The Jindal School’s online graduate programs placed in the top10 in two 2021 online rankings — and several online specialty rankings — from U.S. News & World Report.

Released Jan. 26, the rankings, including all four of the specialties that U.S. News ranked this year, appear in the chart below:

Latest Jindal School Rankings, 2021

Ranking	Position
Best Online Master’s in Business Programs (non-MBA)	No. 6 (tied)
Best Online MBA Programs	No. 7
Best Online MBA Program Specialties (General Management)	No. 5
Best Online MBA Program Specialties (Business Analytics)	No. 6 (tied)
Best Online MBA Program Specialties (Finance)	No. 6
Best Online MBA Program Specialties (Marketing)	No. 10 (tied)

“Our stance has always been to focus on the process and have faith that the results will follow.” said Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Caruth Chair and dean of the Jindal School. “With online programs playing such a vital role in higher education during the global pandemic, these new rankings confirm that we are on the right track.”

During the past year, faculty and administrators implemented a variety of online graduate programs and virtual initiatives that helped students transition to distance learning when COVID-19 numbers began to climb. New programs in management science, business analytics and supply chain management led the way.

“I have had a multitude of professors and classes which I found to be incredibly beneficial, thought-provoking and intellectual,” said Garrett Brown, who graduated in December with an MBA from the Jindal School’s online program and works for Collins Aerospace as a senior subcontract program manager in the company’s Mission Systems division. “I have also appreciated how great a job the school has done from an online and part-time perspective.” Although he worked full time, Brown said, UT Dallas and the Jindal School “still made the experience exceptional.”