BusinessWeek: The Best B-Schools In 2014

How The BusinessWeek Ranking Compares Against U.S. News

 

2014 BW Rank & School 2014 U.S. News Rank Average SAT Acceptance Rate Enrollment
  1. Notre Dame University 10 1419 22% 1,968
  2. University of Virginia 5 1390 30% 679
  3. Cornell University 10 1414 16% 737
  4. Boston College 22 1358 32% 2,004
  5. Washington University 13 1480 16% 902
  6. University of Texas-Austin 8 1353 40% 4,046
  7. University of Pennsylvania 1 1466 12% 2,502
  8. Indiana University 10 1357 72% 5,001
  9. Emory University 13 1375 27% 742
10. University of North Carolina 7 1356 27% 676
11. Wake Forest University 34 1344 35% 538
12. University of Michigan 2 1381 32% 1,431
13. Brigham Young University 27 1246 49% 1,542
14. New York University 5 1441 32% 2,495
15. UC-Berkeley 2 1394 21% 717
16. University of Richmond 58 1295 31% 477
17. Carnegie Mellon University 8 1435 26% 379
18. Georgetown University 16 1395 17% 1,298
19. Northeastern University 72 1384 32% 3,712
20. Bentley University 47 1230 44% 4,056
21. Southern Methodist University 38 1414 53% 1,193
22. The College of William & Mary 38 1355 33% 502
23. Miami University 47 1253 69% 2,779
24. Villanova University 58 1325 48% 1,602
25. Boston University 43 1303 37% 2,400

Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek and U.S. News & World Report undergraduate business rankings Other highlights of the ranking includes:

  • The University of Virginia’s McIntire, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton, and  Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper (#2, #7, #17, respectively, on the 2014 list), tied for highest median starting salaries at $70,000.
  • Wake Forest University’s School of Business (#11 on the list) ranked the highest for academic quality.
  • Providence College had the biggest rise among ranked schools, jumping 34 spots to 75, from 2013 to 2014, on the strength of a 66-place increase on its employer survey score.
  • Rutgers University fell the furthest from 2013 to 2014, dropping 37 spots to 118.
  • The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School (#7) is the only school to make the top 10 in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2012 full-time MBA rankings and this year’s undergraduate list. (The University of Virginia and Cornell ranked in the top 10 MBA programs, but they educate undergraduate business majors and MBAs in separate colleges).

BusinessWeek said its student survey, which captures student assessments of teaching quality, school facilities, career services, and other factors, recorded 28,842 responses from graduating seniors. The employer survey, which measures employers’ perceptions of student quality at schools where they hire undergraduates, recorded responses from 301 firms across the country.

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