Rankings

• Top 14 percent in the nation for undergraduate programs – 2025 U.S. News & World Report.
• #14 Iowa State University ranking for undergraduate entrepreneurship programs – 2025 The Princeton Review.
• #1 in Iowa for undergraduate entrepreneurship programs – 2025 The Princeton Review.
• #6 in the Midwest for entrepreneurship – 2025 The Princeton Review.
• #24 (tied) for supply chain management/logistics – 2025 U.S. News & World Report.
• Ranked among the Top 25 Supply Chain University Brands and Top 25 Most Recruited from Supply Chain Programs by industry professionals – Gartner industry survey.
• #26 (tied) for entrepreneurship program in the nation overall, which just launched in 2017 – 2025 U.S. News & World Report. 
• #21 Best Bachelor’s Degrees in Business – 2023 Best Accredited Colleges.

• The Ivy MBA is ranked #3 in the nation for Best Administered On-campus MBA program by The Princeton Review. Only Cornell University (#1) and Harvard University (#2) are ranked higher.
• #50 Best Graduate Schools, full-time MBA – 2024 U.S. News & World Report.
• #4 concurrent MBA in the nation, and #1 in Iowa – based on U.S. News & World Report standards.
• #25 MBA programs among public universities – 2024 U.S. News & World Report.
• Best Online Masters in Business (that is not an MBA), College Consensus.
• The 50 Best No-GMAT Online MBA Programs for 2024, College Consensus.
• #6 on the list of the 10 Best Online Master’s in Healthcare Analytics Degree Programs, AnalyticsDegrees.org. Most affordable in the top 10.

• #1 full-time MBA program in Iowa.
• Best MBA Program in Des Moines – annually since 2018.
• Top 2 percent of business schools in the world to be accredited in both business and accounting by AACSB International.
• Top 10 percent full-time MBA – 2024 U.S. News & World Report.
• #1 institution producing the most impactful research – (2022, 2023) Journal of Business Logistics.
• The Best Colleges 2024 list created by Money.com rated schools across the country, including in Iowa, based on affordability and quality of their education. One school – Iowa State University – scored in the top 10% for affordability.

• #3 in the world for supply chain management research productivity – 2024 Transportation Journal.
• #5 supply chain management program in the world for empirical research – 2024 Scmlist.com.
• #5 in accounting information systems research – 2023 BYU accounting rankings.
• The Ivy College of Business Department of Marketing has been ranked #41 worldwide and #35 among U.S. universities for research publications in premier American Marketing Association (AMA) journals in the last 10 years – AMA Research Productivity Report.
• In 2024, the Ivy College of Business remained firmly positioned within the UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings, securing a rank of #92 overall in North America and #77 among United States universities.
• “Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors” – Tingting Liu, John and Connie Stafford Professor, named one of the best by Poets & Quants (2023).
• “World’s Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors” – James Summers, Max S. Wortman, Jr. Professor, named one of the best by Poets & Quants (2020).

The Iowa State University Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship, part of the Ivy College of Business, received top awards from some of the most prominent and long-standing organizations related to entrepreneurship. These are once-in-a-generation accomplishments:

• #26 (tied) for entrepreneurship program in the nation overall, which just launched in 2017 – 2025 U.S. News & World Report.
• #14 in the country for undergraduate entrepreneurship programs – 2025 The Princeton Review.
• Model Program Award, the highest of the organization’s four prestigious annual Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education Awards – 2021 United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE).
• NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence Award – 2022 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC).
• 2023 Entrepreneurial University of the Year for the Americas – Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial Engaged and Universities (ACEEU).
• Excellence in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines/Highly Commended – 2023 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC).
• Model University Accelerator Award – 2024 United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE).