{"id":227884,"date":"2026-07-23T11:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=227884"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:24:09","slug":"poole-colleges-online-mba-ranked-15-by-the-princeton-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/2026\/07\/23\/poole-colleges-online-mba-ranked-15-by-the-princeton-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Poole College\u2019s Online MBA Ranked #15 by The Princeton Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NC State\u2019s Poole College of Management was named #15 on The Princeton Review\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/business-school-rankings?rankings=top-50-online-mba-programs&amp;ceid=hub\">Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Princeton Review particularly highlights the program\u2019s strong value, flexible completion options and accessible professors. The technology-focused curriculum is also acknowledged, an especially notable feature as STEM and business continue to merge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe b-schools we name to our lists differ importantly in program offerings, specializations, requirements, and campus culture,\u201d says Princeton Review Editor-in-Chief Rob Franek. \u201cBut they have foundational characteristics that are central to our selection criteria: strong academics, robust opportunities for experiential learning, excellent career services, and positive feedback from their customers, their very own students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Princeton Review\u2019s Top Online MBA ranking methodology combines student feedback with institutional data. The surveys examine more than 60 areas, including graduation rates, faculty credentials, career outcomes, academics and overall student satisfaction. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/business-school-rankings\/ranking-methodology?ceid=online-mba\">learn more about The Princeton Review\u2019s methodology on its website<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poole\u2019s instructors are called \u201cworld-class\u201d with one student noting \u201cThe standout professors are worth the price of admission alone.\u201d Another says that \u201cThe administration and professors all have made additional effort to get to know me personally and assist me with navigating my career change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cpragmatic nature of the instruction and its immediate applicability\u201d received praise. Multiple students stated that the program directly led to promotions in their workplaces, with one saying, \u201cThe skills I have taken away from school have\u2026allowed me to advance my career in two separate instances over my MBA program, thus almost doubling my salary from start to finish and tripling my total compensation.\u201d<br><br>Other program features highlighted include study abroad opportunities, the networking-building <a href=\"https:\/\/mba.ncsu.edu\/online-mba\/raleigh-residency\/\">Raleigh Residencies<\/a> and the work-life balance benefits of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mba.ncsu.edu\/online-mba\/online-curriculum\/\">Flexible Path<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn More About NC State Jenkins MBA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about the Jenkins MBA program, including tuition, curriculum, career opportunities and more, please submit the form below.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-slate-form__wrapper\">\n        <div id=\"form_9a5eee79-0b7b-4baa-ae79-4a5a79648997\">\n      Loading&#8230;\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/applygrad.ncsu.edu\/register\/?id=9a5eee79-0b7b-4baa-ae79-4a5a79648997&#038;output=embed&#038;div=form_9a5eee79-0b7b-4baa-ae79-4a5a79648997\"><\/script>\n<p><em>This post was <a href=\"https:\/\/mba.ncsu.edu\/2026\/07\/22\/poole-colleges-online-mba-ranked-15-by-the-princeton-review\/\">originally published<\/a> in Jenkins MBA News.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false,"raw":"<!-- wp:ncst\/dynamic-header {\"block\":\"ncst\/default-post-header\"} -->\n<!-- wp:ncst\/default-post-header {\"displayCategoryID\":24,\"subtitle\":\"The Jenkins MBA online program was highlighted for its strong value, flexible completion options and accessible professors.\"} \/-->\n<!-- \/wp:ncst\/dynamic-header -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>NC State\u2019s Poole College of Management was named #15 on The Princeton Review\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/business-school-rankings?rankings=top-50-online-mba-programs&amp;ceid=hub\">Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Princeton Review particularly highlights the program\u2019s strong value, flexible completion options and accessible professors. The technology-focused curriculum is also acknowledged, an especially notable feature as STEM and business continue to merge.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cThe b-schools we name to our lists differ importantly in program offerings, specializations, requirements, and campus culture,\u201d says Princeton Review Editor-in-Chief Rob Franek. \u201cBut they have foundational characteristics that are central to our selection criteria: strong academics, robust opportunities for experiential learning, excellent career services, and positive feedback from their customers, their very own students.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Princeton Review\u2019s Top Online MBA ranking methodology combines student feedback with institutional data. The surveys examine more than 60 areas, including graduation rates, faculty credentials, career outcomes, academics and overall student satisfaction. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/business-school-rankings\/ranking-methodology?ceid=online-mba\">learn more about The Princeton Review\u2019s methodology on its website<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Poole\u2019s instructors are called \u201cworld-class\u201d with one student noting \u201cThe standout professors are worth the price of admission alone.\u201d Another says that \u201cThe administration and professors all have made additional effort to get to know me personally and assist me with navigating my career change.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The \u201cpragmatic nature of the instruction and its immediate applicability\u201d received praise. Multiple students stated that the program directly led to promotions in their workplaces, with one saying, \u201cThe skills I have taken away from school have\u2026allowed me to advance my career in two separate instances over my MBA program, thus almost doubling my salary from start to finish and tripling my total compensation.\u201d<br><br>Other program features highlighted include study abroad opportunities, the networking-building <a href=\"https:\/\/mba.ncsu.edu\/online-mba\/raleigh-residency\/\">Raleigh Residencies<\/a> and the work-life balance benefits of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mba.ncsu.edu\/online-mba\/online-curriculum\/\">Flexible Path<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3,\"levelOptions\":[2,3,4,5,6]} -->\n<h3>Learn More About NC State Jenkins MBA<\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To learn more about the Jenkins MBA program, including tuition, curriculum, career opportunities and more, please submit the form below.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:ncst\/slate-form {\"formID\":\"9a5eee79-0b7b-4baa-ae79-4a5a79648997\",\"domainType\":\"graduate\"} \/-->"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jenkins MBA online program was highlighted for its strong value, flexible completion options and accessible professors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39405,"featured_media":227885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"ncstate_wire","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"displayCategoryID\":468,\"showAuthor\":true,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":false,\"subtitle\":\"The Jenkins MBA online program was highlighted for its strong value, flexible completion options and accessible professors.\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1652,468],"tags":[1784,61,1988,168],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"class_list":["post-227884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-mba","tag-_from-newswire-collection-59","tag-jenkins-mba","tag-jenkins-online-mba","tag-rankings"],"displayCategory":{"term_id":468,"name":"Jenkins MBA","slug":"mba","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":468,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1810,"count":275,"filter":"raw"},"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227884"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227982,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227884\/revisions\/227982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227884"},{"taxonomy":"_ncst_magazine_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_ncst_magazine_issue?post=227884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}