Which MBA -- International and US?

BedHead
Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:58:04 +0000

The Economist Intelligence Unit did its own rankings of the best MBA’s internationally:

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Rank (out of 100)
Chicago, University of - Graduate School of Business 1
Stanford Graduate School of Business 2
IESE Business School - University of Navarra 3
Dartmouth College–Tuck School of Business 4
IMD - International Institute for Management Development 5
California at Berkeley, University of–Haas School of Business 6
Cambridge, University of - Judge Business School 7
New York University - Leonard N Stern School of Business 8
IE Business School 9
Henley Management College 10
Cranfield School of Management 11
Michigan, University of - Stephen M Ross School of Business 12
Harvard Business School 13
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management 14
London Business School 15
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management 16
INSEAD 17
Columbia Business School 18
Ashridge 19
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – School of Business and Management 20
Pennsylvania, University of - Wharton School 21
Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School 22
Virginia, University of - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration 23
York University - Schulich School of Business 24
Yale School of Management 25

and within the Americas (US):

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School Rank (out of 100 internationally)
Chicago, University of - Graduate School of Business 1
Stanford Graduate School of Business 2
Dartmouth College–Tuck School of Business 4
California at Berkeley, University of–Haas School of Business 6
New York University - Leonard N Stern School of Business 8
Michigan, University of - Stephen M Ross School of Business 12
Harvard Business School 13
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management 14
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management 16
Columbia Business School 18
Pennsylvania, University of - Wharton School 21
Virginia, University of - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration 23

Here is an explanation of the rankings methodology:

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Is it really possible that Harvard is 13 and Wharton is 21 when NYU is 8? Is this a ranking methodology problem – or is the problem that we always presume that certain schools are tops when in fact that should be questioned? What is the right ranking of b-schools?