Henry W. Bloch School of Management

Rankings

The school's Executive MBA was ranked once by Financial Times and the Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Non-Profit Management is ranked among the top 25 of the United States by U.S. News & World Report.

The School is also home to a number of centers and institutes such as the L.P. Cookingham Institute of Urban Affairs and the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership.

In 2025, U.S. News ranked the UMKC Bloch School of Management as a "best business school" and received very high rankings for its MBA. Out of 239 business schools in the entire country, the part-time Masters of Business Administration (MBA) was ranked #105.

2014-2015 Ranking Controversy

In 2012, the Journal of Product Innovation Management published a study that ranked the school number 1 in the world for research in innovation management. However, the methodology of the study and the independence of its authors was questioned. In March 2015, the journal published an "expression of concern" regarding the study.

After a 2014 investigation led by the Kansas City Star, and a subsequent audit by an international accounting firm, the school was found to have knowingly falsified its ranking to the Princeton Review. The UMKC business school lost 4 years of rankings from the Princeton Review for falsifying data.

References

References

1. [http://www.bloch.umkc.edu/about-the-bloch-school/bloch-fast-facts/index.aspx Bloch School Fast Facts]
2. [http://www.bloch.umkc.edu/about-the-bloch-school/index.aspx About the Bloch School]
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5. "UMKC's misleading march to the top". [[Kansas City Star]].
6. "For Business School's No. 1 Ranking, Big Asterisk Looms – The Ticker - Blogs". [[The Chronicle of Higher Education]].
7. "Journal expresses concern about study that ranked UMKC No. 1". [[Kansas City Star]].
8. (January 30, 2015). "UMKC Bloch School submitted false data for rankings, but results might not have changed, auditors say". The Kansas City Star.
9. (2015-01-31). "Auditors find UMKC business school submitted false data".
10. Jaschik, Scott. "Fibbing for Rankings".
11. (February 3, 2015). "UMKC loses its top rankings in the Princeton Review". The Kansas City Star.