2011 Forbes Ranking of the Best B-Schools by: John A. Byrne on August 03, 2011 August 3, 2011 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit 2011 Forbes Rank & School 2009 Rank Pre-MBA (2006) Salary 2010 Salary Years tobreak even 1. Harvard Business School 3 $79,000 $230,000 3.6 2. Stanford 1 $77,000 $205,000 3.5 3. Chicago (Booth) 4 $72,000 $205,000 3.5 4. Pennsylvania (Wharton) 5 $79,000 $225,000 3.7 5. Columbia Business School 6 $76,000 $198,000 3.6 6. Dartmouth (Tuck) 2 $74,000 $200,000 3.6 7. Northwestern (Kellogg) 8 $68,000 $183.000 3.5 8. Cornell (Johnson) 7 $65,000 $180.000 3.5 9. Virginia (Darden) 9 $68,000 $178,000 3.5 10. MIT (Sloan) 14 $77,000 $200,000 3.7 11. Yale School of Management 10 $57,000 $150,000 3.3 12. Duke (Fuqua) 13 $63,000 $162,000 3.6 13. UC-Berkeley (Haas) 12 $68,000 $171,000 3.7 14. Michigan (Ross) 18 $62,000 $146,000 3.6 15. Brigham Young (Marriott) 16 $47,000 $108,000 3.1 16. UNC (Kenan-Flagler) 15 $55,000 $136,000 3.6 17. Texas-Austin (McCombs) 11 $59,000 $144,000 3.6 18. NYU (Stern) 17 $61,000 $160,000 3.7 19. Michigan State (Broad) 21 $45,000 $109,000 3.1 20. UCLA (Anderson) 19 $63,000 $159,000 3.7 21. Iowa (Tippie) 20 $36,000 $96,000 3.1 22. Emory (Goizueta) 22 $55,000 $128,000 3.5 23. Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) 23 $55,000 $147,000 3.8 24. Texas A&M (Mays) 24 $46,000 $116,000 3.3 25. SMU (Cox) 33 $45,000 $112,000 3.4 Source: Forbes 2011 Best Business School ranking DON’T MISS: WINNERS & LOSERS IN THE FORBES 2011 MBA RANKING or WHAT TOP MBAS MAKE FIVE YEARS OUT or 2011 FORBES RANKING OF THE BEST GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOLS or THE NEW FORBES RANKING: WHERE’S THE BEEF? Previous PagePage 2 of 2 1 2 © Copyright 2026 Poets & Quants. All rights reserved. This article may not be republished, rewritten or otherwise distributed without written permission. To reprint or license this article or any content from Poets & Quants, please submit your request HERE.