Online business education and career guide Top Management Degrees has published a ranking of the 50 best business schools for an MBA
This ranking combines the results of seven of the most influential business school rankings from around the world to create the most comprehensive and holistic ranking of the best business schools for an MBA in the United States. The ranking results of each publication were weighted the same to remove the subjective and idiosyncratic elements of each publication’s methodology and provide a more accurate and stable picture of a business school’s stature.
Based on the most recent data from US News & World Report, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Financial Times, The Economist, Quacquarelli Symonds, and Eduniversal, the ranking lists Stanford University Graduate School of Business as #1, followed by the Harvard University Business School at #2, and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business at #3.
Other schools making the list include (alphabetically ordered):
Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business — Tempe, Arizona
Babson College Olin Graduate School of Business — Wellesley, Massachusetts
Boston College Carroll School of Management — Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Boston University Questrom School of Business — Boston, Massachusetts
Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management — Provo, Utah
Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Columbia University Columbia Business School — New York, New York
Cornell University Johnson School of Business — Ithaca, New York
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business — Hanover, New Hampshire
Duke University Fuqua School of Business — Durham, North Carolina
Emory University Goizueta Business School — Atlanta, Georgia
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business — Washington, District of Columbia
Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business — Atlanta, Georgia
Indiana University–Bloomington Kelley School of Business — Bloomington, Indiana
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management — Cambridge, Massachusetts
Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business — East Lansing, Michigan
New York University Stern School of Business — New York, New York
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management — Evanston, Illinois
Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business — Columbus, Ohio
Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business — University Park, Pennsylvania
Purdue University Krannert School of Management — West Lafayette, Indiana
Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business — Houston, Texas
Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business — Dallas, Texas
Texas A&M University Mays Business School — College Station, Texas
University of California–Berkeley Haas School of Business — Berkeley, California
University of California–Davis Graduate School of Management — Davis, California
University of California–Irvine Paul Merage School of Business — Irvine, California
University of California–Los Angeles Anderson School of Management — Los Angeles, California
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign College of Business — Champaign, Illinois
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business — Iowa City, Iowa
University of Maryland–College Park Robert H. Smith School of Business — College Park, Maryland
University of Michigan Ross School of Business — Ann Arbor, Michigan
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Carlson School of Management — Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Kenan–Flagler Business School — Chapel Hill, North Carolina
University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business — Notre Dame, Indiana
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
University of Rochester Simon Business School — Rochester, New York
University of Southern California Marshall School of Business — Los Angeles, California
University of Texas–Austin McCombs School of Business — Austin, Texas
University of Virginia Darden School of Business — Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Washington Foster School of Business — Seattle, Washington
University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business — Madison, Wisconsin
Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of management — Nashville, Tennessee
Wake Forest University School of Business — Winston Salem, North Carolina
Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School — Saint Louis, Missouri
Yale University School of Management — New Haven, Connecticut
Tammie Cagle, Editor of Top Management Degrees, comments: “An MBA is a globally known professional credential that can allow for pay raises and promotions.” “The study of becoming a skilled and knowledgeable businessperson and manager can be one of the most important investments in a professional’s life,” Cagle said.
Top Management Degrees is an independent online resource for information about business and management education and careers. The site publishes rankings and reviews of top business and management degree programs, financial aid options for business students, career guides, and more.
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Source: PRNewswire, July 21, 2015