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Global 200 Top Business Schools 2009 by Region

School name Country Regional Ranksort icon Base salary dollars Students in class Gmat score Avg work experience (years) Year
Harvard Business School United States 1 112500 908 725 4 2009
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania United States 2 110000 862 713 5 2009
The Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University United States 3 11125 427 700 5 2009
Columbia Business School, Columbia University United States 4 106246 737 709 5 2009
Stanford University Graduate School of Business United States 5 118793 370 726 4 2009
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business United States 6 102525 550 710 5 2009
Sloan School of Management, Massachusett Institute of Technology United States 7 100540 746 710 5 2009
The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University United States 8 102056 425 700 5 2009
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business United States 9 98720 486 700 5 2009
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley United States 10 107451 545 710 5 2009
NYU Stern School of Business United States 11 100448 392 708 5 2009
UCLA Anderson School of Management United States 12 95922 360 711 5 2009
Thunderbird School of Global Management United States 13 82493 516 587 6 2009
Yale School of Management, Yale University United States 14 98324 223 718 5 2009
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth United States 15 105198 255 713 5 2009
Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina United States 16 95000 287 686 5 2009
University of Virginia Darden School of Business United States 17 100839 333 600 4 2009
Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina United States 18 72400 81 638 3 2009
Western University, Richard Ivey School of Business Canada 19 89841 133 660 4 2009
McCombs School of Business, Univ. of Texas at Austin United States 20 95221 261 680 5 2009
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California United States 21 92375 222 685 5 2009
Boston University United States 22 93725 170 680 5 2009
Queen's School of Business Canada 23 77352 119 661 5 2009
Goizueta Business School, Emory University United States 24 92371 170 676 5 2009
Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business United States 25 89276 258 678 5 2009
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University United States 26 89144 209 664 5 2009
Krannert School of Management, Purdue University United States 27 143 661 3 2009
HEC Montreal Canada 28 72098 108 625 7 2009
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University United States 29 97190 274 682 5 2009
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Canada 30 85454 263 654 4 2009
Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University Canada 31 87500 56 650 5 2009
Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia Canada 32 73000 108 642 6 2009
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Illinois MBA United States 33 87828 102 640 4 2009
Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management United States 34 86234 186 672 5 2009
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University United States 35 93723 201 680 4 2009
Babson College United States 36 82100 153 624 5 2009
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business United States 37 86296 69 681 4 2009
University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management United States 38 90197 71 663 5 2009
Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame United States 39 86172 134 677 5 2009
Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business Canada 39 16 600 3 2009
University of Alberta, Alberta MBA Programs Canada 40 70780 83 608 5 2009
North Carolina State University, Raleigh United States 41 42 616 4 2009
Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis United States 42 87000 148 654 5 2009
Mason School of Business, College of William & Mary United States 43 74103 98 615 4 2009
University of California- Davis, Graduate School of Management United States 44 96294 60 675 4 2009
Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University United States 45 80023 106 615 3 2009
Texas A&M University-Mays Business School United States 46 86000 63 646 5 2009
University of Calgary, Haskayne School of Business Canada 47 90242 53 610 5 2009
George Washington University United States 48 75163 123 640 4 2009
Graduate School of Business, Wake Forest University United States 49 81992 68 658 4 2009
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University Canada 50 65800 194 620 3 2009
Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland United States 51 86640 153 670 4 2009
Max M. Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University United States 52 84545 147 677 4 2009
Rice University, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business United States 53 91068 109 667 4 2009
Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington United States 54 84123 114 681 6 2009
Hult International Business School United States 55 89966 356 610 7 2009
University of Wisconsin, Madison: Wisconsin MBA United States 56 83484 118 675 5 2009
Freeman School of Business, Tulane University United States 57 84900 91 654 5 2009
University of Massachusetts Boston MBA Program United States 58 42 587 4 2009
University of Victoria - Gustavson School of Business Canada 59 54 578 2 2009
Schulich School of Business, York University Canada 60 87000 320 660 5 2009
Florida International University, Graduate School of Business United States 61 61778 91 560 3 2009
Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego United States 62 80000 58 683 5 2009
The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine United States 63 75236 83 668 5 2009
The Carroll School of Management, Boston College United States 64 85924 106 662 4 2009
Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business United States 65 75204 26 600 5 2009
the Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, DePaul University United States 68 57881 52 623 4 2009
Southern Methodist University, Cox School of Business United States 69 90 642 4 2009
University of Rochester Simon School United States 70 72744 123 682 4 2009
School of Business Administration, University of Miami United States 71 59203 88 638 2 2009

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