{"id":2030,"date":"2010-01-20T13:41:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T21:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2010-01-21T02:50:48","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T10:50:48","slug":"stanford-wins-first-place-for-forbes%e2%80%99-%e2%80%9cthe-most-satisfied-mbas%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/stanford-wins-first-place-for-forbes%e2%80%99-%e2%80%9cthe-most-satisfied-mbas%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanford Wins First Place for Forbes\u2019 \u201cThe Most Satisfied MBAs\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Forbes <\/em>took its survey findings from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2009\/08\/05\/best-business-schools-09-leadership-careers-intro.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Business Schools<\/a>\u201d and compiled a second rankings report: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2010\/01\/11\/business-schools-satisfaction-leadership-careers-mba.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Most Satisfied MBAs<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stanford won top slot for both rankings. It is #1 for providing the best return on investment for its graduates, as well as for churning out MBAs who are extremely satisfied with their current jobs and their completed b-school experience.<\/p>\n<p>The survey shows that Stanford alumni are more likely than grads from any other business school to sing praises to their alma mater. School satisfaction and job satisfaction are closely intertwined with financial success, says Pulin Sanghvi, Stanford GSB Director of Career Management and Stanford GSB \u201997 alum. \u201cTrue satisfaction happens from work-life actualization,\u201d he says, referring to the Dalai Lama\u2019s <em>The Art of Happiness at Work<\/em>. \u201cWe nurture students to pursue career decisions based on their internal drivers. That they then become financial successes is just a bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Top Ten US B-Schools with the Most Satisfied Graduates<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1.\u00a0\u00a0 Stanford GSB<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">2.\u00a0\u00a0 Wharton<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">3.\u00a0\u00a0 Chicago Booth<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">4.\u00a0\u00a0 NYU Stern<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">5.\u00a0\u00a0 Brigham Young University<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">6.\u00a0\u00a0 UC Berkeley Haas<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">7.\u00a0\u00a0 Dartmouth Tuck<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">8.\u00a0\u00a0 UCLA Anderson (tied)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">8.\u00a0\u00a0 University of Rochester Simon Graduate  School of Business (tied)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">10. University of Virginia Darden<\/p>\n<p>The Top Ten Non-US B-Schools with the Most Satisfied Graduates<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1.\u00a0\u00a0 Oxford<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">2.\u00a0\u00a0 IESE<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">3.\u00a0\u00a0 London Business  School<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">4.\u00a0\u00a0 IPADE<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">5.\u00a0\u00a0 Insead<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">6.\u00a0\u00a0 HEC-Paris<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">7.\u00a0\u00a0 IMD<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">8.\u00a0\u00a0 ESADE (tied)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">8.\u00a0\u00a0 IE (tied)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">10. Cranfield School of Management<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the value of rankings and how you should (or should not) use them, check out Accepted.com's new <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2009\/12\/30\/how-to-use-the-mba-rankings.html?utm_campaign=MBAContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=RankingReport\">special report on MBA rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/MBA\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/profile.ak.fbcdn.net\/object3\/947\/54\/s8255073883_9880.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1260090948492\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span>Accepted.com<\/a> ~ Helping You Write Your Best<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forbes took its survey findings from \u201cThe Best Business Schools\u201d and compiled a second rankings report: \u201cThe Most Satisfied MBAs.\u201d Stanford won top slot for both rankings. 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