Underperformers in U.S. News’ 2015 Business School Ranking
| 2014 Overall Rank | 2015 Overall Rank | 2014 Peer Assessment Rank | 2015 Peer Assessment Rank | Institution | 2014 Peer Assess-ment Score | 2015 Peer Assess-ment Score | 2014 Rank Discrep-ancy | 2015 Rank Discrep-ancy |
| 79 | 80 | 50 | 48 | Colorado (Leeds) | 3.2 | 3.2 | -29 | -32 |
| 84 | 96 | 67 | 65 | Bentley University (McCallum) | 2.9 | 2.9 | -17 | -31 |
| 91 | 96 | 67 | 65 | Oregon (Lundquist) | 2.9 | 2.9 | -24 | -31 |
| 101 | 87 | 50 | 58 | Claremont Graduate (Drucker) | 3.2 | 3 | -51 | -29 |
| 79 | 92 | 67 | 65 | Fordham | 2.9 | 2.9 | -12 | -27 |
| 88 | 85 | 31 | 58 | Thunderbird | 3.5 | 3 | -57 | -27 |
| 93 | 100 | 67 | 76 | Kentucky (Gatton) | 2.9 | 2.8 | -26 | -24 |
| 104 | 100 | 93 | 76 | American U. (Kogod) | 2.7 | 2.8 | -11 | -24 |
| 56 | 65 | 41 | 42 | Babson (Olin) | 3.3 | 3.3 | -15 | -23 |
| 91 | 96 | 67 | 76 | University of Miami (FL) | 2.9 | 2.8 | -24 | -20 |
| 96 | 76 | 61 | 58 | Pepperdine (Graziadio) | 3 | 3 | -35 | -18 |
| 52 | 65 | 41 | 48 | Case Western (Weatherhead) | 3.3 | 3.2 | -11 | -17 |
| 70 | 82 | 67 | 65 | William & Mary (Mason) | 2.9 | 2.9 | -3 | -17 |
| NA | 92 | 81 | 76 | Illinois-Chicago (Liautaud) | 2.8 | 2.8 | NA | -16 |
| 37 | 41 | 31 | 28 | Maryland College Park (Smith) | 3.5 | 3.5 | -6 | -13 |
| 44 | 48 | 34 | 34 | Arizona (Eller) | 3.4 | 3.4 | -10 | -14 |
| 52 | 48 | 41 | 34 | Georgia (Terry) | 3.3 | 3.4 | -11 | -14 |
| 79 | 79 | 67 | 65 | Syracuse (Whitman) | 2.9 | 2.9 | -12 | -14 |
| 44 | 40 | 34 | 28 | Purdue (Krannert) | 3.4 | 3.5 | -10 | -12 |
| 47 | 35 | 26 | 25 | Illinois | 3.6 | 3.6 | -21 | -10 |
| 86 | 87 | 93 | 76 | San Diego State | 2.7 | 2.8 | 7 | -11 |
(Source: U.S. News and World Report)
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