US Business School Rankings

2012

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 hasnt 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 are absolutely
bizzare. 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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Median
GMAT

Median
Work
Ex.

Acceptance
Rate

Graduating
Salary*

Total
salary

Tuition

Class
size

Stanford GSB
Harvard Business School

730
730

4
3.5

6%
13%

(125,20,40)
(120,20,35)

$185k
$175k

$114k
$102k

397
925

U Penn : Wharton

720

13%

(110,20,25)

$155k

$124k

845

10

MIT : Sloan

717

15%

(110,20,17)

$147k

$116k

410

16

Northwestern :Kellogg

713

12%

(110,20,20)

$150k

$113k

655

12

University of Chicago :
Booth

720

4.8

22%

(107,25,25)

$157k

$109k

1160

14

13

UC, Berkley : Haas

715

7%

(110,20,20)

$150k

$106k

236

Columbia University

716

16%

(120,25,37)

$182k

$113k

751

19

Darthmouth College : Tuck

718

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

26%

(101,25,12)

$138k

$104k

442

13

38

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

29%

(100,20, 15)

$135k

$105k

360

16

24

Cornell University: Johnson

700

27%

(100,20, 20)

$150k

$102k

271

17

51

17

Texas, Austin: McCombs

700

25%

(100,20, 15)

$135k

$95k

263

18

35

23

Carnegie Mellon : Tepper

690

24%

(100,20,10)

$130k

$109k

198

FT

Forbes

2012

2011

1
1

1
2

2
1

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2012

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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

690

27%

(96,17, 15)

$128k

$99k

223

22

61

47

USC :Marshall
Washington University:
Olin

700

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

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

25%

(95,12,12)

$119k

$93k

110

25

85

31

U of Notre Dame: Mendoza

710

37%

(93,13,8)

$114k

$87k

65

30

72

28

Minnesota :Carlson

690

3.5

41%

(95,20,16)

$131k

$89k

99

66

Arizona State University:

Carey

674

4.3

27%

(90,10,15)

$115k

$76k

74

30
32

74

43

Georgia Institute of
Technology

670

26%

(90,10,11)

$111k

$77k

57

32
34

51
91

24
15

Texas A&M :Mays

BYU: Marriott

650
670

4
3.7

27%
52%

(85,8,8)
(92,13,12)

$101k
$117k

$46k
$42k

78
167

35

73

36

U. of Washington :Foster

680

44%

(90,20,9)

$113k

$76k

130

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University of California
,Davis

700

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

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

University of Texas Dallas

660

3.3

(68,4,4)

$76K

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

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

67

University of Florida:
Hough

680

4.8

24%

(73,4,10)

$87k

$59k

118

44

NR

25%

$44K

114

44

77

19

Michigan State :Broad

630

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

University of Arkansas-Fayetteville (Walton)

650

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 dont 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 dont 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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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

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

46%

(53,4,3)

$60k

$44K

193

54

98

25

SMU : Cox

640

37%

(84,12,0)

$96k

$91k

282

56

86

65

Northeastern University

620

31%

(70,9,7)

$86k

$81K

152

73

George Washington
University

640

48%

(80,7,5)

$92k

$74K

246

42

University of Georgia :Terry

640

4.4

41%

(87,20,6)

$113k

$62K

102

University of
Massachusetts--Amherst
(Isenberg)

640

3.5

24%

(72,4,0)

$76k

$49K

70

57

79

57
57
57

NR

60

University of Arizona : Eller

610

3.2

59%

(83,10,0)

$93k

$75K

102

61

100

44

Babson college

610

70%

(90,10,15)

$115k

$94K

392

37

University of Connecticut

630

4.4

42%

(80,10,7)

$97k

$56K

106

Rutgers University

640

3.8

55%

(88,18,11)

$117k

$79K

216

University of South
Carolina: Moore

620

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

Univ of Tennesse, Knoxville

600

2.3

48%

(70,8,4)

$82k

$59k

180

Syracuse University

630

2.1

41%

(66,7,NA)

$73k

$65K

67

61
63
64

64
68

95

70

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University of Pittsburg:
Katz

625

3.3

46%

(69,5,5)

$79k

$56K

187

70

Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute (Lally)

653

60%

(65,4,2)

$71k

$83K

85

70

DePaul University
(Kellstadt)

620

48%

(65,6,5)

$76k

$65K

70

Texas Christian University

(Neeley)

650

70%

(75,5,NA)

$80k

$72K

68

83

51

97

70

41

College of William & Mary

630

56%

(73,8,5)

$86k

$76K

229

70

59

University of Miami
University of Cincinnati

640
590

1.8
1

45%
88%

(65,8,NA)
(55,10,NA)

$73k
$65k

$85K
$32K

193
138

54

Thunderbird SOM

610

75%

(86,15,11)

$112k

$89k

509

75

Claremont Graduate
University (Drucker)

640

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

39%

(57,5,0)

$62k

$48k

93

78

Miami University (Farmer)

580

4.1

37%

(72,10,8)

$90k

$53k

26

75

89

81

64

Louisiana State: Ourso

620

71%

(54,5,0)

$59k

$53k

133

81

74

Pepperdine University
(Graziadio)

660

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

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

59%

(56,5,6)

$67k

$51K

94

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Auburn University
,Alabama

650

52%

(55,5,6)

$66k

$47k

68

89

48

University of Buffalo SUNY

620

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

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

41%

(47,5,0)

$52k

$68K

70

94

University of Kentucky
(Gatton)

600

73%

(53,5,3)

$61k

$30K

65

94

American University
(Kogod)

580

44%

(80,7,NA)

$87k

$64K

128

97

University of California-Riverside (Anderson)

580

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
101

Clarkson University
Rollins College (Crummer)

540
600

2.1
0

78%
41%

(54,3,9)
(47,5,13)

$66k
$65k

$42K
$66K

64
164

Legend: USN US News, FT- Financial Times

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