スタンフォード大学ビジネススクール Number 1 Business School - 2013 Forbes Rankings

Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) reclaimed its number 1 ranking in the Forbes 2013 biennial ranking of MBA programs.

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business took second, bumping Harvard Business School (HBS), which topped the list in 2011, to third place. The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School followed up the lead in fourth.

Forbes ranks full-time MBA programs every two years based on return on investment.

Stanford GSB graduates tied for the highest average paycheck entering the MBA program ($80,000, the same as HBS and Wharton), but their median compensation five years out from graduation ($221,000) was the best.

HBS dropped to third place. The five-year gain for HBS graduates this year was $79,600, down from $118,000 in 2011.

At the top 25 schools in the rankings, average five-year gains are only $68,000 this year, down from $118,000, on average, a decade ago.

The average five-year out salary this year ($159,000) represents an annual gain of only 1.8 percent since 2003, which is lower than the rate of inflation.

Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business saw the most movement in the Forbes ranking this year, gaining four spots to come in at No. 8. 

Fuqua grads from the Class of 2008 came into their program earning an average salary of $63,000 and reported an average salary of $152,000 five years later.

The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business went the other way, falling from ninth in the rankings in 2011 to No. 15 this year. At Darden, five-year out salaries dropped 11 percent, to $158,000, but ROI took an even greater hit due to a 15 percent increase in tuition and reduced financial aid.

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スタンフォード大学ビジネススクール Number 1 in Alumni Satisfaction - Forbes.

Stanford Graduate School of Business has the most satisfied alumni, according to Forbes.

Forbes  evaluated responses from 4,600 graduates from the Class of 2008 to arrive at its top 10 list, polling them on salary and ROI, satisfaction with their education and the preparation it gave them and how happy they are in their current job.

Stanford ranked in the top five among schools across all three categories in the 2013 Forbes survey. Its grads reported higher salaries than any others, with median total compensation of $221,000 five years out of school.

Stanford grads also gave the school top scores when asked about their education.

As far as job satisfaction, Stanford ranked fourth.

Alumni of the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business reported the highest levels of job satisfaction. Overall, Haas came in just behind Stanford at number 2 in the rankings. For both Stanford and Haas, top employers were all consulting and technology firms.



Dartmouth Tuck School of Business and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business ranked in the bottom quartile for job satisfaction, but they still made it into the top 10 overall (coming in at 6 and 10 respectively) thanks to high marks for satisfaction with their educations and preparation relative to other MBAs.

Forbes 2013 top 10 business schools ranked according to alumni satisfaction:
1. Stanford Graduate School of Business
2. Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley
3. Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business
4. Michigan State University Broad College of Business
5. Indiana University Kelley School of Business
6. Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business
7. Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business
8. Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business
9. School of Business at University of Wisconsin
10. University of Chicago Booth School of Business

For more information, please see the story at Forbes.