Which MBA -- International and US?

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>The Economist Intelligence Unit did its own rankings of the best MBA's internationally:</p>

<p><a href="http://mba.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=2007rankings%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://mba.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=2007rankings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Rank (out of 100)
Chicago, University of - Graduate School of Business 1
Stanford Graduate School of Business 2
IESE Business School - University of Navarra 3
Dartmouth College--Tuck School of Business 4
IMD - International Institute for Management Development 5
California at Berkeley, University of--Haas School of Business 6
Cambridge, University of - Judge Business School 7
New York University - Leonard N Stern School of Business 8
IE Business School 9
Henley Management College 10
Cranfield School of Management 11
Michigan, University of - Stephen M Ross School of Business 12
Harvard Business School 13
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management 14
London Business School 15
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management 16
INSEAD 17
Columbia Business School 18
Ashridge 19
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology -- School of Business and Management 20
Pennsylvania, University of - Wharton School 21
Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School 22
Virginia, University of - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration 23
York University - Schulich School of Business 24
Yale School of Management 25 </p>

<p>and within the Americas (US):</p>

<p><a href="http://mba.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=2002rankings&rank_category_id=20000002&region_id=280000428&x=31&y=12%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://mba.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=2002rankings&rank_category_id=20000002&region_id=280000428&x=31&y=12&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>School Rank (out of 100 internationally)
Chicago, University of - Graduate School of Business 1
Stanford Graduate School of Business 2
Dartmouth College--Tuck School of Business 4
California at Berkeley, University of--Haas School of Business 6
New York University - Leonard N Stern School of Business 8
Michigan, University of - Stephen M Ross School of Business 12
Harvard Business School 13
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management 14
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management 16
Columbia Business School 18
Pennsylvania, University of - Wharton School 21
Virginia, University of - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration 23 </p>

<p>Here is an explanation of the rankings methodology:</p>

<p><a href="http://mba.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=wmba_rank_method%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://mba.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=wmba_rank_method&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Is it really possible that Harvard is 13 and Wharton is 21 when NYU is 8? Is this a ranking methodology problem -- or is the problem that we always presume that certain schools are tops when in fact that should be questioned? What is the right ranking of b-schools?</p>

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<p>It really depends on the area/career aspiration!</p>

<p>for finance wharton and chicago would be great
for consulting MIT would be great
for venture capital Stanford would be great
for management or private equity Harvard would be great</p>

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<p>Yes, those are the cliched notions. Not that that has anything do with the truth. I could go to any of the schools you mention and get into consulting.</p>