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Bard’s MBA in Sustainability Ranked No. 1 Green MBA for Fourth Straight Year, Adds Second No. 2 for Nonprofit Management

For the fourth year in a row, the MBA in Sustainability Program at Bard College has been ranked as the Best Green MBA in the Princeton Review’s 2024 Business School rankings. This year, Bard's program also ranked no. 1 in the Review‘s Best MBA for Nonprofits, surpassing the MBA programs at Harvard, Columbia, Yale, and Stanford. The Review’s rankings follow on the Bard program’s recent no. 4 worldwide position in the Better World MBA global assessment.

The NYC-based Bard MBA has seen strong growth in demand for its unique educational program. Graduates are pursuing careers in both leading for-profit and nonprofit companies, where they are working to solve critical social and environmental challenges.

“The Bard MBA’s overall focus on steering mission-driven organizations provides a powerful foundation for aspiring nonprofit leaders and managers,” said Unique Brathwaite, who anchors the nonprofit concentration at Bard. “Our graduates emerge with a profound understanding of prioritizing mission, while also ensuring the long-term financial viability of their organizations.”

The Review’s honors were based primarily on a survey of more than 20,300 students enrolled at 244 US MBA programs during the past several academic years. The student survey asked students more than 90 questions about their school's academics, student body, and campus life, as well as their career plans. Only 28% the 244 On-Campus MBA Programs appeared in one or more of The Review’s 18 ranking lists: Bard and Stanford were the only MBAs to receive two no. 1 rankings in 2024.