Beginning in 2016, the Business School's graduate programs has been ranked 33rd nationally, tying with Rice University and University of Wisconsin-Madison (tied for #2 in Texas; ranking above Texas A&M and Southern Methodist University), while the part-time MBA program was ranked 29th nationally by US News. Additionally, the Online MBA's Graduate Business program was ranked 2nd nationally (1st in Texas), and the MBA specialty of information systems was ranked 16th nationally (2nd in Texas).[83] Bloomberg Business Week Best Business Schools 2018 rankings places UTD 37th nationally and 3rd in Texas.[84] The 2017 ARWU rankings placed UTD's studies in Economics/Business at 41st internationally.[85]