings at #18 for the first time in 2021.
Emory University's QS - Global MBA rankings have irregularly risen since 2019, when it was rated #48. For its MBA programmes, Emory University is ranked #60 in 2021. The following factors were taken into consideration while determining this university's ranking for the Global MBA programme: academic reputation (62.1), employer reputation (52.9), per paper citations (90.1), and overall score (63.9).
Ranking for Business Courses
Ranked By
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Bloomberg - Best Business School USA [5]
24
23
16
18
NA
FT (Financial Times) - GMBA Ranking [6]
47
38
47
50
NA
QS - Accounting & Finance [7]
151-200
151-200
151-200
201-250
NA
QS - Global MBA [8]
53
48
51
60
61
QS - Masters in Business Analytics Rankings
NA
NA
27
30
33
THE (Times Higher Education) - PG Business and Economics [9]
NA
101-125
151-175
176-200
201-250
US News & World Report - Graduate Business School [10]
20
21
22
22
26
US News & World Report - MBA Business Analytics [10]