The Economist's new 2018 MBA ranking University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business recaptured first place after losing the spot to Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business last year.
No. 2 = Kellogg
No. 3 = Harvard Business School
No. 4 = University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School
No. 5 = Stanford Graduate School of Business, all of which retained their previous year ranks, there were some big changes.
- UC-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business fell out of The Economist’s top ten, slipping four spots each to 11th and 12th, respectively.
- IESE Business School in Spain jumped 11 places to rank sixth from 17th a year ago. The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business climbed five spots to rank seventh from 12th a year earlier.
WARWICK IN BRITAIN NOW RANKED HIGHER THAN EITHER INSEAD OR LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL
Rounding out the top ten schools are No. 8 UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, No. 9 University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, and No. 10 Columbia Business School.
As is often the case in the British magazine’s rather unpredictable and often nonsensical ranking, there are some real shocks. Warwick Business School, placing 18th, is ranked one spot higher than INSEAD, a school that is often neck and neck with London Business School for being the best in Europe. Warwick didn’t even make The Economist’s 2017 ranking at all. Meantime, this year London landed outside the top 20, ranking 27th, below No. 24 SDA Bocconi School of Management in Italy and No. 21 University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business.
UP!!!
- The University of Washington’s Foster School of Business soared 14 places to finish 22nd,
- University of Texas’ McCombs School of Business jumped 10 spots to finish 25th
- Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business jumped 33 places to rank 31st from 64th
- The University of Bath shot up 20 places to finish 47th from 67th
- Penn State’s Smeal College of Business gained 15 spots to rank 50th.
DOWN
- Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business plunged 14 spots to rank 36th
- The University of Queensland in Australia droppws 22 places to rank 38th
- Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business sunk 10 spots to 48th
- IE Business School in Spain tumbled 29 spots to rank 63rd this year, the school’s second significant fall in a row. Only two years ago, in 2016, The Economist had ranked IE’s MBA program 16th best in the world..
