[7] From 2007 to 2014 UNSW Business School was ranked by the Financial Times as having the best full-time MBA program in the country.

[16] In the 2021 CFAR Rankings by Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, UNSW is ranked 16th in the World for Finance and 9th in the World for Business by Total Outcome/Output indicator of research excellence[17] The 2019 Apollo Communications Australian Top 50 CEO Report found that UNSW has educated more CEOs of Australia's top 50 companies than any other university in Australia and has produced more technology entrepreneurs in the past 20 years than any other Australian university,[18] and has the largest number of millionaire alumni of any other university in Australia.

[19] The UNSW Business School was awarded EQUIS accreditation in June 2010.

Its programs are also accredited by professional bodies in most disciplines, including: The School is also a signatory to the UN Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME).

[19] In 2014, the UNSW Business School provided 242 students with scholarships, adding up to a total value of $3,087,752.