POLL
POLL
CAPITAL
TUITION1,
$
ACCEPTED,
%
W/ OFFER BY
GRADUATION4,
%
EXPERIENCE5,
MONTHS
SKILLS
QUALITY
SERVICE
For the Class of 2006, things couldn't be better. Among the top 30 B-schools, job offers were up 20% over 2004, to an average of 2.3. And the average salary is up more than $8,000 or 9.7%, to $95,000, with grads from nearly a third of the schools now raking in six-figure paychecks. After three years in the doldrums, even applications are up, with nearly two-thirds of all full-time programs seeing a boost, compared to 21% in 2005.
Tuition and fees were up 15% across the board, with the typical two-year cost for a top-30 program up more than $10,000 since 2004. Enrollment of women and minorities continued to advance, but just barely. They now account for 29.2% and 9.8% of students in the top 30, respectively, up from 28.5% and 9.6%.
The letter grades are based on survey responses from grads at 73 U.S. schools and MBA recruiters at 223 companies. The top 20% in each category earned A+s. The next 25% got As, the next 35% got Bs, and the bottom 20% received Cs.
| RANK | SCHOOL | 2004 RANK | CORP. POLL | GRAD. POLL | INTELLECT. CAPITAL | ANNUAL TUITION1, $ | APPLICANTS ACCEPTED, % | WOMEN | INT'L | MINORITIES | PRE-MBA | POST-MBA | RESPONDENTS W/ OFFER BY GRADUATION4, % | AVG. WORK EXPERIENCE5, MONTHS | COMMUNICATION | TEAMWORK | ANALYTIC SKILLS | TEACHING QUALITY | CAREER SERVICE |
| 29 | Michigan State (Broad) | 9,999,993 | 27 | 31 | 21 | 25,046 | 33 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 45 | 85 | 96.1 | 60 | -885 | -886 | -885 | -886 | -887 |
| 30 | Vanderbilt (Owen) | 30 | 32 | 25 | 33 | 39,249 | 44 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 55 | 87 | 92.2 | 55 | -886 | -887 | -886 | -886 | -886 |
| 28 | Rochester (Simon) | 29 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 39,711 | 36 | 28 | 48 | 18 | 40 | 83 | 82.6 | 55 | -887 | -887 | -887 | -887 | -886 |
| 25 | Maryland (Smith) | 28 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 36,444 | 39 | 28 | 36 | 9 | 50 | 85 | 85.9 | 60 | -885 | -885 | -886 | -885 | -885 |
| 21 | USC (Marshall) | 27 | 28 | 19 | 30 | 39,000 | 36 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 60 | 89 | 87.4 | 62 | -886 | -886 | -886 | -885 | -887 |
| 22 | Georgetown (McDonough) | 25 | 22 | 23 | 34 | 36,000 | 41 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 53 | 90 | 90.3 | 62 | -885 | -885 | -886 | -887 | -886 |
| 26 | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | 24 | 21 | 32 | 32 | 34,045 | 49 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 45 | 85 | 80.2 | 52 | -886 | -886 | -885 | -885 | -886 |
| 27 | Washington U. (Olin) | 23 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 36,655 | 54 | 29 | 39 | 11 | 40 | 85 | 92 | 52 | -885 | -886 | -886 | -887 | -885 |
| 19 | Yale | 22 | 26 | 13 | 28 | 42,685 | 22 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 55 | 95 | 95.5 | 58 | -887 | -887 | -886 | -887 | -887 |
| 24 | Purdue (Krannert) | 21 | 20 | 26 | 17 | 30,310 | 42 | 16 | 45 | 7 | 45 | 85 | 93.3 | 55 | -886 | -885 | -886 | -886 | -886 |
| 23 | Emory (Goizueta) | 20 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 37,826 | 34 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 54 | 90 | 91.9 | 59 | -886 | -885 | -886 | -887 | -887 |
| 20 | Texas-Austin (McCombs) | 19 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 36,200 | 37 | 29 | 25 | 8 | 60 | 90 | 88.9 | 60 | -888 | -888 | -887 | -885 | -886 |
| 18 | Indiana (Kelley) | 18 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 30,458 | 40 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 50 | 87 | 87.5 | 63 | -887 | -888 | -887 | -888 | -886 |
| 8 | UC-Berkeley (Haas) | 17 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 36,634 | 18 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 70 | 100 | 94.8 | 67 | -887 | -887 | -887 | -886 | -887 |
| 17 | North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 16 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 36,383 | 47 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 55.5 | 90 | 93 | 64 | -887 | -887 | -887 | -888 | -886 |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | 15 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 42,288 | 29 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 59 | 95 | 94.9 | 52 | -885 | -886 | -886 | -887 | -886 |
| 12 | UCLA (Anderson) | 14 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 36,094 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 6 | 63 | 95 | 90.1 | 57 | -887 | -887 | -887 | -886 | -886 |
| 14 | NYU (Stern) | 13 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 39,600 | 22 | 40 | 38 | 17 | 60 | 95 | 91.7 | 59 | -887 | -888 | -887 | -888 | -888 |
| 15 | Virginia (Darden) | 12 | 14 | 6 | 35 | 41,000 | 41 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 62 | 95 | 96.3 | 61 | -888 | -888 | -887 | -888 | -888 |
| 9 | Duke (Fuqua) | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 39,350 | 36 | 29 | 39 | 9 | 64 | 95 | 93.4 | 70 | -888 | -888 | -888 | -888 | -888 |
| 11 | Dartmouth (Tuck) | 10 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 40,903 | 20 | 33 | 34 | 8 | 70 | 100 | 91.8 | 68 | -887 | -888 | -887 | -888 | -887 |
| 7 | MIT (Sloan) | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 42,364 | 20 | 31 | 30 | 7 | 74 | 110 | 96.3 | 57 | -886 | -886 | -888 | -887 | -887 |
| 10 | Columbia | 8 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 40,948 | 17 | 35 | 42 | 15 | 75 | 100 | 94.3 | 60 | -888 | -887 | -888 | -886 | -887 |
| 13 | Cornell (Johnson) | 7 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 38,800 | 36 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 60 | 95 | 97.1 | 59 | -887 | -888 | -887 | -887 | -887 |
| 5 | Michigan (Ross) | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 42,024 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 60 | 95 | 94.8 | 64 | -888 | -888 | -888 | -886 | -887 |
| 4 | Harvard | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 46,056 | 15 | 35 | 33 | 9,999,994 | 79 | 105 | 96.6 | 54 | -888 | -886 | -888 | -888 | -888 |
| 6 | Stanford | 4 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 43,380 | 10 | 32 | 43 | 10 | 73.5 | 110 | 99.3 | 48 | -888 | -886 | -888 | -886 | -888 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 44,795 | 21 | 32 | 42 | 7 | 80 | 105 | 97.1 | 71 | -888 | -887 | -888 | -886 | -888 |
| 1 | Chicago | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 42,182 | 9,999,994 | 31 | 30 | 16 | 72 | 95 | 96.9 | 62 | -887 | -887 | -888 | -888 | -888 |
| 3 | Northwestern (Kellogg) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 41,115 | 24 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 70 | 100 | 95.9 | 62 | -888 | -888 | -888 | -887 | -888 |
