This year, 18 new institutions enter the online MBA rankings for the first time and four of those are from the United States.

Of these, the highest-ranked is Carnegie Mellon (Tepper), which breaks into the top 10 debuting at seventh globally.

Within the North America regional ranking, the two biggest movers are George Washington University and UT Dallas (Naveen). Hult International Business School is the only institution to break into the top 10 moving up three places to 10th.