U.S. News’ Big 2015 MBA Ranking Winners & Losers

The business school at the University of Louisville

The business school at the University of Louisville

The Double-Digit Gainers

School 2015 Rank 2014 Rank Gain
University of Louisville 70 NR +31*
University of Massachusetts (Isenberg) 74 NR +27*
Auburn University (Harbert) 83 NR +18*
Chapman University (Argyros) 83 NR +18*
University of Miami 79 96 +17
University of Oregon (Lundquist) 79 96 +17
University of Alabama (Manderson) 58 74 +16
Clemson University 86 NR +15*
University of Tulsa (Collins) 83 96 +13
St. Louis University (Cook) 88 NR +13*
Texas Christian University (Neeley) 63 78 +13
Wake Forest University 45 58 +13
Rutgers University 48 60 +12
Iowa State University 63 73 +10
Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) 91 NR +10*
Texas A&M University (Mays) 27 37 +10

Source: U.S. News & World Report 2015 MBA Ranking

Pepperdine's Graziado School of Business is ranked 78th among the top 100 business schools in the U.S. by Poets&Quants.

Pepperdine’s Graziado School of Business

The Double-Digit Decliners

School 2015 Rank 2014 Rank Gain
Pepperdine University (Graziadio) NR 76 -25*
University of Delaware (Lerner) NR 80 -21*
University of Missouri (Trulaske) 79 58 -21
University of South Carolina (Moore) 74 55 -19
Binghamton University–SUNY 95 76 -19
Claremont (Drucker) NR 87 -14
San Diego State NR 87 -14
University of Albany–SUNY NR 87 -14
Purdue University (Krannert) 53 40 -13
University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign 47 35 -12
Louisiana State University (Ourso) 77 65 -12
University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 70 60 -10
DePaul University (Kellstadt) 95 85 -10

Source: U.S. News & World Report 2015 MBA Ranking

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