There are a bunch of rankings which have been released in the last few weeks – hope you’re keeping up with us! Here we’ve got U.S. News’ best part-time MBA rankings. Make sure you check out the links at the bottom of the post for...

Ever wonder which elite MBA programs offer the most free money to students? Bloomberg Businessweek revealed the results last week of its recent ranking of the top B-schools for scholarships. Based on the percentage of 2011-12 tuition and fees covered by the average scholarship award, multiplied...

Recently, the Financial Times released its ninth annual ranking of the best European business schools. In a major upset, Spain’s IE Business School unseated HEC Paris, which had occupied the top slot for the previous six years. The ranking assesses the combined performance of Europe’s leading...

Businessweek just released its latest biannual rankings. Below you’ll find the top 10 business schools in the U.S. and abroad. 2010 ranking positions are in parentheses. Top 10 U.S. Business Schools Chicago Booth (1) Harvard Business School (2) University of Pennsylvania Wharton (3) Stanford GSB (5) Northwestern Kellogg (4) Duke Fuqua (6) Cornell...

The subject of rankings comes up a lot with MBA applicants. I’m always surprised by the extreme interest in rankings, which are, after all, rather fleeting. You may have your sights set on the “No. 1″ school, but a decade from now, that same stellar...

We already analyzed The Economist’s rankings of the top 25 global MBA programs; now we’re going to provide insights from the Poets & Quants article, “The Economist’s Winners & Losers.” In short, volatility is the name of the game. 23 of the 100 top global MBA...

The Economist’s top 25 full-time global MBA program rankings offer few surprises. Here are a few points to note: European b-schools in general dropped a few places from last year. Most notably, IMD, ranked in third place in 2011, and dropped to tenth place in 2012....

You’ll find loads of articles online enumerating the ways in which you can use the MBA rankings to your benefit. Most of these articles are found on the ranking websites. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t trust what you read on BusinessWeek, The Financial Times,...

This week’s episode of Accepted Admissions Straight Talk features an exciting interview with John Byrne of Poets and Quants. Check out the full recording for some great insights into MBA rankings, admissions, the ROI of an MBA, and more. 00:32:25 – Meet our guest, John Byrne,...

The Economist recently announced its 2012 full-time MBA rankings, and the Chicago Booth School of Business came out way ahead in one area the MBA students polled believe is most important:  Booth is a program that opens an array of new career opportunities. Despite Booth’s reputation...