במקביל לדירוג הכללי של תוכניות ה-MBA המובילות בארה"ב שפורסם בשבוע שעבר, פרסם US News גם דירוגים מיוחדים של התוכניות המובילות בקטגוריות שונות. להלן 3 התוכניות המובילות בכל קטגוריה:
Accounting
1- University of Texas—Austin (McCombs)
2- University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
3- University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign
Entrepreneurship
1- Babson College (Olin)
2- Stanford University
3- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
Finance
1- University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
2- University of Chicago (Booth)
3- New York University (Stern)
Information Systems
1- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
2- Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
3- University of Texas—Austin (McCombs)
International
1- University of South Carolina (Moore)
2- Thunderbird School of Global Management
3- University of Pennsylvania
Management
1- Harvard University
2- Stanford University
3- University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Marketing
1- Northwestern University (Kellogg)
2- University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
3- Stanford University
Nonprofit
1- Yale University
2- Stanford University
3- Harvard University
Production / Operations
1- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
2- Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
3- University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Supply Chain / Logistics
1- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
2- Michigan State University (Broad)
3- Arizona State University (Carey)