Business School Rankings & Profiles

The Best Undergrad B-Schools

More kids—and better qualified ones—are studying business in college. And they're nailing fatter salaries when they get out. Meanwhile, academic programs are getting more specialized

Undergrad

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Poets, Painters and Portfolio Managers

Samuelson is joining Shakespeare and Schubert at liberal arts schools, but not without some concerns from faculty

Top 20
1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
2 University of Virginia (McIntire)
3 Notre Dame (Mendoza)
4 Cornell University
5 Emory University (Goizueta)
6 University of Michigan (Ross)
7 Brigham Young University (Marriott)
8 New York University (Stern)
9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
10 University of Texas-Austin (McCombs)
11 UC Berkeley (Haas)
12 UNC at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
13 Villanova University
14 Boston College (Carroll)
15 Washington University (Olin)
16 Indiana University (Kelley)
17 USC (Marshall)
18 University of Illinois
19 Georgetown University (McDonough)
20 Richmond (Robins)
Mid-Atlantic
22 Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
72 College of New Jersey
65 Drexel University (LeBow)
NR George Mason
51 George Washington University
19 Georgetown University (McDonough)
75 Howard University
54 James Madison University
25 Lehigh University
45 Loyola College - Maryland
43 University of Maryland (Smith)
1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
38 Pennsylvania State (Smeal)
77 University of Pittsburgh
20 University of Richmond (Robins)
50 Rutgers University
NR St. Joseph's University (Haub)
NR University of Scranton
57 Seton Hall University (Stillman)
NR Strayer University
94 Temple University
13 Villanova University
2 University of Virginia (McIntire)
NR Virginia Polytechnic (Pamplin)
29 The College of William & Mary (Mason)
Midwest
NR University of Akron
NR Benedictine University
41 Case Western Reserve (Weatherhead)
NR University of Cincinnati
NR Creighton University
NR DePaul University
NR Drake University
18 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NR Illinois Institute of Technology
79 Illinois State University
16 Indiana University (Kelley)
84 University of Iowa (Tippie)
96 Iowa State University
NR John Carroll University
91 Loyola University - Chicago
53 Marquette University
24 Miami University (Farmer)
6 University of Michigan (Ross)
39 Michigan State University (Broad)
48 University of Minnesota (Carlson)
76 University of Missouri - Columbia
81 Northern Illinois University (DeKalb)
3 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
59 Ohio State University (Fisher)
62 Purdue University (Krannert)
71 St. Louis University (Cook)
NR University of St. Thomas
NR University of Toledo
15 Washington University (Olin)
37 University of Wisconsin - Madison

Northeast
28 Babson College
30 Bentley College
40 Binghamton University
14 Boston College (Carroll)
42 Boston University
64 Bryant University
78 Buffalo University
NR Clarkson University
61 University of Connecticut
4 Cornell University
60 Delaware (Lerner)
27 Fordham University
NR SUNY Geneseo
NR Hofstra University
NR Iona College
80 University of Massachusetts - Amherst (Isenberg)
9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
8 New York University (Stern)
34 Northeastern University
NR Pace University
26 Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally)
58 Rochester Institute of Technology
52 Syracuse University (Whitman)
NR Worcester Polytechnic Institute
South
68 University of Alabama (Culverhouse)
88 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (Walton)
NR Auburn University
89 Belmont University
56 Clemson University
NR Elon University
5 Emory University (Goizueta)
46 University of Florida (Warrington)
NR Florida International University (Landon)
69 Florida State University
44 University of Georgia (Terry)
NR Georgia State
55 Georgia Tech
87 University of Kentucky (Gatton)
NR Lipscomb University
90 Louisiana State University (Ourso)
92 University of Louisville
49 University of Miami
12 UNC at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
85 North Carolina State University
95 University of South Carolina (Darla Moore)
NR University of South Florida
NR University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
93 University of Tennessee at Knoxville
66 Tulane University (Freeman)
21 Wake Forest University
Southwest
63 University of Arizona (Eller)
70 Arizona State University
36 Baylor University (Hankamer)
83 University of Colorado
73 Colorado State University
67 University of Denver
NR Grand Canyon University
82 University of Houston
23 Southern Methodist University (Cox)
31 Texas A & M (Mays)
32 Texas Christian University (Neeley)
10 University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
86 University of Texas at Dallas
NR University of Texas — Pan-American
NR Texas Tech University
NR University of Tulsa
West
7 Brigham Young University (Marriott)
NR Chapman University
11 UC Berkeley (Haas)
NR Golden Gate University
NR Loyola Marymount University
74 University of Oregon (Lundquist)
NR University of the Pacific
NR Pacific Lutheran University
47 University of San Diego
35 Santa Clara University
NR Seattle University (Albers)
NR University of Southeast Alaska
17 USC (Marshall)
33 University of Washington

Part-Time MBA

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Part-Time MBAs: Job Fairs for Us, Too

As more part-time students pay their own way, they're asking for the same access to recruiters traditionally reserved for full-timers

EMBA

Your Own Ranking: Evaluate EMBA programs according to your criteria

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Three, Two, One—Network!

Can a networking relationship be forged in six short minutes? Columbia Executive MBAs put the theory to the test

Executive Education

Table: Top Customized Programs

Table: Top Open Enrollment Programs

FAQ: How we made the rankings

The Case Against Case Studies

How Columbia's B-school is teaching MBAs to make decisions based on incomplete data

Custom Programs/Open Enrollment
Non-U.S.
NRUniversidad de Los Andes
NRAshridge Business School
NRUniversity of British Columbia
NRCEIBS (China Europe Intl. Business School)
NRCENTRUM Católica (Lima-Peru)
NRCranfield School of Management
NRDe La Salle University
NRE.M. LYON
NREADA - Escuela de Alta Dirección y Administración
10/14ESADE
NRHong Kong University of Science and Technology
12/12IESE Business School
2/3IMD
3/2INSEAD
NRInstitute of Business Studies - Moscow
13/16IE Business School
NRIPADE
5/6London Business School
NRNational University of Singapore
NRQueen's School of Business online
NRUniversity of Sao Paulo
NRSimon Fraser University
NRUniversity of Toronto
6/NRWestern Ontario (Ivey)
NRYonsei University
NRYork University
U.S.
NRAmerican Management Association
NRUniversity of Arkansas at Fayetteville
NRArizona State University
NRBabson College
NRBoston University
NRBuffalo University
NRUC Berkeley (Haas)
NRUCLA (Anderson)
NRUniversity of California, Irvine
NRUniversity of California, San Diego
NRCalifornia Institute of Technology
NR/20Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
NR/20Cornell University (Johnson)
NRCase Western Reserve
NRCenter for Creative Leadership
17/9University of Chicago
7/NRColumbia University
NRUniversity of Connecticut

NRUniversity of Denver
NRDrexel University
1/11Duke University (Fuqua)
NREmory University
NRFlorida International University
NRGeorge Mason University
4/1Harvard University
NRUniversity of Hawaii
NRIndiana University-Northwest
NRLoyola University - Chicago
NRUniversity of Maryland
16/13Massachusetts Insitute of Technology (Sloan)
18/NRUniversity of Michigan
NRMichigan State University
NRMinnesota (Carlson)
NRUniversity of New Hampshire
20/NRUNC Chapel-Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
NR/18Northwestern University (kellogg)
15/NRNotre Dame
19/NROhio State University
11/8University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
NRPennsylvania State University
NRUniversity of Pittsburgh
NRPurdue University
NRQueens College
NRRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
NRRice University
NRSt. Louis University
NRSanta Clara University
NRSouth Carolina (Darla Moore)
NRSouthern Methodist University
14/4Stanford University
NRTexas Christian University
NRTexas-Austin
NRUniversity of Texas at Dallas
NRUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
9/17Thunderbird
NRVanderbilt (Owen)
NR/10University of Virginia (Darden)
NRVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
NRUniversity of Washington
NRWilliam and Mary
NRWisconsin (Madison)
NRUniversity of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Distance

Online Education Takes Off in India

The business of distance learning on the subcontinent is becoming so big that foreign universities and venture capitalists are taking note