Wacky Business School Rankings by: Lauren Everitt on July 18, 2014 | | 6,867 Views July 18, 2014 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Rankings reign supreme as the most-consulted information source for prospective MBA candidates. But not all of them have to be serious. The Princeton Review’s category rankings, ranging from the best campus to the most competitive students, offer a peek into the environment aspiring MBAs can expect at different schools. [digital-magazine-ad] While it’s unlikely an admit to Harvard Business School will ditch an HBS diploma for UCLA Anderson’s balmy southern California campus, another student may opt for the Pacific coastline over two years at Michigan State’s land-locked Broad College of Business in East Lansing, Michigan. For all their entertainment value, wacky rankings come with a few caveats. The Princeton Review’s Top 10 lists are no exception. The publication surveys some 19,000 business students across 296 B-schools. However, in many cases the differences between schools are so slight as to be statically meaningless; in other words, a school’s score may represent a mere anomaly or a dip in another school’s fortunes. The ranking methodology is also unclear. For instance, the best campus environment is assessed according to students’ opinions on their respective school’s safety, attractiveness, and location; however, The Princeton Review provides no indication of the questions used in the ranking or their weight in the final score. Plus, it often boils down to comparing apples with oranges. After all, how does one really weigh Stanford’s Mission Revival architecture and palm tree-lined drives against Columbia Business School’s close proximity to a smorgasbord of culinary options, art installations, and top financial centers. For all their faults, these rankings offer a handy way to find schools with your top attributes. They’re also just plain fun. Columbia Business School was named No.1 for the best campus environment Best Campus Environment 1. Columbia University 2. University of California (Los Angeles) 3. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4. Dartmouth College 5. Sanford University 6. The University of Texas at Austin 7. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 8. Vanderbilt University 9. The University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa 10. Pennsylvania State University Source: The Princeton Review (2014) Berkeley’s Haas School of Business is known for standout professors Best Professors 1. University of California (Berkeley) 2. Harvard University 3. The University of Texas at Austin 4. Yale University 5. University of Virginia 6. Vanderbilt University 7. The Ohio State University 8. Rice University 9. Cornell University 10. Dartmouth College Source: The Princeton Review (2014) Continue ReadingPage 1 of 2 1 2 Questions about this article? Email us or leave a comment below. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.