Ranking MBA Programs

More and more publications are ranking MBA programs these days.

Some of the major ranking publications include: US News & World Report, Business Week, and Financial Times.

The Wall Street Journal as well as Forbes also have their form of MBA rankings.

It is important to understand that each publication uses different criteria in its rankings.

Therefore, you should understand what criteria are used when an MBA program or school is ranked.

Listed below is the publication and a little bit about the ranking criteria used...

• US News & World Report - Rankings are done each year for full-time, part-time, and executive programs as well as by specialty. The rankings look at many factors like admission factors and job placement rates.
• Business Week - Rankings are done every other year for full-time, part-time, and executive programs. The rankings are primarily based on surveys by students and corporate recruiters.
• Financial Times - Rankings are done every other year for full-time and executive MBA programs. The rankings are primarily based on many factors such as post-MBA salaries and diversity of faculty and students.
• Wall Street Journal - Rankings are done every year for business schools and their full-time MBA programs. The rankings are based on the ratings of MBA recruiters in areas of quality.
• Forbes - Rankings are done every other year for business schools and their full-time MBA programs. The rankings are based on the return on investment (ROI) of the MBA program.

This is not a full list of publications that rank MBA programs and business schools. However, these seem to be the most common ones out there continually performing MBA rankings.

As you can see, the criteria for ranking MBA programs are different for each and every publication. This is just a summary of the ranking criteria used. If you want more details, you can visit the website of each publication.