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Thursday, January 31, 2019

FT Biggest Ranking Increases & Declines

34 of the 93 returning business schools had double-digit increases or declines this year.

Seven MBA programs fell off the list, replaced by seven new business schools, mainly near the bottom of the list.

The biggest declines hit Alliance Manchester, falling 23 places to rank 59th from 35th;
Lancaster, which dropped 21 places to end up 91st from 70th
Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management, which plunged 20 places to finish 75th from 55th last year.

The biggest gainer on this year’s ranking is the Indian Institute of Management at Calcutta, which soared 29 places to rank 49th from 78th.

IIM-Calcutta, in fact, is now only two spots down from India’s most acclaimed IIM in Ahmedabad, which had something of a reversal of fortunes this year, sinking 16 places to rank 47th from 31st in 2018.

WHU’s Otto Beisheim School of Management also had a good showing in the new ranking, improving by 23 places to rank 71st from 94th. Vanderbilt University’s Owen School of Management and Durham University Business School both advanced 21 places to rank 52nd and 43rd, respectively.

Stanford Repeats At No. 1 In Financial Times 2019 MBA Ranking

As is often the case with all rankings, there were plenty of surprises

Oxford University’s Saïd Business School jumped 14 spots, more than any other Top 25 school, to gain its highest FT ranking ever in 13th place.
Oxford bested its British rival, the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School, which fell three places to rank 16th. Only two years ago, in 2017, Cambridge’s one-year MBA program was ahead of Oxford by 28 positions, ranking fifth versus Oxford’s 33rd.
University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business moved into the Top 25, ranking 23rd from 32nd only a year ago.
IE Business School sank to a rank of 31st, the school’s weakest showing since 2002 when IE finished 35th, and significantly below its eighth-place finish in the world in 2017 when it was also third best in Europe (see IE Back On The FT List But At A Rank Of 31st).

Average GPAs At The Top 50 Business Schools

Among the top 50 schools Georgia Terry had the biggest jump in GPA average: 0.21, to rise to 3.53 last fall. That 6.3% jump makes Terry one of only 16 schools out of those 50 to have an undergraduate GPA average of 3.50 or above.

The biggest movers in GPA average in the five years from 2014 to 2018

Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business (+0.19 to 3.40)
SMU’s Cox Business School (+0.18 to 3.40)
Yale SOM (0.18 to land at 3.71 in 2018)
Harvard Business School

Highest GPAs

Stanford Graduate School of Business notched a 3.73 this fall, marking six straight years it has had sole possession of the top GPA
GSB tied Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management at 3.69

Leading MBA Programs With The Most Women

USC Marshall's Class of 2020 attained gender parity, with 52% women enrollmentleapfrogging several top schools that have been slowly climbing through the 40% range to become the first elite school to enroll 50% or more women in an incoming MBA class.

In the fall of 2017, 12 schools in the U.S. Top 25 were members of the 40%-or-greater club; a year later, that number has ticked upward to 13
Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, which grew its female ranks from 34% to 42%
University of Washington Foster School of Business jumped from 36% to 42%.
Columbia Business School, slipped from 41% to 39%
University of Texas McCombs School of Business, which dropped from 40% to 38%.

Northwestern Kellogg (46%), Dartmouth Tuck (45%), and Imperial College Business School of London (45%).

AND WHAT ABOUT EUROPE?

London Business School enrolled 40% or more women — in LBS’ case, exactly 40% in the Class of 2020.
Cambridge Judge (36%)
Oxford Said (39%)
IESE (32%)
IE (31%) of Spain
INSEAD (33%)
HEC Paris (32%)

Thursday, October 25, 2018

シカゴ大学経営大学院 (Booth) #1 in The Economist MBA Ranking

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..