North America

4. Top Business Schools in 2007

4.1 North America

4.1.1 Summary

Harvard Business School (Harvard) and The Wharton School (Wharton) remain the most popular choices and take turns, year on year, at holding the most favoured position. This year Harvard has retained a narrow edge. There is great continuity in the top 20 most favoured US schools among recruiters, with only Yale, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown and University of Toronto narrowly slipping out from a top 20 position, but all remain within the top 40.

Joining the top 20 this year are; North Carolina University (Kenan-Flagler), Southern California (Marshall), South Carolina (Darla Moore) and Western Ontario (Richard Ivey).

Within the consistent top 20 group, Chicago, Columbia Business School, Michigan, Berkeley, Northwestern and UCLA have all improved their relative positions. The Sloan School of Management MIT, Tuck and Darden have fallen relative to their peer group. The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University (Duke) has remained stable in 8th place for second year after being one of the highest climbing top-tier US schools in recent years.

Canadian schools had also made much recent progress; In 2007, they have returned en masse to the top 40, with HEC Montreal, and British Columbia rejoining Western Ontario, McGill and Queens in the top 40. This year, Western Ontario is the only Canadian school to remain in the top 20, gaining 1 place to 20th. McGill University, which had steadily grown in recognition during the last five years is the most striking improver, rising 6 places to 30th. position.

Notable North American movers: The four North American top movers are all schools with a strong pedagogical emphasis on international management: North Carolina is up 14 places to 15th, Southern California is up 15 places to 18th, South Carolina is up 11 places to 14th, whilst UCLA is up 9 places to 13th.

Recruiters top 10 preferred schools in North America are: Harvard, Wharton, Northwestern, Columbia, Chicago, Stanford, Michigan, Duke, MIT and UC Berkeley.

 

Table 4.1.2a: North America Top 20 (Alphabetical)
School Name Country Recr. Rank Recr. Reputation 2007 (% of top) Avg. GMAT Score Avg. Years Work Exp.
2007 2006
Chicago GSB USA 5 7 60% 700 5
Columbia Business School USA 4 6 65% 708 5
Dartmouth, Tuck USA 17 16 25% 710 5
Duke, Fuqua School of Business USA 8 8 46% 700 5
Harvard Business School USA 1 1 100% 714 4
Michigan, Stephen M. Ross USA 7 9 46% 680 5
MIT, Sloan USA 9 3 41% 710 5
North Carolina, Kenan - Flagler USA 15 39 27% 682 5
Northwestern, The Kellogg School USA 3 4 71% 700 5
NYU Stern USA 11 10 35% 700 5
Penn.,The Wharton School USA 2 2 89% 713 6
Southern California, Marshall USA 18 33 23% 685 5
Stanford University GSB USA 6 5 54% 712 4
Texas at Austin, McCombs USA 19 17 22% 669 5
Thunderbird, Garvin USA 12 12 34% 610 5
UC Berkeley, Haas USA 10 13 39% 700 5
UCLA, Anderson USA 13 22 33% 700 4
University of South Carolina, Moore USA 14 25 30% 640 4
Virginia,  Darden USA 16 11 26% 677 4
Western Ontario, Richard Ivey Canada 20 21 19% 660 5

 

Table 4.1.2b: North America Next 20 (Alphabetical)
School Name Country Recr. Rank Recr. Reputation 2007 (% of top) Avg. GMAT Score Avg. Years Work Exp.
2007 2006
Source: QS TopMBA.com International Recruiter Survey 2007
Babson College USA 38 23 8% 630 6
Boston University School of Mgmt. USA 27 28 11% 664 5
British Columbia, Sauder USA 36 - 9% 620 6
Carnegie Mellon, Tepper USA 29 18 10% 696 4
Cornell University, S.C. Johnson USA 28 20 11% 680 5
Emory, Goizueta USA 22 35 17% 690 5
Georgetown, McDonough USA 21 15 17% 665 5
Georgia Institute of Technology USA 33 - 9% 669 4
HEC Montreal Canada 35 - 9% 610 6
Indiana, Kelley USA 25 29 15% 645 5
McGill, Desautels Canada 30 36 10% 650 5
Minnesota, Carlson USA 40 - 8% 641 5
Notre Dame, Mendoza USA 37 26 9% 657 5
Purdue, Krannert USA 24 30 15% 661 3
Queens School of Business Canada 26 37 13% 661 6
Texas A&M, Mays USA 39 - 8% 635 4
Toronto, Joseph L. Rotman Canada 31 19 10% 660 5
Vanderbilt, Owen USA 32 - 10% 642 5
Washington U. in St. Louis, Olin USA 34 27 9% 654 4
Yale School of Management USA 23 14 16% 701 4