<p>HANOVER, N.H. - Today, Forbes magazine has ranked the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth #1 among the world's business schools based on the return on investment for its graduates. The magazine's biennial ranking looks at MBA programs in the U.S. and abroad. </p>
<p>To calculate the worth of an MBA degree, Forbes surveyed graduates who received MBAs in 2000 and compared the salary gains the degree generated to the cost of getting it. They surveyed 25,000 alumni of 111 MBA programs around the world, asking them to disclose their compensation the year before they entered business school, the year they graduated, and in 2004. Forbes then constructed an estimated median income, year by year, for each school's graduates. They compared those numbers to what the same students would have earned without MBAs, assuming that their salary growth would have been only half as fast.</p>
<p>"The benefits of a Tuck MBA are multi-dimensional and at the highest level, in terms of knowledge, friendships, lifelong networks, and the launching of leadership careers," says Tuck's Dean Paul Danos. "When such a prestigious publication places our graduates at the very top of the earnings scale, it's another indicator of the positive returns of a Tuck degree. We will continue to take the actions needed to ensure that our students get the very best in business education and career support."</p>
<p>According to this study, Tuck grads gained the most from going back to school, followed by graduates of Wharton, Chicago, Columbia, and Yale.</p>
<p>The Top Ten
Dartmouth
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Columbia
Yale
Stanford
Harvard
Virginia
Cornell
Northwestern</p>