The EIU TOP 46 gives "Key Contact Details" and "School Details" of the EIU's Top 46.
TOP MBA PROGRAMS RANKING LINKS
We shall indicate some publications that rank MBA programs.
U.S. NEWS &WORLD REPORT gives an annual ranking of the top 50 MBA programs in the United States. USN has been ranking graduate programs and undergraduate colleges and universities since 1987. Their rankings are the gold standard.
BUSINESS WEEK gives a biannual ranking of the top 30 MBA programs in the United States. Business Week indicates HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THE RANKING. The BW Ranking is probably second to the USN Ranking.
ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT, a unit of The Economist., puts out a ranking of the top 100 MBA programs (they make no geographic restriction). This ranking implies a ranking of their top 46 MBA programs in the United States. This website gives a lot of useful information about each of their ranked programs.
FINANCIAL TIMES puts out a ranking of the top 100 MBA programs (they make no geographic restriction). This ranking implies a ranking of their top 57 MBA programs in the United States.
Forbes (September 3, 2007) gives a ranking of their Top 50 U.S. Business Schools. This ranking does not appear to be on the internet. Forbes' ranking is based on the return on investment of these programs. This ranking provides some interesting data.
WALL STREET JOURNAL gives a ranking of their top 19 national MBA programs (e.g. Dartmouth ranked 1 and Stanford ranked 19), gives a ranking of the top 51 regional MBA programs (e.g Brigham Young ranked 1, University;y of Texas ranked 19, and University of Connecticut ranked 51), and gives a ranking of 25 international MBA programs (including nine USA MBA programs. Perhaps the new WSJ management will lead to a better ranking or perhaps not. Because there was not just one ranking, we made no use of this ranking.
GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOLS TOP FIFTY
TOP
US NEWS
BUSINESS
FINANCIAL
FORBES
ECONOMIST
THIS
BUSINESS
RANK
WEEK
TIMES
TOP 50
(EIU)
WEBSITE
SCHOOLS
TOP 50
TOP 30
TOP 57
TOP 46
TOP 25
Harvard University (MA)
1.5
4
4
3
7
Top 6
Stanford University (CA)
1.5
6
3
2
2
Top 6
U Pennsylvania
3.0
2
1
5
11
Top 6
University of Chicago
5.0
1
6
7
1
Top 6
Northwestern U (lL)
5.0
3
10
9
8
Top 6
MIT
5.0
7
5
17
9
Top 6
Dartmouth College (NH)
7.5
11
8
1
3
8
UC Berkeley
7.5
8
15
13
4
7
Columbia University (NY)
9.0
10
2
6
10
9
New York University
10.0
14
7
11
5
11
UCLA
11.0
12
11
21
Not considered
12
U Michigan, Ann Arbor
12.0
5
13
Not in Top 50
6
10
Yale University (CT)
13.0
19
9
8
13
16
University of Virginia
15.0
15
16
4
12
15
Cornell University (NY)
15.0
13
17
10
15
14
Duke University (NC)
15.0
9
14
12
16
13
Carnegie Mellon U (PA)
17.0
16
23.5
20
19
17
U Texas, Austin
18.0
20
43.5
14
24
19
U North Carolina
19.5
17
20
15
23
18
Indiana U, Bloomington
19.5
18
32
26
Not considered
20
U Southern California
21.0
21
30
33
22
21
Georgetown U (DC)
22.5
22
19
25
28
22
Arizona State U
22.5
Not in Top 30
54
Not in Top 50
Not in Top 46
Not in Top 25
Emory University (GA)
24.0
23
12
23
17
23
Washington U (MO)
25.5
27
39
36
26
24
U Rochester (NY)
25.5
28
22
41
40
25
U Minnesota
27.5
Not in Top 30
50
28
Not in Top 46
Not in Top 25
Ohio State University
27.5
Not in Top 30
52
30
20
Not in Top 25
Brigham Young (UT)
30.5
Not in Top 30
48
18
Not in Top 46
Not in Top 25
Texas A&M U
30.5
Not in Top 30
32
22
Not in Top 46
Not in Top 25
Wisconsin, Madison
30.5
Not in Top 30
54
27
25
Not in Top 25
Georgia Tech
30.5
Not in Top 30
NR
34
Not in Top 46
Not in Top 25
Purdue U (IN)
33.0
24
35.5
39
33
Not in Top 25
U Washington
35.5
Not in Top 30
21
38
14
Not in Top 25
U Notre Dame (IN)
35.5
26
45
40
18
Not in Top 25
Boston College
35.5
Not in Top 30
41
47
Not in Top 46
Not in Top 25
U Florida
35.5
Not in Top 30
35.5
NR
38
Not in Top 25
U lIIinois
38.0
Not in Top 30
35.5
NR
34
Not in Top 25
U Maryland
39.0
25
18
35
27
Not in Top 25
Michigan State U
41.5
29
23.5
19
Not in Top 46
Not in Top 25
Pennsylvania SU
41.5
Not in Top 30
28.5
29
21
Not in Top 25
Rice University (TX)
41.5
Not in Top 30
35.5
48
Not in Top 46
Not in Top 25
Boston University
41.5
Not in Top 30
50
NR
37
Not in Top 25
Vanderbilt U (TN)
45.5
30
43.5
32
29
Not in Top 25
Southern Methodist U
45.5
Not in Top 30
NR
42
41
Not in Top 25
UC Irvine
45.5
Not in Top 30
38
45
Not in Top 46
Not in Top 25
UC Davis
45.5
Not in Top 30
28.5
NR
36
Not in Top 25
Babson College (MA)
48.0
Not in Top 30
50
NR
Not in Top 46
Not in Top 25
University of Iowa
49.5
Not in Top 30
25.5
16
31
Not in Top 25
University of Georgia
49.5
Not in Top 30
46.5
NR
42
Not in Top 25
For each column but the first, the top twenty schools of business in that column are in turquois. As one can see, the USN and BW agree on the top twenty albeit not their order; these two rankings even agree on the top twenty-one schools of business.
The business schools in the Financial Times top fifty seven but not in the USN top fifty are: U South Carolina (25.5), U Arizona (27), Thunderbird (32), William & Mary (41), George Washington (also at 41), Tulane (46.5), Temple (54), U Pittsburgh (56), and Case Western Reserve (57).
The business schools in the Forbes top fift but not in the USN top fifty are: U Tennessee (24), Wake Forest (31), Rollins (37), U Arizona (43), Tulane (44), U Missiouri (46), William & Mary (49), and SUNY Buffalo (50).
The business schools in the Economist Intelligence Unit top forty-six but not in the USN top fifty are: Brandais (30), U South Carolina (32), U Pittsburgh (35), Wake Forest (39), Temple (43), Case Western Reserve (44), William & Mary (45), Thunderbird (46).
