Top MBA Programs in US

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When we think of MBA, we immediately think of colleges such as Harvard, Wharton and the other Ivy League colleges. It is noteworthy that an excellent program from a good college can be more helpful to your career than a good program from an excellent college. In this article, we will cover the seven best MBA programs in the United States. These are programs that allow you to add value to you resume that would be hard to beat otherwise. The list has been made keeping in mind results from nationwide surveys from publications such as Business Week and Financial Times.

  • Harvard Business School Harvard has the well-deserved reputation as the best business school on the country. And why not – the college is ranked in top three by four publications: Business Week, Forbes, US News and Financial Times, whereas another fifth, Economic Times, ranks its full-time MBA program as the fourth best. This 21 month program should set you back by about USD $110,000 in fees.

 

  • The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Ranked among the top five by four publications, including second by Financial Times, the full-time MBA program from Wharton is the byword of professional management education the world over. Once you pass out of Wharton, you will share it as your alma mater with such famous people as Donald Trump, Warren Buffet and Donny Deutsch.

 

  • Stanford University, Graduate School of Business With a duration of 21 months, and fees of $106,000, the success rate of applicants at this school is just 6%. The applicants are required to take GMAT score, and the average score accepted is 728. This program is ranked the number one by both Forbes and US News, which is a rare feat indeed even for the best of the colleges.

 

  • University of Chicago, Booth School of Business The Full-time program in the Booth School of Business was ranked third in the composite ranking of best business programs by the third-party site poets&quants. The composite ranking takes into account five rankings from Economist, Financial Times, Forbes, Business Week and US News.

 

  • Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College The full-time MBA program here is ranked the number one program in the world by the economist. With a tuition fees and other allied costs at $104,000, this is a 21 month program too.
  • Daytime MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business Located in Durham, North Carolina, this is one of the few programs whose fees are below $100,000 – but this is hardly much comfort, because at $99,500 they are not much lower than that number. Unlike other programs mentioned here, this daytime program is 22 months old.

 

  • Columbia Business School The school has an acceptance rate of just over 15% for first time applicants, and a rate of 24% for re-applicants.

Rankings of Top MBA Schools

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It is very hard to give an objective ranking to any college, least of all to business schools from all over the world. However, many publications do this annually for their readers and subscribers. This article will show the top ten business colleges by referring to these rankings, as well as to others published by educational institutions themselves. The rankings used are the latest rankings from The Economist, The Financial Times and Business Week. The rankings mentioned are for global colleges, except for Business Week, whose rankings are for US.

  1. Harvard Business School Widely known as the most influential business school in the world, Harvard is ranked 2nd by Business Week, 3rd by Financial Times, and 5th by The Economist. With an average salary of about USD $170,000 for its alumni, it is no wonder that Harvard has the reputation that it has.

 

  1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) This college is ranked at 3rd by Business Week, 1st by Financial Times, and 5th by The Economist. Every faculty member in Wharton has a PhD, which just goes on to hint at the stellar quality of education imparted there.

 

  1. London Business School LBS tops the rankings for FT, and in the 4th highest non-American college in the list of global MBA schools from The Economist. With a faculty to student ratio of just 1:5, you can be sure that you will not be starved of expert attention while there.

 

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of Business Ranked 4th by FT, and 5th by Business Week, Stanford GSB has a well-deserved reputation of being one of the worlds best business schools.

 

  1. University of Chicago, Booth School of Business It is ranked 2nd by the Economist, and first by Business Week, it is one of the best you can get in business schools.

 

  1. Columbia Business School This business school is one of the few schools that have been ranked among the top ten colleges in all the three rankings discussed here. With a student to faculty ratio of 3:1, it is not hard to imagine why.

 

 

  1. International Institute of Management Development (IMD), Switzerland Ranked 14th by the FT, it is ranked third best by the Economist. Needless to say, it is one of the top European schools of business.

 

  1. MIT Sloan School of Management Named after Alfred P. Sloan, chairman of General Motors, who helped fund the college, this school is ranked among top 10 by two of rankings discussed here, and ranked 11th by the third.

 

  1. University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Management Ranked 6th and 8th by two of the rankings, and 25th by FT, this is one of the best MBA schools in the west coast.

 

  1. York University – Schulich School of Business, Canada makes the top ten for the Economist list. This school has reserved 60% of its intake for international student, so if you desire a truly international business experience in your MBA degree, this is the college you should look into.