{"id":1058,"date":"2009-08-05T12:30:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T20:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2009-08-16T00:25:01","modified_gmt":"2009-08-16T08:25:01","slug":"forbes-roi-mba-rankings-for-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/forbes-roi-mba-rankings-for-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes ROI MBA Rankings for 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Forbes <\/em>published today its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2009\/08\/03\/best-business-schools-09-leadership-careers-all_slide.html\">2010 MBA rankings for US<\/a> and non-US MBA programs. The <em>Forbes <\/em>ranking is based on ROI, specifically \"the return on investment achieved by the graduates from the class of 2004.\" <em>Forbes <\/em>surveyed 17,000 alumni at 103 schools and heard back from 24% of those grads in compiling its data.<\/p>\n<p>For the US, the top 10 is:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/2009\/95\/best-business-schools-09_Stanford_950008.html\">Stanford<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/2009\/95\/best-business-schools-09_Dartmouth-%28Tuck%29_950004.html\">Dartmouth (Tuck)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/2009\/95\/best-business-schools-09_Harvard_950000.html\">Harvard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/2009\/95\/best-business-schools-09_Chicago-%28Booth%29_950317.html\">Chicago (Booth)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/2009\/95\/best-business-schools-09_Pennsylvania-%28Wharton%29_950007.html\">Pennsylvania (Wharton)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/2009\/95\/best-business-schools-09_Columbia_950002.html\">Columbia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/2009\/95\/best-business-schools-09_Cornell-%28Johnson%29_950014.html\">Cornell (Johnson)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/2009\/95\/best-business-schools-09_Northwestern-%28Kellogg%29_950011.html\">Northwestern (Kellogg)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/2009\/95\/best-business-schools-09_Virginia-%28Darden%29_950013.html\">Virginia (Darden)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/2009\/95\/best-business-schools-09_Yale_950005.html\">Yale<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The <a title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2009\/08\/05\/best-business-schools-09-leadership-careers-intro.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2009\/08\/05\/best-business-schools-09-leadership-careers-intro.html\" target=\"_blank\">lead article associated with the rankings<\/a> has additional noteworthy data-points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Although most graduates at top MBA programs see a significant return on the MBA investment, rising tuition and pre-MBA salaries mean that breaking even (not to mention profiting financially) takes a little longer than it has in the past.<\/li>\n<li>\"Europe is home to the seven best business schools when it comes to a return on your investment, led by top-ranked <a title=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/INSEAD.aspx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/INSEAD.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">INSEAD<\/a>, whose graduates had a five-year gain of $192,000.\"<\/li>\n<li><em>Forbes <\/em>plans to publish its Best Business Schools report annually in the future, instead of biannually as it has in the past.<\/li>\n<li>Excellent piece on \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2009\/08\/05\/best-business-schools-09-leadership-careers-admission.html\" target=\"_blank\">How to Get Into Business School<\/a>\" by Matt Symonds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The rankings also includes articles about the individual programs including a worthwhile piece on <a title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/2009\/0824\/best-business-schools-09-mba-insead-school-for-entrepreneurs.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/2009\/0824\/best-business-schools-09-mba-insead-school-for-entrepreneurs.html\" target=\"_blank\">entrepreneurship at INSEAD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you're curious about my views on rankings, please see <a title=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2009\/4\/16\/the-rankings-part-1-of-5.html\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2009\/4\/16\/the-rankings-part-1-of-5.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/universal\/images\/manager\/wysiwyg-script.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forbes published today its 2010 MBA rankings for US and non-US MBA programs. 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