School of Business Rankings & Distinctions

Coles College is among the top 2 percent of business schools worldwide that maintain accreditation in both business and accounting by AACSB International, the world's largest accreditation association for business schools.

Our Rankings

  • Coles College is the second-largest business school in the state of Georgia, admitting only juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

  • Fortune Education ranked Ƶ State No. 46 (No. 3 in Georgia) in its feature.

  • Ƶ State's Online MBA was ranked No. 30 in the Princeton Review's , making it the No. 1 Online MBA in Georgia.

  • The Princeton Review has listed The Coles College of Business among the in recognition of the strength of its in-person MBA program. 

  • CEO Magazine ranked Ƶ State's Executive MBA Program No. 1 in Georgia for the eighth year in a row. The program ranked 3rd in the country and 11th in the world in the

  • CEO Magazine in 2024 also ranked Ƶ's online MBA program No. 45 in the world and named the Coles College a Premier DBA Provider for its Ph.D. in Business Administration program. 

  • Ƶ State's Online MBA was ranked 3rd in Georgia in U.S. News and World Report's

  • The Higher Education Review named Ƶ State University's Coles College of Business in its listing of the

  • Ƶ State University was ranked 6th in TechGuide's ranking of Fintech MBA degrees. Fintech is one of seven disciplines MBA students can concentrate on. 

  • The Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity program was ranked No. 17 in Cybersecurity Guide's . More than 100 schools were examined based on academic rigor, Centers for Academic Excellence, and overall program cost.

  • FintechDegrees.org named the Coles College's certificate in digital financial technologies #10 in its .

  • For the fifth time in a row, Billboard Magazine ranked the Joel A. Katz Music and Entertainment Business Program among the top music business programs in the world.

  • The Princeton Review ranked the Coles College MBA program No. 36 in its 2023 list of the .

  • Fortune ranked the Coles College Online MBA No. 19 in its listing of the .

  • CEO Magazine Global EMBA Ranking Ƶ State
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    The Coles College of Business EMBA program was ranked 1st in Georgia and 3rd in North America in . For the ninth year in a row, the EMBA was recognized as a Global Tier One program.

  • The Institute of Internal Auditors has once again certified Ƶ State's Internal Audit Center as a Center for Internal Audit Excellence for the period of 2023-2028, making it one of only 12 centers to achieve this goal.

  • The part-time MBA program was ranked 84th in U.S. News and World Report's

  • World Scholarship Vault ranked Ƶ State's MAcc program No. 1 in it's 2023 list of the Best Online Accounting Master's Degrees in the U.S.

  • For the fourth time in a row, Billboard Magazine ranked the Joel A. Katz Music and Entertainment Business Program among the

  • Cybersecurityguide.org has ranked Ƶ State's Master of Science in Cybersecurity degree program No. 19 in its list of the .

  • The National Security Agency’s National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity awarded Ƶ State the 2022 First Place Outstanding Outreach Award, placing it in the top spot among the 347 member institutions.

  • Poets & Quants ranked Ƶ State University 41st in its listing of the .

  • CEO Magazine also named the Coles College a “premier DBA provider” for the Ph.D in Business Administration based on accreditation, quality of faculty, geography and international standing in its 2022 Global DBA Listing.

  • OnlineU ranked Ƶ State No. 9 in it's 2022 list of the .

  • In early 2022, Research.com ranked Ƶ State University 100th in the world in faculty research on  and 126th in research in . Rankings are based on author citations and each university’s h-index, which represents the productivity and impact of a group of researchers.

  • For individual research output, Research.com ranked Dana Hermanson 418th in the U.S. and Lance Brouthers 558th in business and management. Hermanson also ranked 914th for economics and finance.

  • The part-time MBA program was ranked 95th in U.S. News and World Report's .

  • Fortune ranked the Coles College Online MBA No. 32 in its listing of the

  • The Princeton Review ranked the Coles College MBA program No. 37 in its 2022 list of the .

  • Coles College's part-time MBA was included in The Princeton Review's unranked listing of the .

  • EduMed ranked the Master of Science in Healthcare Management an Informatics as No. 10 in its review of the .

  • QS World University Rankings listed Ƶ State's WebMBA no. 63 in its 2020 listing of Top Online MBA Programs.

  • The Coles College of Business EMBA program was ranked 1st in Georgia, 2nd in the nation, and 8th in the world in CEO Magazine's .

  • For the seventh year in a row, the EMBA was recognized as a Global Tier One program.

  • Fortune Magazine ranked the Coles College 23rd in the nation and 8th in the South in its inaugural listing of the  in 2021.

  • U.S. News and World Report ranked Ƶ State 18th on it's 2021 list of the .

  • The Princeton Review ranked the Coles College MBA program No. 29 in its list of the 

  • Best Value Schools ranked the Master of Science in Information Systems the #4 in its 15 Best Master's Degrees in Management Information Systems in 2021.

  • Study.com ranked Ƶ State University #13 on its list of the .

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    Ƶ State University was ranked the #10  by Study.com.

  • Best Value Schools ranked the Coles College 5th in its  listing.

  • College Consensus ranked Ƶ State's PhD in Business Administration No. 20 in its  listing. The ranking is based on aggregate reviews featured in US News and World Report, Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, and CEO Magazine.

  • Best Value Schools ranked the Coles College 5th in its  listing.

  • The Coles College is ranked 7th in Best Value School's feature, Top 40 Online Business Bachelor's Degrees.

  • For the third year in a row, Billboard Magazine named the Joel A. Katz Music and Entertainment Business

  • Master Degree Guide ranked the Coles College Master of Science in Information Systems No. 13 in its Best Online MIS Degrees feature.

  • The BBA in Marketing was ranked no. 6 in OnlineU's 2020 Listing of the .

  • QS World University Rankings listed Ƶ State's WebMBA no. 37 in its 2020 listing of .

  • For the fourth straight year, Ƶ State University’s Executive MBA program was ranked first in Georgia in . The program also ranked #3 in the nation. CEO Magazine has also designated the EMBA program as a Global Tier One program for six years in a row.

  • Ƶ State University is ranked 61st in the world and 2nd in Georgia for producing accounting research published in 12 top accounting journals from 1990-present, according to . Ƶ is ranked 6th in the world for Accounting Education research, 18th in the world for auditing research, and 24th in overall breadth of accounting research. Dana Hermanson is the 18th most-published accounting researcher in the world.

  • The Coles College Executive MBA Program ranked 21st the Southeast in Ivy Exec's 2020 Best Executive MBA Programs.

  •  ranked the Coles College WebMBA as the third best Online MBA in Georgia based on affordability, support services, and quality of classes.

  •  ranked Ƶ State University #1 in online cybersecurity degrees in 2019. The ranking called out the BBA in Information Security and Assurance, and the eDegree in Cybersecurity, along with programs offered by the College of Computing and Software Engineering.

  • The National Security Agency's National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity program recently designated Ƶ State as a Center of Excellence through 2027.

  • National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Community recently presented Ƶ State with the 2022 First Place Outreach Award, naming the University the top institution in the country for cybersecurity outreach efforts.

  • Ƶ State University was ranked 14th in the U.S. in Intelligent.com's .

  • The Coles College WebMBA is ranked 23rd in the world by QS World University Rankings in its .

  • Ƶ State was recognized as a Top University Sales Program by the Sales Education Foundation for the 13th year in a row in 2019.

  • Ƶ State was recognized as a  by the Sales Education Foundation for the 15th year in a row in 2022.The part-time MBA program was ranked 81st in U.S. News and World Report's 2020 Best Grad School rankings.

  • Ƶ State ranked 36th in . The report cited Coles College's online BBA programs and the online cybersecurity degree.

  • U.S. News and World Report ranked Coles College's WebMBA program 21st in its 2019 listing of the Best Online MBA Programs.

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    Poets&Quants ranked Ƶ State University's WebMBA program 26th in its 2019 list of Top Online MBA Programs,  based on admissions standards, student experiences, and career outcomes.
  • The Coles College Executive MBA Program ranked 17th the Southeast in Ivy Exec's 2019 Best Executive MBA Programs.

  • Online MBA Report ranked the Georgia WebMBA program 1st in Georgia its . The organization also ranked the program 9th in the South, 22nd among public colleges, and 27th in the country.

  • OnlineU ranked Ƶ State #7 in its  listing.

  • Coles is home to four of the top five most in-demand undergraduate majors (Finance, Accounting, Management, and Marketing), according to the .

  • Billboard Magazine ranked the Joel A. Katz Music and Entertainment Business program as one of the Top 15 Music Business Education Programs in 2018.

  • U.S. News and World Report ranked Coles College's WebMBA program 19th in its 2018 listing of the Best Online MBA Programs.

  • The  is ranked 1st in Georgia and 7th in the World by CEO Magazine in its 2019 Global Executive MBA rankings. The EMBA program was recognized as a Global Tier One EMBA program for the fifth year in a row.

  • CyberDegrees.org ranked Ƶ State University #1 in online cybersecurity degrees in 2018. The ranking called out the BBA in Information Security and Assurance, and the eDegree in Cybersecurity.

  • Coles College's WebMBA Program is ranked #4 in Georgia by Online MBA Today, based on tuition cost, accreditation, student base salaries, and prestige.

  • CollegeChoice.net ranked Coles College's online BBA program 20th in its listing of the country's most affordable online marketing programs.

  • Military Times Magazine ranked Ƶ State 6th in its feature 2018 Best for Vets: 10 Best Cybersecurity Programs.

  • Poets & Quants ranked the Coles College of Business's Online MBA Program 6th on its 2018 list of the most affordable, highly-ranked programs in the country.

  • Ƶ State University is ranked 63rd in the world and third in Georgia for producing accounting research published in 12 top accounting journals from 1990-present, according to Brigham Young University’s 2017 Accounting Research Rankings. Ƶ is ranked19th in Accounting Information Systems research, 17th in Auditing, and 11th in Accounting Education research. Ƶ is ranked #1 in Georgia for research into Accounting Information Systems, Auditing, and Accounting Education Research.

  • Three Ƶ School of Accountancy faculty are in the top 1,000 accounting researchers overall, according to Brigham Young University's 2017 Accounting Research Rankings. Dr. Dana Hermanson is ranked 22nd worldwide in publishing in 12 top accounting journals from 1990-present. For research published during the last six years, Dr. Divesh Sharma is 130th and Dr. Vineeta Sharma is 351st.

  • Ƶ State University is ranked 37th in the world for impact of entrepreneurship research, according to a study published in the Journal of Small Business Management, with former faculty member Dr. Joseph Astrachan ranked as the 25th top contributor to entrepreneurial research in the world.

  • Coles College is consistently recognized as a top business school by The Princeton Review.

  • Chief Executive Magazine recognized Coles College as a “Go-To Business School.”

  • Coles College Doctor of Business Administration program is one of the few such doctoral programs of its kind in the world and is one of 20 named a “premier DBA provider” in CEO Magazine’s global listings – ratings based on accreditation, quality of faculty, geography, and international standing.

  • Part-time MBA ranked 28th nationally in the U.S. News & World Report 2018 Best Graduate Schools edition.

  • Coles College MBA ranked as a Top 50 Program in the Nation by Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

  • Several Coles business programs are highly ranked in CEO Magazine’s 2018 Global MBA Rankings.

  • Executive MBA ranked #3 for teaming by BusinessWeek.

  • Coles College of Business's Economics, Finance & Quantitative Analysis has renowned faculty & experiential options like a Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF), which recently placed 1st in the 2017 Southern Classic at the Atlanta Society of Finance and Investment Professionals, (ASFIP).

  • Ranked #5 best Undergraduate Sales Program across the nation, with a 98% placement rate.

  • Ranked #2 out of  for Online Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Security and Assurance.

  • Ranked #3 best Online Bachelor in Information Assurance & Security Degree Programs by .

  • One of only four business schools in the South to win the USASBE’s National Model Entrepreneurship Program Award at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

  • Home of the School of Accountancy, boasting one of the largest accounting programs in Georgia, and Ƶ is the only college and university in Georgia that is recognized at the institute of Internal Auditor’s Comprehensive Level.

  • The Coles College Online MBA tied for 25th place nationally in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 “Best Online MBA Programs for Veterans” rankings. Coles College online MBA is self-paced, competitively priced, carries AACSB accreditation, and is certified for the GI Bill® and the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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