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How is it possible that the five major rankings of business schools all have different winners at the top? How can they rank a single school, such as UCLA, so differently? Chalk it up to the differing ways each publication cranks out its list of the best. The different methodologies employed for these rankings have as much if not more to do with where … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: John A. Byrne | Source: Poets & Quants | Subject: MBA Program Rankings

Over the years, Bloomberg Businessweek has been criticized for a lack of transparency concerning our ranking methodology. So in an effort to be responsive to those complaints, we recently made a change to the interactive tables we published on Nov. 11, as part of our ranking of full-time MBA programs.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Louis Lavelle | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: MBA Program Rankings

Not even ten years ago the Executive MBA (EMBA) world was quite different from today. Multi-school, multi-campus programs were rare, their development even endangered when – after the terrorist attacks of September 11 – travelling on international routes became less desirable. Despite those poor beginnings the EMBA programs have grown strongly ever since. The Financial Times reports that between 2001 and 2010 the number of … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Barbara Barkhausen | Source: MBA Channel | Subjects: Executive Programs, MBA Program Rankings

Since 1993, the unit of analysis and studies AméricaEconomía Intelligence conducts research and rankings of the major topics of interest to senior executives and entrepreneurs from Latin America.

Editor’s Note: in Spanish

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: América Economía | Subjects: International MBA Issues, MBA Program Rankings

Distance-learning MBA programs are resoundingly successful. The Economist takes an in-depth look at the sector.
* Should an MBA be open to anyone?
* How a distance-learning MBA works
* Distance-learning diary
* Reader debate: Should distance-learning MBAs be considered inferior?
* Download the full report, including a rating of selected programmes

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: The Economist | Subjects: MBA Program Rankings, Online & Distance MBA

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful”, said the famous doctor Albert Schweitzer. Many people, though confuse financial success with happiness, business students amongst them. But the assumption that an MBA will make them richer and therefore happier is flawed.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Barbara Bierach | Source: MBA Channel | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, MBA Program Rankings

As B-schools in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, and other parts of Asia make their programs more global, more Asian students are staying home to get their MBAs.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: International MBA Issues, MBA Program Rankings

She has been called the most important woman in management education – and occasionally other, much less flattering, things. Della Bradshaw, Business Education Editor of the Financial Times in London and for the past ten years overseer of the newspaper’s business school ranking system, is unimpressed by either approach. Bradshaw tells George Bickerstaffe that people need to be more relaxed about business school rankings.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: George Bickerstaffe | Source: Global Focus | Subject: MBA Program Rankings

One way prospective students judge a business school is by the riches it bestows on graduates. Another benchmark is the size and quality of the alumni network. What follows is a look at both measures for 45 top MBA programs.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: John Cady, Susan Zegel | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: MBA Program Rankings, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

The Wall Street Journal’s first survey of executive M.B.A. programs measures which schools do the best job of turning up-and-coming managers into full-fledged leaders. The result: A ranking of 25 schools world-wide that accounts for the rigor needed to build tomorrow’s corporate leaders and C-suite executives.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Wall Street Journal | Subjects: Executive Programs, MBA Program Rankings

The criteria on which the América Economía MBA ranking is based includes the school’s prestige, networking potential, knowledge of the Latin American region, scholarship programs, international agreements and alliances, the return on investment offered by its MBA program and career progression of its graduates.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: América Economía | Subject: MBA Program Rankings

Quit worrying. If you’re choosing among the 25 schools in this guide, you’re going to get a great education. These schools attract the best of the best: The professors are top-notch, and the students are superachievers. The academic programs are rigorous, and the classrooms, with few exceptions, are the glitziest around. Arming yourself with an MBA from any one of these schools will open doors … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Choosing a Program, MBA Program Rankings

Financial Times’ collection of articles and rankings focused on European business schools.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Financial Times | Subjects: International MBA Issues, MBA Program Rankings

The Economist Intelligence Unit has produced a ranking of the world’s top distance-learning MBA programs. Ranking distance-learning programs is not straightforward. Many of the quantitative data used to rank full-time MBA programs are of little use when it comes to distance learning.

However, if you are to study much of the program in isolation, a sense of connection to the school and good virtual learning materials … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: The Economist | Subjects: MBA Program Rankings, Online & Distance MBA

Not everyone has a year or two to devote to a full-time MBA program. Here’s the best in part-time MBA, executive MBA, and executive education programs.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Geoff Gloeckler, Jane Porter | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: MBA Program Rankings, Part-Time, Weekend and Evening MBA Programs

The BizDeansTalk blog links to several sites focusing on the ranking of Indian B-Schools.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BizDeansTalk | Subjects: International MBA Issues, MBA Program Rankings

A new report finds dramatic growth in “business and society” programs in many business schools-driven by student demand.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Business School News, MBA Program Rankings

Compare data for the top EMBAs as compiled in this ranking. Use the interactive table to sort the data and find the best program.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Financial Times | Subjects: Executive Programs, MBA Program Rankings

FORTUNE claims these grad schools blend real-world small-business know-how with top academics.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: FORTUNE | Subject: MBA Program Rankings

The Princeton Review surveyed more than 19,000 students at 290 business schools and used the information that they reported, along with school statistics provided by school administrators, to create 11 ranking lists. None of these lists purports to rank the schools in terms of overall quality; but by using the lists in conjunction with the Students Say profiles and the school statistics, you will be … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Princeton Review | Subject: MBA Program Rankings