Current MBA Rankings

Hot Off the Press!

Well, here they are — the current business school rankings from BusinessWeek and U.S. News, the two most influential ranking publications. These magazines usually publish new surveys only every other year and, as you can see, they don't always agree with each other.

Which do I think is more accurate?

I've always favored the BW ranking, but I have to admit that some of the schools are so badly misplaced in the just-released poll that I'm starting to lean the other way.

Which schools are most misplaced?

Stanford at number 5 (too low), Duke at number 6 (too high), SMU at number 12 (yeah, 12 times 2), Yale at number 21 (stop smoking pot, guys!). 

I can tolerate everything else, but those four make no sense.

What about the U.S. News survey?

Oddly enough, it's starting to grow on me.  In fact, the more I look at it the more I feel that it's better than the BW version.  Wow, after all these years I've just switched teams!

Of course, I've got one complaint about the U.S. News poll.  They could at least get rid of the ties.  It's not like these rankings mean anything in the real world, anyway.  They're just a way to brag about your B-school (and to sell magazines).

Take a stand, U.S. News editors!  Who's number 1, Harvard or Stanford?!

MBA Rankings