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U.S. News 2023 Full-Time MBA Ranking: Wharton & Chicago Booth Share Top Spot
The 2023 U.S. News Best Graduate Programs Rankings rolled out today and we’re taking a closer look at the full-time MBA program list. Chicago Booth and The Wharton School share the top spot, surpassing last year’s #1, Stanford GSB, which now ranks third along with Northwestern Kellogg. On Wharton and... Read more »
USC Marshall 2021 MBA Employment Report: MBAs Successfully Compete in an Evolving Job Market
See the USC Marshall MBA employment report for the Class of 2022 here. The University of Southern California Marshall School of Business 2021 MBA employment report reveals that more than 94% of its MBAs reported employment within three months of graduation. The median base salary remained unchanged from last year, coming... Read more »
HEC Paris: From LATAM to London
Sponsored Content The HEC Paris MBA sets students up for success in global business in just 16 months. The exposure to international business begins with the student body, which is typically comprised of up to 95% international students. Personalized career development programs also support diverse goals, as 91 percent of... Read more »
Stanford GSB Joins the Consortium
Next season’s MBA applicants will have another pathway to Stanford GSB: The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management. Effective July 1, 2022, Stanford GSB will become the 22nd member school–and second M7 school, with the first being Columbia Business School–of the Consortium. Recruitment for Stanford’s first group of Consortium applicants... Read more »
CMU Tepper 2021 MBAs Achieve Highest Employment Rate in a Decade
See the CMU Tepper MBA employment report for the Class of 2022 here. According to the 2021 MBA employment report from Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business, this year’s employment rates are the highest for Tepper MBAs in a decade. The Tepper MBA Class of 2021 also boast impressive... Read more »
The Financial Times 2022 Global MBA Ranking: Wharton Returns on Top
The Financial Times (FT) released its rankings of the 100 best MBA programs for 2022. While COVID kept several schools on the bench last year, a total of 151 schools participated in the 2022 edition. “It’s important to remember that COVID took a toll on the rankings last year, but several... Read more »
UVA Darden 2021 MBA Employment Report Cites “Positive Outcomes, Record Incomes”
The University of Virginia (UVA) Darden School of Business 2021 MBA employment report is out. UVA Darden’s MBA Class of 2021 navigated a challenging job market with record success, continuing a streak of record-breaking salary numbers, and increasing its presence in key industries. A school record was set with 91%... Read more »
Kellogg Students Rank Best 2022 Super Bowl Ads, Crown Winner
For the eighteenth year in a row, students at Northwestern Kellogg spent Super Bowl Sunday analyzing and ranking the best ads of the 2022 event. Under the guidance of Kellogg professors Tim Calkins and Derek Rucker, the roughly 70 MBA Marketing Club members crowned a winner: Uber Eats. “Uber Eats... Read more »
Chicago Booth 2021 MBA Employment Report: Booth MBAs in High Demand
See the employment report for the Chicago Booth MBA Class of 2022 here. The employment report for the MBA Class of 2021 at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business reveals higher employment rates and salary growth over 2020. Of the 563 members of the graduating class, nearly 82% (or... Read more »
Berkeley Haas 2021 MBA Employment Report: Compensation Climbs
The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, has released its latest MBA employment report, and compensation climbed for the Class of 2021. The median base salary reported for the class is $149,000, a growth of 6.5% over last year. The average base salary increased from $139,423... Read more »
Cornell Johnson Reports Record Highs in 2021 MBA Employment Report
Cornell University’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management 2021 MBA employment report shows encouraging growth over 2020 for Johnson graduates in terms of jobs, salaries and more. “Johnson students enjoyed outstanding placement success in 2021. We experienced record highs in offer rate, acceptance rate, average base salary, and average signing bonus, with... Read more »
HBS Announces Timing of Interview Invitations for Round 2 & More for Waitlisted Round 1 Applicants
If you applied to Harvard Business School in Round 2, get ready for some big application news from the school on Wednesday, February 2nd at noon EST. Applicants from Round 1 who have been awaiting news on their admissions status should also tune in. In a post to the Direct from the... Read more »
Yale SOM 2021 MBA Employment Report: Graduate Skills in High Demand
See the employment report for the Yale SOM MBA Class of 2022 here. The Yale School of Management’s 2021 MBA employment report shows how graduates found success in an array of industries and around the world. Eighty-two percent of the Yale SOM MBA Class of 2021, which numbers 312 students, sought employment.... Read more »
Three-Way Tie for Top of U.S. News 2022 Online MBA Ranking
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2022 Best Online Programs rankings, including online MBA programs. At the top of the list, three schools tied for first in online MBA programs: Indiana University–Bloomington, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, and the University of Southern California. Carnegie Mellon, which tied for first last... Read more »
MIT Sloan 2021 MBA Employment Report: ‘Sloanies’ Are Motivated to Advance and Make an Impact
See coverage of the MIT Sloan employment report for the MBA Class of 2022 here. The MIT Sloan School of Management 2021 MBA employment report is out, and the graduates demonstrate the value of a Sloan degree in the job market. “The outcomes highlight the value of the MIT Sloan... Read more »
