How MBAs Grade The Top B-SchoolsA revealing look at the student grades given the top 50 business schools in last week’s 2012 Economist ranking by: John A. Byrne on October 06, 2012 | 8 minute read October 6, 2012 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit HOW MBAS GRADE THEIR SCHOOLS IN THE ECONOMIST’S 2012 SURVEY School MBA Program Faculty Culture Career Center Facilities 26. Yale 4.5 4.7 4.7 3.7 4.2 27. Queensland 3.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 4.5 28. Texas (McCombs) 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.1 4.4 29. Duke (Fuqua) 4.3 4.5 4.5 3.7 4.5 30. City (Cass) 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.6 31. Hult 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.9 32. Vanderbilt (Owen) 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.1 4.5 33. Ohio State (Fisher) 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.6 34. Washington (Foster) 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.5 35. Georgetown 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.4 36. Mannheim 4.4 4.5 4.4 3.7 4.5 37. Cranfield 4.4 4.5 4.5 3.8 4.8 38. Melbourne 4.0 4.3 4.3 2.8 3.8 39. Rice (Jones) 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.6 40. UNC (Kenan-Flagler) 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.0 4.4 41. Hong Kong 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.6 42. Henley 4.5 4.5 4.6 3.5 4.2 43. USC (Marshall) 4.1 4.1 4.3 3.5 4.1 44. Indiana (Kelley) 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.6 45. Cambridge (Judge) 4.3 4.1 4.5 3.5 4.1 46. Curtin 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.6 4.3 47. Washington (Olin) 4.5 4.7 4.3 3.8 4.6 48. Oxford (Said) 4.4 4.4 4.6 3.7 4.3 49.Notre Dame (Mendoza) 4.4 4.6 4.5 3.9 4.5 50. Wake Forest (Babcock) 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.4 Source: The Economist 2012 student survey RELATED STORIES: THE ECONOMIST NAMES CHICAGO BOOTH THE WORLD’S BEST BUSINESS SCHOOL OOPS! THE ECONOMIST FIXES ITS NEW 2012 MBA RANKING WINNERS & LOSERS IN THE 2012 ECONOMIST MBA RANKING Previous PagePage 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 © 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.