The Top Ten MBA Rankings Of 2014

wharton-school15. 2014 U.S. News’ MBA Ranking

It’s getting a little crowded at the top. WIth Wharton achieving its best-ever result in the U.S. News & World Report ranking of top MBA programs in the U.S., it joins Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School in a three-way tie at No. 1. Wharton surpassed the other two institutions for average salary and bonus, along with employment at and three months after graduation. Wharton fell below Stanford and HBS in the areas of GPA, GMAT scores, and acceptance rates.

 

DukeFuqua6. Duke Tops 2014 Businessweek Ranking

Businessweek‘s 2014 MBA program ranking was full of surprises, the most prominent and controversial of which was the placement of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business at No. 1. Fuqua had placed 22nd in student satisfaction, and hadn’t cracked the top five since 2000. Another surprise: Harvard Business School, widely believed to have the best MBA program in the world, didn’t even make the top five. And Yale University School of Management rose 15 places to No. 6.

 

Booth7. Recruiter Rankings: U.S. News vs. BW

One of the better tools for gauging a school’s value is the reputation it has among employers. What do employers think about schools after interviewing and hiring their graduates? Does an MBA programĀ produce graduates that business owners and managers want to hire? Recruiter surveys by Businessweek and U.S. News & World Report provide useful insights into how particular schools are perceived by recruiters.

 

harvard8. 2014 Financial Times’s Global MBA Ranking

It was a good year for U.S. schools in the Financial Times’ international ranking. Many full-time U.S. MBA programs gained two or three places, with two – University of Washington’s Foster School and Boston University School of Management – leaping ahead 20 spots each. The picture was less pretty for Canadian and U.K schools.

 

 

Chicagonow9. Chicago Again Tops Economist Ranking

Nothing shocking about the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business coming out on top in The Economist‘s 2014 ranking of full-time MBA programs – Booth had won three times in the previous four years. But two American schools rose nine places, and an upstart from Paris leapt far ahead of London Business School and INSEAD.

 

 

MIT Sloan10. Academics vs. Recruiters: Which Schools Perform the Best?

Representatives from academia tend to take a rosier view of business schools than do representatives of employers. In fact, among the top 50 business schools, academics ranked schools higher than did recruiters 82% of the time. Still, both the peer assessments and recruiter assessments provide valuable information about which schools are seen to have the best academics, and which are seen to produce the most employable graduates.

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