US Business School Rankings

2012-13

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US Business Schools’ Rankings 2012

Note:

The statistics given in the tables below are for two year MBA programs in the USA

The class size at most schools may vary from year to year.

Median values have been taken for GMAT score and work-experience because median values are a better indicator of the

statistics than average (mean) values. For example, if the median GMAT score at Ross is 710, this means that 50% of the students

have a GMAT score above 710 and the other 50% have a GMAT score below 710. Having said that, we did not observe much of a

difference between the median and the mean values for the GMAT score and work experience at most of these schools.

Forbes hasn’t released its rankings for 2012, so we have used the 2011 rankings.

Inspite of the fact that we hold The Economist in very regard, we have not used its rankings as there rankings is absolutely

outlandish. Some of the schools that figure in the top 50 in The Economist rankings are usually not considered to belong to that

league.

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USN 2012

FT Forbes University/School

Median GMAT

Median Work

Ex.

Acceptance Rate

Graduating Salary*

Total salary

Tuition Class size

2012 2011

1 1 2 Stanford GSB 730 4 6% (125,20,40) $185k $114k 397

1 2 1 Harvard Business School 730 3.5 13% (120,20,35) $175k $102k 925

3 3 4 U Penn : Wharton 720 4 13% (110,20,25) $155k $124k 845

4 7 10 MIT : Sloan 717 5 15% (110,20,17) $147k $116k 410

4 16 7 Northwestern :Kellogg 713 5 12% (110,20,20) $150k $113k 655

4 12 3 University of Chicago : Booth

720 4.8 22% (107,25,25) $157k $109k 1160

7 14 13 UC, Berkley : Haas 715 5 7% (110,20,20) $150k $106k 236

8 5 5 Columbia University 716 5 16% (120,25,37) $182k $113k 751

9 19 6 Darthmouth College : Tuck 718 5 18% (110,25,25) $160k $110k 240

10 20 11 Yale SOM 720 5.3 19% (100,28,19) $147k $109k 475

11 17 18 New York University :Stern 720 4.4 14% (100,30,20) $150k $100k 391

12 15 12 Duke University :Fuqua 700 5 26% (101,25,12) $138k $104k 442

13 38 9 University of Virginia : Darden

710 4.3 25% (100,25,10) $145k $101k 319

13 29 15 University of Michigan: Ross

710 4.7 32% (103,20,20) $143k $105k 501

15 32 20 UCLA: Andersen 710 5 29% (100,20, 15) $135k $105k 360

16 24 8 Cornell University: Johnson 700 5 27% (100,20, 20) $150k $102k 271

17 51 17 Texas, Austin: McCombs 700 5 25% (100,20, 15) $135k $95k 263

18 35 23 Carnegie Mellon : Tepper 690 4 24% (100,20,10) $130k $109k 198

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19 56 16 U North Carolina: KenanFlager

690 4.4 38% (100,20,12) $132k $103k 290

19 40 22 Emory University: Goizueta

690 4.4 35% (100,20,4) $124k $88k 140

21 61 32 USC :Marshall 690 5 27% (96,17, 15) $128k $99k 223

22 61 47 Washington University: Olin

700 4 28% (90,15,5) $110k $94k 284

23 46 27 Indiana University: Kelley 680 4.4 38% (95,15,10) $120k $90k 213

24 43 35 Georgetown : McDonough 690 4.7 49% (100,20,10) $130k $99k 255

25 66 34 Ohio State University: Fisher

673 4.9 33% (81,13,18) $115k $84k 118

25 61 33 Vanderbilt University 700 4 29% (91,15,10) $116k $87k 162

25 74 29 Univ. of Wisconsin: Madison

660 4.2 30% (94,20,10) $124k $53k 111

25 45 45 Rice University :Jones 680 5 25% (95,12,12) $119k $93k 110

25 85 31 U of Notre Dame: Mendoza 710 5 37% (93,13,8) $114k $87k 65

30 72 28 Minnesota :Carlson 690 3.5 41% (95,20,16) $131k $89k 99

30 66 Arizona State University: Carey

674 4.3 27% (90,10,15) $115k $76k 74

32 74 43 Georgia Institute of Technology

670 4 26% (90,10,11) $111k $77k 57

32 51 24 Texas A&M :Mays 650 4 27% (85,8,8) $101k $46k 78

34 91 15 BYU: Marriott 670 3.7 52% (92,13,12) $117k $42k 167

35 73 36 U. of Washington :Foster 680 5 44% (90,20,9) $113k $76k 130

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72 University of California ,Davis

700 4 23% (90,10,10) $110k $95k 109

37 77 61 Boston University 690 4.7 30% (85,10,9) $104k $82k 155

37 69 53 Boston College : Carroll 660 4 31% (90,10,8) $108k $74k 97

37 57 56 U. Illinois, Urbana Champagne

650 3.8 28% (80,10,13) $103k $68k 123

37 NR NR University of Texas Dallas 660 3.3 25% (68,4,4) $76K

$44K 114

37 49 32 University of Rochester: Simon

690 4.3 35% (76,10,7) $100k $93k 284

42 59 40 Purdue University : Krannert

650 3.5 35% (79,15,10) $104k $82k 210

43 NR 52 Tulane University: Freeman 710 4.5 37% (75,13,15) $103k $97K 91

44 49 26 Penn State University : Smeal

660 4 32% (87,10,7) $104k $72k 79

44 58 38 University of Maryland: Smith

660 4.3 41% (90,10,7) $107k $95k 278

44 80 30 Wake Forest: Babcock 650 4.1 50% (80,15,8) $103k $79k 64

44 67 University of Florida: Hough

680 4.8 24% (73,4,10) $87k $59k 118

44 77 19 Michigan State :Broad 630 4 36% (87,10,11) $108k $79k 92

49 90 21 University of Iowa : Tippie 660 3.5 37% (85,10,9) $104k $69k 70

49 81 69 U of California, Irvine: Merage

660 4.4 32% (75,10,7) $92k $91k 195

51 University of Arkansas--Fayetteville (Walton)

650 2 45% (65,2,0) $67k $51k 31

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Legend: USN – US News, FT- Financial Times

* The figures given in brackets for graduating salary stand for (Average annual salary, Average signing bonus, Average other guaranteed compensation). For example, the figure (100, 28, 19) for Yale SOM indicates that $108k was the average annual salary, $28k was the average signing bonus, and $19k was the average other guaranteed compensation.

50 Additional MBA Programs Rankings

Unlike those for the top 50 schools, the rankings for schools below the rank of 50 vary greatly from one list to another and it is quite

common that most schools which have figured in one ranking don’t figure in any other rankings and vice-versa. So instead of relying on

one particular ranking, we have compiled our own list of 50 universities whose MBA programs are considered fairly good. This list

would be especially helpful for those students who don’t have a good amount of work-experience or who have low GMAT scores and

are looking for programs beyond the Top 50.

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USN 2012

FT 2012 Forbes 2011

University/School Median GMAT

Median Work

Ex.

Acceptance Rate

Graduating Salary Total salary

Tuition Class size

52 73 Temple University: Fox 620 4 33% (75,15,0) $90k $71K 96

52 49 Case Western : Weatherhead

635 3.5 68% (75,5,8) $88k $87K 141

54 70 Univ. of Missouri: Trulaske 650 2 46% (53,4,3) $60k $44K 193

54 98 25 SMU : Cox 640 4 37% (84,12,0) $96k $91k 282

56 86 65 Northeastern University 620 3 31% (70,9,7) $86k $81K 152

57 79 73 George Washington University

640 4 48% (80,7,5) $92k $74K 246

57 42 University of Georgia :Terry 640 4.4 41% (87,20,6) $113k $62K 102

57 University of Massachusetts--Amherst (Isenberg)

640 3.5 24% (72,4,0) $76k $49K 70

57 NR 60 University of Arizona : Eller 610 3.2 59% (83,10,0) $93k $75K 102

61 100 44 Babson college 610 4 70% (90,10,15) $115k $94K 392

61 37 University of Connecticut 630 4.4 42% (80,10,7) $97k $56K 106

63 Rutgers University 640 3.8 55% (88,18,11) $117k $79K 216

64 95 70 University of South Carolina: Moore

620 3 66% (75,10,NA) $85k $69K 187

64

Baylor University (Hankamer)

620 0.75 36% (64,5,0) $69k $51K 87

64 Iowa State University 620 2.1 55% (65,NA,NA) $65k $43K 65

64

41 Univ of Tennesse, Knoxville 600 2.3 48% (70,8,4) $82k $59k 180

68 Syracuse University 630 2.1 41% (66,7,NA) $73k $65K 67

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68 83 51 University of Pittsburg: Katz

625 3.3 46% (69,5,5) $79k $56K 187

70 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally)

653 0 60% (65,4,2) $71k $83K 85

70 DePaul University (Kellstadt)

620 3 48% (65,6,5) $76k $65K

70 Texas Christian University (Neeley)

650 4 70% (75,5,NA) $80k $72K 97

70 41 College of William & Mary 630 4 56% (73,8,5) $86k $76K 229

70 59 University of Miami 640 1.8 45% (65,8,NA) $73k $85K 193

University of Cincinnati 590 1 88% (55,10,NA) $65k $32K 138

75 89 54 Thunderbird SOM 610 4 75% (86,15,11) $112k $89k 509

75 Claremont Graduate University (Drucker)

640 2 55% (69,7,0) $76k $95k 101

78 North Carolina State University (Jenkins)

580 3.5 56% (75,5,8) $88k $58k 96

78 University of Alabama (Manderson)

640 0 39% (57,5,0) $62k $48k 93

78 Miami University (Farmer) 580 4.1 37% (72,10,8) $90k $53k 26

81 64 Louisiana State: Ourso 620 0 71% (54,5,0) $59k $53k 133

81 74 Pepperdine University (Graziadio)

660 3 63% (75,10,6) $91k $80K 377

84 University of Colorado--Boulder (Leeds)

620 4.1 57% (72,5,10) $87k $30K 210

84 University of Oklahoma (Price)

600 1 63% (58,7,NA) $65k $41K 101

84 University of Utah (Eccles) 610 0.8 75% (55,0,0) $55k $75K 184

84 Virginia Tech (Pamplin) 630 1 59% (56,5,6) $67k $51K 94

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88 58 Auburn University ,Alabama

650 0 52% (55,5,6) $66k $47k 68

89 48 University of Buffalo - SUNY

620 0 46% (55,NA,NA) $55k $38K 183

89 55 Fordham University 610 4.2 55% (70,5,10) $85k $80K 550

91 University of Houston (Bauer)

580 2 74% (58,NA,NA) $58k $47K 167

91 Howard University 539 2.5 32% (94,15,10) $119k $57K 74

94 Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders)

565 2 41% (47,5,0) $52k $68K 70

94 University of Kentucky (Gatton)

600 0 73% (53,5,3) $61k $30K 65

94 American University (Kogod)

580 3 44% (80,7,NA) $87k $64K 128

97 University of California--Riverside (Anderson)

580 1 60% (120,NA,NA) $120k $96K 153

97 CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College (Zicklin)

635 4.1 47% (79,15,NA) $94k $51K 122

97 Clarkson University 540 2.1 78% (54,3,9) $66k $42K 64

101 Rollins College (Crummer) 600 0 41% (47,5,13) $65k $66K 164

Legend: USN – US News, FT- Financial Times

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