{"id":31508,"date":"2015-12-08T03:21:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T10:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=31508"},"modified":"2016-07-27T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T23:00:08","slug":"forbes-top-20-u-s-mba-programs-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/forbes-top-20-u-s-mba-programs-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes Top 20 U.S. MBA Programs in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the top 20 MBA programs in the U.S. according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/business-schools\/list\/#tab:rank\" target=\"_blank\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forbes<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/rankings-report\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/forbes_top_20_bschools2.jpg\" alt=\"Want to know what the rankings mean for you? Download your free guide to the MBA rankings!\" width=\"794\" height=\"1049\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Few Points (from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kurtbadenhausen\/2015\/09\/09\/best-business-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lead Article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022\u00a0The average five-year gain at the top 25 U.S. business schools was $61,700. That's down $6300 from two years ago, and down $56,300 since 2003.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022\u00a0The average debt for students reporting debt to Forbes from the class of 2010 was $80,000, $15,000 more than it was two years earlier. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Word on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forbes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">' Methodology<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forbes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> surveyed 17,400 alumni at 95 schools, and had a 24% response rate. MBA program graduates answered questions about pre- and post-MBA compensation, career choice, and location. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alumni earnings in the first five years after graduation were weighed against the opportunity cost of attending business school (the cost of the program plus two years without a salary). Earnings include salary, bonuses, and stock options, and there is an assumption made that alumni would have experienced a 50% slower compensation increase had they not received an MBA. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These rankings include only U.S. schools with a two-year, full-time MBA program. Schools where alumni had a negative ROI after five years are not included in the rankings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can view <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forbes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> international MBA rankings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/international-business-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forbes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">' methodology <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kurtbadenhausen\/2015\/09\/09\/the-best-business-schools-2015-behind-the-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/med_school_rankings_and_numbers_report?utm_campaign=blogcta&amp;utm_medium=MedRankingsReport&amp;utm_source=cta\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/58291\/hub_generated\/resized\/117acfc8-5f71-429a-be0e-1f695dd64504.png\" alt=\"Click here to find out if you are misusing the business school rankings\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-28527 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Accepted_PremierAdmissionsCosultancy.png\" alt=\"Accepted: The Premier Admissions Cosultancy\" width=\"429\" height=\"69\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2015\/10\/26\/2015-bloomberg-business-mba-rankings\/\">Bloomberg Business MBA Rankings<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2014\/03\/19\/mba-rankings-why-should-i-care\/\">Rankings: Why Should I Care?<\/a>\u00a0[short video]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/zones\/bschools.aspx\">B-School Zones for Top MBA Programs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2015\/12\/07\/forbes-top-us-mba-programs\/\">This article<\/a>\u00a0<em>originally appeared on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/\">blog.accepted.com<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Applying to a top b-school? The talented folks at Accepted have helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to their dream programs. Whether you are figuring out where apply, writing your application essays, or prepping for your interviews, we are just a call (or click) away.<\/p>\n<p>Contact us, and get matched up with the consultant who will help\u00a0<em>you\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hubs.ly\/H01gxJF0\">get accepted<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the top 20 MBA programs in the U.S. according to Forbes: A Few Points (from the Lead Article) \u2022\u00a0The average five-year gain at the top 25 U.S. business&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,939,775,243],"tags":[1896,39],"class_list":["post-31508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-accepted","category-admission-consultants","category-blog","tag-mba","tag-mba-admissions","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31508"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31515,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31508\/revisions\/31515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}