BusinessWeek’s 2010 Ranking of Best B-Schools by: John A. Byrne on March 12, 2011 | 26,611 Views March 12, 2011 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit 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 Previous PagePage 4 of 4 1 2 3 4