Top 30 MBA programs according to Business Week

[collegeparent]

<p>Just published by Business Week:</p>

<p>1 - Northwestern/Kellogg
2 - Chicago
3 - Penn/Wharton
4 - Stanford
5 - Harvard
6 - Michigan/Ross
7 - Cornell/Johnson
8 - Columbia
9 - MIT/Sloan
10 - Dartmouth/Tuck
11 - Duke/Fuqua
12 - UVa/Darden
13 - NYU/Stern
14 - UCLA/Anderson
15 - CMU/Tepper
16 - UNC/Kenan Flager
17 - UC Berkeley/Haas
18 - Indiana/Kelley
19 - Texas/McCombs
20 - Emory/Goizueta
21 - Purdue/Krannert
22 - Yale
23 - WUSTL/Olin
24 - Notre Dame/Mendoza
25 - Georgetown/McDonough
26 - Babson/Olin
27 - USC/Marshall
28 - U Md/Smith
29 - U Rochester/Simon
30 - Vanderbilt/Owens</p>

[aparent5]

<p>Thanks for posting. Can't read more on their site without subscribing, but am wondering...what are their criteria?</p>

[Alexandre]

<p>BusinessWeek's 4 main criteria are:</p>

<h1>1 Corporate ratings. What do compnaies think of the school in terms of their career office, student's Business accumen and preperedness etc...</h1>

<h1>2 Student satisfaction ratings. Are students pleased with the administrations efforts and results? Are they happy to have spent two years and a $100,000 in tuition and cost of living while at the same time, foregoing 2 years of salary?</h1>

<h1>3 Results. What's the bottom line? What percentage have jobs upon graduation, and, taking all factors into consideration (chosen fields and industries as well as cost of living adjustments), how well are they paid?</h1>

<h1>4 Intellectual capital. That just refers to the academic and intellectual enviornment.</h1>

<p>Of course, there are other criteria, but those are the main four. </p>

<p>BusinessWeek is a great ranking, but like all rankings, it is merely one dimensional...maybe two...but it does not give one the whole picture. The USNWR is also a good ranking.</p>