2012 MBA Rankings

bb · **Posted:** Thu Aug 26, 2010 3:35 am

Combined Rankings and School Statistics

Top 50 US B-Schools
Mean Rank	School Name	Business Week	Economist	Forbes	FT	US News	Median GMAT	Work Exp	Pre-MBA Salary	Post-MBA Salary	Tuition	Class Size	Selectivity	Women Students	Int'nl Students
1	Harvard	2	4	1	2	2	730	4	$79000	$110000	$112000	908	11%	36%	34%
2	Stanford	5	7	2	1	1	730	5	$77000	$125000	$110000	370	6%	39%	41%
3	Chicago (Booth)	1	2	3	6	5	720	5	$72000	$102000	$106000	550	22%	35%	44%
4	Pennsylvania (Wharton)	3	10	4	3	3	720	4	$79000	$110000	$109000	862	17%	40%	34%
5	Columbia	9	6	5	4	9	712	5	$76000	$100000	$115000	737	15%	35%	46%
6	MIT (Sloan)	10	8	10	5	3	720	5	$77000	$110000	$104000	746	13%	35%	51%
7	Northwestern (Kellogg)	4	12	7	9	5	720	5	$68000	$105000	$105000	427	19%	31%	34%
8	Dartmouth (Tuck)	14	1	6	11	7	720	5	$74000	$105000	$104000	255	20%	35%	40%
9	UC Berkeley (Haas)	8	5	13	7	7	710	5	$68000	$110000	$102000	545	12%	30%	42%
10	Duke (Fuqua)	6	13	12	8	12	700	5	$63000	$100000	$102000	425	24%	30%	39%
11	Virginia (Darden)	11	3	9	17	13	700	5	$68000	$100000	$104000	333	26%	29%	33%
12	NYU (Stern)	18	9	18	10	10	710	5	$61000	$100000	$97000	392	13%	36%	35%
13	Cornell (Johnson)	13	15	8	13	16	700	4	$65000	$96000	$104000	274	23%	29%	31%
14	Michigan (Ross)	7	20	14	14	14	710	5	$62000	$100000	$103000	486	25%	30%	29%
15	Yale SOM	21	16	11	12	10	720	5	$57000	$100000	$105000	223	17%	37%	33%
16	UCLA (Anderson)	17	17	20	15	14	710	5	$63000	$100000	$100000	360	29%	31%	37%
17	Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)	15	11	23	16	18	700	6	$55000	$95000	$105000	201	27%	25%	37%
18	Emory (Goizueta)	22	18	22	18	23	680	4	$55000	$90000	$86000	170	33%	31%	36%
19	Texas-Austin (McCombs)	25	21	17	25	17	690	5	$59000	$95000	$93000	261	24%	33%	27%
20	North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	16	28	16	26	19	700	5	$55000	$95000	$96000	287	36%	27%	27%
21	Indiana (Kelley)	19	24	27	21	23	660	5	$47000	$90000	$90000	-	42%	24%	28%
22	Hult	-	19	-	32	-	-	5	$37000	$93000	$55500	356	-%	29%	91%
23	USC (Marshall)	26	14	39	31	21	690	7	$54000	$94000	$95000	222	22%	27%	22%
24	Texas A&M (Mays)	30	-	24	24	32	646	4	$46000	$85000	$43000	63	23%	22%	19%
25	Georgetown (McDonough)	33	26	35	19	25	685	5	$50000	$95000	$98000	258	42%	28%	28%
26	Vanderbilt University (Owen)	37	22	33	30	28	670	5	$56000	$88000	$87000	186	36%	25%	23%
27	Brigham Young (Marriott)	27	-	15	46	32	680	3	$47000	$88550	$42000	-	47%	19%	13%
28	Southern Methodist (Cox)	12	40	25	45	-	643	5	$45000	$81000	$90000	90	35%	23%	23%
29	Wisconsin-Madison	34	27	29	36	28	680	5	$50000	$87500	$53000	118	31%	40%	16%
30	Ohio State (Fisher)	32	32	34	33	25	680	5	$49000	$85000	$84000	147	27%	32%	27%
31	Notre Dame (Mendoza)	24	25	31	41	37	700	5	$48000	$90000	$84000	134	33%	22%	18%
32	Rice University (Jones)	29	34	45	20	34	680	5	$54000	$95000	$91000	109	36%	36%	31%
33	U. of Washington (Foster)	31	23	36	35	37	680	4	$49000	$85000	$76000	114	31%	34%	18%
34	Georgia Tech	23	-	43	37	28	680	5	$54000	$85020	$73000	-	21%	31%	13%
35	Penn State (Smeal)	44	31	26	23	40	650	5	$49000	$87500	$71000	-	37%	38%	39%
36	Iowa (Tippie)	-	36	21	43	40	650	5	$36000	$84308	$68000	-	-%	14%	19%
37	Rochester (Simon)	43	-	32	22	45	677	6	$42000	$72000	$92000	123	34%	31%	55%
38	Maryland (Smith)	42	33	38	28	45	670	5	$54000	$85625	$95000	153	38%	23%	46%
39	Purdue (Krannert)	41	41	40	29	49	660	5	$47000	$85000	$81000	143	33%	20%	50%
40	Boston University	38	30	61	38	34	690	4	$50000	$85000	$81000	170	28%	37%	37%
41	Wake Forest (Babcock)	48	-	30	39	47	650	3	$45000	$80000	$77000	-	51%	17%	30%
42	Illinois-Urbana Champaign	46	-	56	27	37	650	5	$42000	$87500	$66000	102	28%	32%	37%
43	Boston College (Carroll)	50	-	53	34	34	662	4	$63000	$87000	$71000	106	33%	31%	34%
44	Georgia (Terry)	36	44	42	-	57	640	4	$49000	$65000	$61000	-	41%	30%	18%
45	UC Davis	-	37	72	-	28	700	4	$49000	$90765	$90000	60	-%	35%	25%
46	Arizona State (Carey)	49	-	66	-	27	680	4	$46000	$85000	$72000	84	30%	27%	24%
47	Babson College (Olin)	-	-	44	47	52	624	6	$53000	$83500	$85000	148	-%	30%	49%
48	UC Irvine (Merage)	-	-	69	40	40	680	5	$48000	$75326	$89000	83	-%	23%	30%
49	Thunderbird	45	42	54	42	75	610	5	$43000	$81500	$87000	516	81%	25%	55%
50	South Carolina (Moore)	-	48	70	44	54	630	4	$47000	$70000	$70000	81	-%	36%	27%

Business Week 2010 MBA Rankings (Full Time)

Financial Times 2012 MBA Rankings (Full Time)

US News 2011 MBA Rankings (Full Time)

The Economist 2011 MBA Rankings (Full Time)

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asimov · **Posted:** Thu Aug 26, 2010 3:24 pm

I've attached a xls version of the rankings.

Alternatively, there's website started by some ex-BW people that compiles all the major rankings and does a "ranking of rankings" analysis of the schools. Rankings included BW, Forbes, USNWR, FT, Econ
http://poetsandquants.com/2010/08/05/ou ... 0-schools/

viksag · **Posted:** Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:50 pm

Thanks a ton... lovely share..

Pediasure · **Posted:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:09 pm

Thank You very much.

Praetorian · **Posted:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:09 am

Pediasure wrote:

Thank You very much.

You are welcome!

I have updated the thread.

mba20thirteen · **Posted:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:54 pm

The BW rankings are misleading/incorrect. You have numerically ranked the schools past #30, but really they are all tier 2. Hence the reason why they are in alphabetical order at that point.

Also, the BW rankings are not from 2010.

Posted from my mobile device

bb · **Posted:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:56 pm

mba20thirteen wrote:

The BW rankings are misleading/incorrect. You have numerically ranked the schools past #30, but really they are all tier 2. Hence the reason why they are in alphabetical order at that point.

Also, the BW rankings are not from 2010.

Posted from my mobile device

Thank you for catching that!
I have removed the list of schools past 30 from the BW (it will take 5 mins for the spreadsheet to reflect that). However, they look current - let me know if you have a different ranking.

ShannWeiss · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:53 am

What are the best alternatives to the BW rankings?

nink · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:04 am

bb wrote:

However, they look current - let me know if you have a different ranking.

I think the previous poster is right bb. I dont think BW released a new ranking for 2010 yet.

http://blog.veritasprep.com/2008/11/bus ... -2008.html

If you look at that list, it is the same list of what is up on BW website right now.

I would know because I go to the #24 school.....and cursed myself for not applying to #18 school ever since.

bb · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:38 am

nink wrote:

bb wrote:

However, they look current - let me know if you have a different ranking.

I think the previous poster is right bb. I dont think BW released a new ranking for 2010 yet.

http://blog.veritasprep.com/2008/11/bus ... -2008.html

If you look at that list, it is the same list of what is up on BW website right now.

I would know because I go to the #24 school.....and cursed myself for not applying to #18 school ever since.

Thanks! Too funny.

ShannWeiss · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:55 am

Just did a little bit of research.

I've been reading Poets and Quants lately. Have you seen their ranking of the rankings.

And if you *dare* to stray outside the most the competitive schools, these reviews of online schools are interesting.

Hopefully helpful,
Shann

Royaldane · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:11 pm

INSEAD at #23... really? I don't care what The Economist thinks, its top 10 in my book for its impressive placement stats

afz · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:36 pm

h/s/w, the ratings starts after this

appy001 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:59 pm

I believe that US news rankings are the best but this is sad that they don't provide overall ranking..

abhishek2409 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:17 am

I also think that US news rankings are the best.... Although they don't publish World Rankings but still good enough for US schools. Also is anybody aware of course concentration based rankings? Have not been able to find something good...

RiaLucia · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:07 am

The more I see different ranking lists with wild fluctuations in some schools' positioning, the more I realize that you cannot live and die by a school rank. Just as the school needs to look at more than just your GMAT score when deciding whether or not to consider taking you in, you as an applicant have got to look at the total package and not just the position on a list. I mean, how can a school be in the top 3 on one list and not even crack the top 20 on another? And some of these lists are US-centric besides, which doesn't help much if you're looking at UK/European schools as well. That said, this post is definitely helpful. Thanks for posting!

manoharpln · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:58 am

Thanks a lot for the list..

Moss · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:54 am

P&Q has probably the best ratings guide out there: http://poetsandquants.com/2010/08/05/ou ... 0-schools/

bb · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:16 am

Moss wrote:

P&Q has probably the best ratings guide out there: http://poetsandquants.com/2010/08/05/ou ... 0-schools/

Thanks - the link is already there. I will get to posting the table.

gurpreetsingh · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:54 am

Google excel is great !! Now we don't have to create tables

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