Historical Forbes' MBA Rankings

Historical Forbes’ MBA Rankings 2013-1999

2013 Rank & School	2011	2009	2007	2005	2003	2001	1999
26. Penn State (Smeal)	26	28	29	23	34	48	NR
27. Washington (Foster)	36	40	38	54	49	37	NR
28. Purdue (Krannert)	40	45	39	30	37	27	NR
29. Notre Dame (Mendoza)	31	38	40	43	40	NR	18
30. Texas A&M (Mays)	24	24	22	24	32	35	NR
31. SMU (Cox)	25	33	42	31	36	19	24
32. Wisconsin-Madison	29	35	27	42	38	NR	NR
33. Georgetown (McDonough)	35	31	25	37	24	40	NR
34. Washington (Olin)	47	41	36	27	12	23	NR
35. Georgia Tech (Scheller)	43	44	34	45	29	NR	NR
36. Ohio State (Fisher)	34	39	30	34	NR	31	NR
37. USC (Marshall)	39	32	33	28	30	NR	25
38. Rochester (Simon)	32	37	41	36	41	27	21
39. Vanderbilt (Owen)	33	30	32	25	25	44	20
40. Buffalo	48	48	50	48	57	45	NR
41. Rice (Jones)	45	47	48	41	27	23	NR
42. Maryland (Smith)	38	29	35	29	NR	NR	NR
43. Wake Forest (Babcock)	30	34	31	40	28	18	NR
44. Boston University	61	61	53	46	NR	NR	NR
45. Illinois-Urbana-Champaign	56	63	NR	NR	39	38	NR
46. Connecticut-Storrs	37	27	NR	NR	48	NR	NR
47. William & Mary (Mason)	41	49	49	39	23	37	NR
48. Pittsburgh (Katz)	51	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
49. Georgia (Terry)	42	50	NR	44	47	44	NR
50. UC-Davis	72	68	56	58	NR	NR	NR

Source: Forbes MBA Rankings

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