Businessweek Undergrad B-School Rankings 2012

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<p>Best</a> Undergraduate Business Schools 2012 - Businessweek</p>

<p>Not sure if anyone has posted this year but businessweek released their undergrad business school rankings for 2012. I'm not positive how credible as a source the businessweek rankings are but I feel like they have a good idea of what they are talking about. </p>

<p>They also have a pretty cool slideshow (Best</a> Undergraduate Business Schools 2012 - Notre Dame No. 1 for Third Consecutive Year - Businessweek) that contains important information about each business school including placement rate, top employers, average starting salaries, and the industries most graduates go into.</p>

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<p>Any ranking of undergrad business schools where Wharton isn’t number one is a bogus ranking. Wharton is head-and-shoulders above the rest of the best undergrad business schools in America.</p>

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<p>I agree with the above post. Bizweek can give you a good idea of where a bschool stands, but those rankings shouldn’t be used to declare which schools are better than others.</p>

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<p>Totally agree.</p>

<p>Wharton 4th??? You got to be kidding.</p>

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<p>It’s nice that you can sort by any feature you want, though. If you sort by starting salary, you get:</p>

<ol>
<li>Wharton</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>UC-Berk</li>
<li>Georgetown</li>
<li>CMU</li>
<li>Michigan-Ross</li>
<li>NYU-Stern</li>
<li>Wash U</li>
<li>UVa</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
</ol>

<p>That seems like a reasonable undergrad ranking. Although it certainly helps the schools wherein the graduates go to more expensive cities. I’m surprised at a few of the SAT figures. Florida International #1 at 1506? Wash U at #2 (1463) ahead of MIT (1457). And NYU at 1457 ahead of Wharton at 1444? Must be some reporting differences…</p>

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<p>Bluedog, there is no difference in starting salaries between #3 and #7 in starting salaries. They are all in the $65,000/year range. </p>

<p>I do not know how BW measures SAT averages. They list Ross’ at 1390. That’s for the university overall. Ross does not publish SAT rangesfor their entire student population, only for pre-admits. The pre-admit SAT average is 1420 I believe.</p>

<p>I think the top BBA programs should be ranked as follows:</p>

<ol>
<li>Wharton</li>
<li>Dyson, Haas, McIntire, Ross, Sloan and Stern</li>
<li>Carroll, Gouizuetta, Kelley, Kenan Flagler, Marshall, McCombs, McDonough, Mendoza, Olin and Tepper</li>
</ol>

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<p>^McCombs??</p>

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<p>BusinessWeek is reputable, but its ranking can be easily manipulated. 20% of the score – which is lower than previous years – is from Recruiters. And, as some colleges have figured out, Recruiters can wined and dined by the college. Roll out the red carpet for them, and they’ll think highly of the school when it comes time for completing surveys.</p>

<p>Just sayin’…</p>

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<p>^ and another 30% is based on student surveys. Students at some schools may be more enthusiastic (or may be encouraged to be more enthusiastic) than students at other schools so that their schools are ranked more highly. Notre Dame is a great university with a fine business school but its undergraduate business school is not generally considered the best in the country. Emory is a very good business school but it is not generally considered better than MIT. Cornell is not considered better than Wharton, and so forth. </p>

<p>Also look at the wide variability from year to year. Brigham Young dropped 10 spots from 11 to 21. Boston College went up 7 spots from 16 to 9. I can’t explain what happened in 1 year to merit those changes other than changes in the number and enthusiasm of those surveyed.</p>

<p>I’m sorry to burst the bubble of those who tout these results because their school was ranked highly, but USNews’s ranking of undergraduate business schools is more reliable.</p>

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<p>Yeah having student surveys weighted so heavily definitely makes it less reputable in my mind than US News, however I do think that what students have to say should be an important factor in rankings. I personally am glad I am going to be attending a university where students are happy to be there and are passionate about the school. For some it might not be as big of a deal, but for me it was a major factor in my decision.</p>

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<p>Oops, my mistake. Thanks for the correction.</p>

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<p>The starting salary figure may not be very accurate as a large portion of top undergrad-b school grads end up working in high finance where a good potion of their salary is in the form of a bonus. IMO the only thing this ranking is good for the schools that are in the top 20, the order is completely random for the most part.
Wharton
Sloan
Stern
McIntire
Ross
would be my top 5. In that order</p>

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<p>“Also look at the wide variability from year to year. Brigham Young dropped 10 spots from 11 to 21. Boston College went up 7 spots from 16 to 9. I can’t explain what happened in 1 year to merit those changes other than changes in the number and enthusiasm of those surveyed.”</p>

<p>I can explain it. IT SELLS MAGAZINES.</p>

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<p>^^Perhaps true, but manipulation is key. A few years ago, Cal-Haas figured it out when it jumped into the top 10 by focusing on each Recruiter’s whims. Haas even acknowledged that fact.</p>

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<p>“Cal-Haas figured it out when it jumped into the top 10 by focusing on each Recruiter’s whims.”</p>

<p>I guess they unfigured it out again. Haas is not in the top ten this year.</p>

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<p>I just don’t get it. How can Boston College be in anybody’s top 10 for business? I mean they don’t even believe in the Money God!! Has business now returned to embrace ethics as part of its MO? What happened to the ‘good old days’ of ruthless, cutthroat fun?!</p>

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<p><a href=“http://premium.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-overall[/url]”>http://premium.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-overall&lt;/a&gt; US News does rank Wharton on the top.</p>