BusinessWeek's 2010 Ranking of Best B-Schools

BIGGEST LOSERS IN THE 2010 BUSINESSWEEK RANKING

School	Difference in Ranks	2010 Rank	2008 Rank
University of Maryland	-16	42	26
Washington University (Olin)	-12	40	28
Vanderbilt University	-7	37	30
New York University (Stern)	-5	18	13
Brigham Young	-5	27	22
University of Washington	-4	31	27
Texas-Austin (McCoombs)	-4	25	21
Indiana (Kelley)	-4	19	15
Notre Dame (Mendoza)	-4	24	20
UCLA (Anderson)	-3	17	14

Source: BusinessWeek 2010 ranking of Best B-schools

Besides the four new schools that cracked the top 30 list this year, other big winners in BW’s 2010 ranking included the business schools at Southern Methodist University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Those schools both jumped six places. SMU’s Cox School moved to 12th from 18th in 2008, while the Georgia Institute rose to 23 from 29th in the last BW ranking.

BIGGEST YEAR-OVER-YEAR WINNERS IN THE 2010 BUSINESSWEEK RANKING

School	Difference in Ranks	2010 Rank	2008 Rank
Michigan State (Broad)	Won top 30 status	20	ST*
Minnesota (Carlson)	Won top 30 status	28	ST*
Rice University (Jones)	Won top 30 status	29	Unranked
Texas A&M (Mays)	Won top 30 status	30	Unranked
SMU (Cox)	+6	12	18
Georgia Institute of Tech	+6	23	29
Virginia (Darden)	+5	11	16
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)	+4	15	19
Yale University	+3	21	24

Source: BusinessWeek 2010 ranking of Best B-Schools

ST — Second-tier school among 15 identified by BusinessWeek

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