{"id":57600,"date":"2023-04-25T12:35:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T19:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/us-news-mba-rankings-best-business-schools\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:22:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T18:22:58","slug":"us-news-mba-rankings-best-business-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/us-news-mba-rankings-best-business-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"US News MBA Rankings Best Business Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After an unexpected one-week delay, the\u00a0 2023-2024 US News MBA rankings of the best business schools<\/a> have finally arrived. For the second consecutive year, the University of Chicago\u2019s Booth School of Business<\/a> took the top spot among full-time MBA programs. Northwestern University\u2019s Kellogg School<\/a> comes in at No. 2 and the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Wharton School<\/a> at No. 3.<\/p>\n

According to Poets & Quants<\/a>, US News & World Report postponed publication after many deans \u201cscreamed foul\u201d after seeing an embargoed copy of the ranking. \u201cWithout explanation, U.S. News\u2019 final MBA ranking significantly changed the positions of many schools,\u201d writes P&Q editor-in-chief John A. Byrne. \u201cIn fact, 84 business schools saw their rank change by at least one position, up or down.\u201d<\/p>\n

US News MBA Rankings for the Top 20 B-Schools<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Business School<\/th>\n2023-24 Ranking<\/th>\n2022-23 Ranking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Chicago Booth<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kellogg School<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3 (tie)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wharton School<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1 (tie)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MIT Sloan<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n5 (tie)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dartmouth Tuck<\/td>\n6 (tie)<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanford GSB<\/td>\n6 (tie)<\/td>\n3 (tie)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UM Ross School<\/td>\n8 (tie)<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yale SOM<\/td>\n8 (tie)<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NYU Stern<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n12 (tie)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Columbia<\/td>\n11 (tie)<\/td>\n8 (tie)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duke Fuqua<\/td>\n11 (tie)<\/td>\n12 (tie)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berkeley Haas<\/td>\n11 (tie)<\/td>\n8 (tie)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UVA Darden<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornell Johnson<\/td>\n15 (tie)<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USC Marshall<\/td>\n15 (tie)<\/td>\n19 (tie)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emory Goizueta<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CMU Tepper<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UCLA Anderson<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UT McCombs<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Source: US News & World Report<\/a><\/p>\n

Methodology Modification<\/h3>\n

This year\u2019s methodology changed<\/a> significantly to place more of an emphasis on outcomes. Half the rankings formula evaluated institutions on the successful placement and earnings outcomes of their graduates\u2014up from 35% previously. Here\u2019s how US News explains the shift in focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs education costs continue to soar, students and their families are placing more emphasis on the results that education can bring. Therefore, the ranking factor weights for this edition feature an increased emphasis on outcome measures and a reduced emphasis on reputation. U.S. News took this approach based on knowledge that employment and earnings outcomes are the driving force behind why many individuals seek to further their education, especially in business.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A Real Head-Scratcher<\/h3>\n

Even casual observers will be surprised to see Stanford\u2019s Graduate School of Business<\/a> tied for 6th place in this new ranking.\u00a0 The GSB\u2019s stronghold in the top three MBA programs has long been established across multiple rankings for several years.<\/p>\n

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This result is a quirk of the US News MBA ranking\u2019s new quirky methodology, says Byrne. There\u2019s no argument that Stanford GSB is the most selective MBA program in the world, with its 8.6% acceptance rate. Stanford also outranks Booth in average GPA, median GMAT, and starting salaries and sign-on bonuses.<\/p>\n

Yet this time around, \u201cStanford was especially disadvantaged because U.S. News<\/em> put greater weight on placement statistics,\u201d Byrne explains. \u201cThree months after graduation, 83.8% of Stanford MBA had jobs vs. a much more impressive 95.6% rate at Booth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stat does not reflect a preference for hiring companies for Booth MBAs,\u201d he notes. \u201cWhat it does reflect is that fewer Stanford grads go into jobs from mainstream MBA recruiters, preferring positions in venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, and startups, all of which recruit and hire very few newly minted MBAs and do not employ them on a typical MBA recruiting schedule. Stanford MBAs are so confident in their ability to land the jobs they really want that they are willing to hold out for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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