PRELAW HANDBOOK - Top 50 B-schools

GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOLS
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For ingormaton about the top MBA Programs, see

FINANCIAL TIMES INFORMATION http://rankings.ft.com/global-mba-rankings

GETTING INTO A TOP FIVE MBA PROGRAM covers several topics including ranking the rankings.

The EIU TOP 46 gives "Key Contact Details" and "School Details" of the EIU's Top 46.

TOP MBA PROGRAMS
RANKING LINKS

We shall indicate some publications that rank MBA programs.

U.S. NEWS &WORLD REPORT gives an annual ranking of the top 50 MBA programs in the United States. USN has been ranking graduate programs and undergraduate colleges and universities since 1987. Their rankings are the gold standard.

BUSINESS WEEK gives a biannual ranking of the top 30 MBA programs in the United States. Business Week indicates HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THE RANKING. The BW Ranking is probably second to the USN Ranking.

ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT, a unit of The Economist., puts out a ranking of the top 100 MBA programs (they make no geographic restriction). This ranking implies a ranking of their top 46 MBA programs in the United States. This website gives a lot of useful information about each of their ranked programs.

FINANCIAL TIMES puts out a ranking of the top 100 MBA programs (they make no geographic restriction). This ranking implies a ranking of their top 57 MBA programs in the United States.

Forbes (September 3, 2007) gives a ranking of their Top 50 U.S. Business Schools. This ranking does not appear to be on the internet. Forbes' ranking is based on the return on investment of these programs. This ranking provides some interesting data.

WALL STREET JOURNAL gives a ranking of their top 19 national MBA programs (e.g. Dartmouth ranked 1 and Stanford ranked 19), gives a ranking of the top 51 regional MBA programs (e.g Brigham Young ranked 1, University;y of Texas ranked 19, and University of Connecticut ranked 51), and gives a ranking of 25 international MBA programs (including nine USA MBA programs. Perhaps the new WSJ management will lead to a better ranking or perhaps not. Because there was not just one ranking, we made no use of this ranking.

GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOLS
TOP FIFTY

TOP US NEWS BUSINESS FINANCIAL FORBES ECONOMIST THIS

BUSINESS RANK WEEK TIMES TOP 50 (EIU) WEBSITE

SCHOOLS TOP 50 TOP 30 TOP 57 TOP 46 TOP 25

Harvard University (MA) 1.5 4 4 3 7 Top 6

Stanford University (CA) 1.5 6 3 2 2 Top 6

U Pennsylvania 3.0 2 1 5 11 Top 6

University of Chicago 5.0 1 6 7 1 Top 6

Northwestern U (lL) 5.0 3 10 9 8 Top 6

MIT 5.0 7 5 17 9 Top 6

Dartmouth College (NH) 7.5 11 8 1 3 8

UC Berkeley 7.5 8 15 13 4 7

Columbia University (NY) 9.0 10 2 6 10 9

New York University 10.0 14 7 11 5 11

UCLA 11.0 12 11 21 Not considered 12

U Michigan, Ann Arbor 12.0 5 13 Not in Top 50 6 10

Yale University (CT) 13.0 19 9 8 13 16

University of Virginia 15.0 15 16 4 12 15

Cornell University (NY) 15.0 13 17 10 15 14

Duke University (NC) 15.0 9 14 12 16 13

Carnegie Mellon U (PA) 17.0 16 23.5 20 19 17

U Texas, Austin 18.0 20 43.5 14 24 19

U North Carolina 19.5 17 20 15 23 18

Indiana U, Bloomington 19.5 18 32 26 Not considered 20

U Southern California 21.0 21 30 33 22 21

Georgetown U (DC) 22.5 22 19 25 28 22

Arizona State U 22.5 Not in Top 30 54 Not in Top 50 Not in Top 46 Not in Top 25

Emory University (GA) 24.0 23 12 23 17 23

Washington U (MO) 25.5 27 39 36 26 24

U Rochester (NY) 25.5 28 22 41 40 25

U Minnesota 27.5 Not in Top 30 50 28 Not in Top 46 Not in Top 25

Ohio State University 27.5 Not in Top 30 52 30 20 Not in Top 25

Brigham Young (UT) 30.5 Not in Top 30 48 18 Not in Top 46 Not in Top 25

Texas A&M U 30.5 Not in Top 30 32 22 Not in Top 46 Not in Top 25

Wisconsin, Madison 30.5 Not in Top 30 54 27 25 Not in Top 25

Georgia Tech 30.5 Not in Top 30 NR 34 Not in Top 46 Not in Top 25

Purdue U (IN) 33.0 24 35.5 39 33 Not in Top 25

U Washington 35.5 Not in Top 30 21 38 14 Not in Top 25

U Notre Dame (IN) 35.5 26 45 40 18 Not in Top 25

Boston College 35.5 Not in Top 30 41 47 Not in Top 46 Not in Top 25

U Florida 35.5 Not in Top 30 35.5 NR 38 Not in Top 25

U lIIinois 38.0 Not in Top 30 35.5 NR 34 Not in Top 25

U Maryland 39.0 25 18 35 27 Not in Top 25

Michigan State U 41.5 29 23.5 19 Not in Top 46 Not in Top 25

Pennsylvania SU 41.5 Not in Top 30 28.5 29 21 Not in Top 25

Rice University (TX) 41.5 Not in Top 30 35.5 48 Not in Top 46 Not in Top 25

Boston University 41.5 Not in Top 30 50 NR 37 Not in Top 25

Vanderbilt U (TN) 45.5 30 43.5 32 29 Not in Top 25

Southern Methodist U 45.5 Not in Top 30 NR 42 41 Not in Top 25

UC Irvine 45.5 Not in Top 30 38 45 Not in Top 46 Not in Top 25

UC Davis 45.5 Not in Top 30 28.5 NR 36 Not in Top 25

Babson College (MA) 48.0 Not in Top 30 50 NR Not in Top 46 Not in Top 25

University of Iowa 49.5 Not in Top 30 25.5 16 31 Not in Top 25

University of Georgia 49.5 Not in Top 30 46.5 NR 42 Not in Top 25

For each column but the first, the top twenty schools of business in that column are in turquois. As one can see, the USN and BW agree on the top twenty albeit not their order; these two rankings even agree on the top twenty-one schools of business.

The business schools in the Financial Times top fifty seven but not in the USN top fifty are: U South Carolina (25.5), U Arizona (27), Thunderbird (32), William & Mary (41), George Washington (also at 41), Tulane (46.5), Temple (54), U Pittsburgh (56), and Case Western Reserve (57).

The business schools in the Forbes top fift but not in the USN top fifty are: U Tennessee (24), Wake Forest (31), Rollins (37), U Arizona (43), Tulane (44), U Missiouri (46), William & Mary (49), and SUNY Buffalo (50).

The business schools in the Economist Intelligence Unit top forty-six but not in the USN top fifty are: Brandais (30), U South Carolina (32), U Pittsburgh (35), Wake Forest (39), Temple (43), Case Western Reserve (44), William & Mary (45), Thunderbird (46).

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