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HBS
Sta
Wha
March 12, 2024 3:35pm ET
Location:
United States – Midwest
Status:
MBA Applicant
Rankings:
  1. Harvard Business School
  2. Stanford GSB
  3. UPenn / Wharton
  4. Northwestern / Kellogg
  5. U. Chicago Booth
  6. MIT Sloan
  7. Columbia
  8. Dartmouth / Tuck
  9. Duke / Fuqua
  10. Yale SOM
Factors:
  1. Brand / Reputation
  2. Consulting Placement
  3. Consumer Goods / Retail Placement
  4. Leadership Training
  5. Collaborative Culture
Notes:

I prefer to think of things in tiers. Here is one I've seen floating around in the forms that I like:

M7 “Magnificent 7”: HBS, Wharton, GSB, Booth, Kellogg, Sloan, CBS
T10 “Top 10”: Tuck, Haas, SOM
T15 “Top 15”: Stern, Fuqua, Darden, Ross, Johnson, Anderson
T25 “Top 25”: Tepper, McCombs, Marshall, Kenan-Flagler, Kelley, McDonough, Mendoza, Jones, Goizueta, Foster