Thunderbird School of Global Management Rankings

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Ranking Category
#7239 of 14,131 In the World
#1969 of 2,597 In North America
#1879 of 2,496 In the United States
#12 of 25 In Arizona
#2 of 2 In Glendale

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Control
Public
Highest Degree
Master's degree
Acceptance rate
89%*

* The Thunderbird School of Global Management is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.

We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely-ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

Tuition and fees

Graduates
Tuition in-district $37,085
Tuition in-state $37,085
Tuition out-of-state $37,085
Fee in-district $698
Fee in-state $698
Fee out-of-state $698

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 292
Combined charge for room and board $4,660
Room charge $3,270
Meal charge $1,390

Thunderbird School of Global Management alumni

  1. Don Novello

    Don Novello
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1943-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    screenwriteractortelevision actordirectorwriter
    Biography

    Don Novello is an American actor, comedian, writer, singer, film director and producer.

  2. Ramon Laguarta

    Ramon Laguarta
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1963-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    businesspersonchief executive officerchairperson
    Biography

    Ramon Laguarta is a Spanish businessman who is the chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo. He became CEO on 3 October 2018 after Indra Nooyi stepped down. He is the sixth CEO in the company's history and the first Spanish CEO of a large American multinational company.

  3. Bob Dudley

    Bob Dudley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    businesspersonchief executive officer
    Biography

    Robert Warren Dudley is an American businessman who is a former group chief executive of BP. He had been president and chief executive of TNK-BP and on June 18, 2010, was assigned to be BP executive in charge of the Gulf Coast Restoration Organization responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He is the chair of the international industry-led Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI). He is a former board member of Rosneft, the Russian state-owned energy giant.

  4. Halla Tómasdóttir

    Halla Tómasdóttir
    Born in
    Iceland Flag Iceland
    Years
    1968-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    businesspersonpolitician
    Biography

    Halla Tómasdóttir is an Icelandic former businesswoman and politician serving as the seventh president of Iceland since 2024. She is Iceland's second woman president, after Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. Halla was previously a public speaker. Before becoming president, she was the chief executive of The B Team, a global nonprofit group.

All 18 notable alumni

General info

Alternative names Thunderbird
Carnegie classification Special Focus Four-Year: Business & Management Schools

Location and contacts

Address 1 Global Place
Glendale, Arizona, 85306-6000
United States
City population 248,000