BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Kelley Direct Online MBA program at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business again is the undisputed No. 1 program in U.S. News’ 2025 Best Online MBA Program rankings.
This is fourth year in a row and the eighth time since 2013 — when U.S. News began ranking online degree programs — that it has ranked Kelley Direct as the best MBA degree online.
In addition, this year Kelley Direct received top marks in five specialty categories, including a first place for general management and programs serving veterans, second for marketing and business analytics, and fourth for finance.
Dean Ash Soni
“The Kelley Direct Program recently celebrated 25 years — we were the first top 20 business school to offer an online MBA — and our outstanding faculty and staff pour just as much effort into the program today as they have done every year since its inception,” said Ash Soni, dean of the Kelley School and the Sungkyunkwan Professor.
“Our students receive an exceptional, well-rounded education, consisting of core fundamentals, engaging in-person experiences, and personalized electives, and know that our curriculum always pushes the bounds of both content and method. I’m immensely proud of our team and what they offer our phenomenal students who will, no doubt, take this deep knowledge and skill into their companies and communities for decades to come.”
In addition to another No. 1 ranking by U.S. News, Kelley Direct also is ranked first by Fortune and the Princeton Review. QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the world’s leading provider of services, analytics and insight to the global higher education sector, ranked Kelley Direct No. 1 among all programs in the Americas.
Kelley Direct is uniquely designed to meet the needs of working professionals, whose tuition dollars are reinvested into the program – not an online program manager. This empowers the program to offer its highest quality program at a lower price than top competitors.
Unlike many other online MBA programs, the Kelley Direct Online MBA is taught entirely by full-time Kelley faculty who create dynamic course content from the $10 million Jellison Studios housed within the Kelley School of Business.
Also making it distinctive are its in-person, immersive experiences, which include Kelley On Campus, which brings students together for an intensive week of learning at IU Bloomington; and Kelley On Location, which enables students to take a deep dive into an industry, geographic region, or emerging challenge shaping today’s business landscape.