The Top Executive MBA Programs

How graduates and directors rated the top EMBA programs

BusinessWeek's 2007 Executive MBA program rankings are based on surveys of EMBA graduates and program directors. The graduate poll was sent to 4,544 students, of whom 2,693 responded (59%); the director poll was sent to 89 directors, of whom 51 responded (57%). Graduates were surveyed on various measures, including teaching quality, career services, and curriculum. EMBA program directors were asked to list their top 10 programs overall. Tuition and enrollment data were provided by the schools. Out-of-state tuition figures are used where appropriate. Enrollment figures are for the most recent class on main campus. Graduates' years of management experience is an average based on the student survey results.

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								ENROLLMENT			STUDENTS' SCHOOL ASSESSMENT
2007 Rank	School	Location	2005 Rank	2003 Rank	Grad Poll	Director Poll	Total Tuition ($)	Women (%)	Minorities (%)	Grad's Year of Mgmt. Exp.	Teaching	Curriculum	Support
1	Northwestern (Kellogg)	Evanston, Ill.	1	1	3	2	135,000	17	23	11.89	A	A+	A
2	Pennsylvania (Wharton)	Philadelphia	2	3	17	1	142,440	20	14	8.10	A	B	A+
3	Chicago	Chicago	3	2	14	3	120,000	28	17	10.59	A+	B	C
4	Michigan (Ross)	Ann Arbor	4	NR	2	5	120,000	17	10	9.89	A+	A+	A
5	USC (Marshall)	Los Angeles	8	12	1	10	84,850	18	11	10.27	A	A+	A
6	Columbia	New York	NR	15	5	8	133,200	29	7	6.70	A+	A+	A+
7	Emory (Goizueta)	Atlanta	6	10	3	9	88,000	16	17	7.99	A+	A+	A+
8	UCLA (Anderson)	Los Angeles	14	7	7	11	95,116	20	10	10.20	A+	A+	A
9	Duke (Fuqua-Global)	Durham, N.C.	9	9	6	14	123,500	17	20	11.84	A+	A	A+
10	UNC (Kenan-Flagler)	Chapel Hill, N.C.	5	5	15	4	67,200	28	20	7.09	B	A	A+
11	SMU (Cox)	Dallas	16	18	9	12	84,135	22	17	9.98	A	A+	B
12	Georgetown (McDonough)	Washington, D.C.	10	11	7	38	93,935	19	NA	7.66	A	B	B
13	Cornell (Johnson)	Ithaca, N.Y.	17	14	11	17	122,400	40	14	7.24	A+	A	A+
14	Ohio State (Fisher)	Columbus	13	NR	10	40	64,900	22	2	10.18	A	B	B
15	Instituto de Empresa	Madrid	NR	NR	11	36	63,500	22	NA	8.82	B	C	B
16	IMD	Lausanne, Switzerland	7	6	16	13	101,000	19	NA	11.14	B	B	A
17	IESE (University of Navarra)	Barcelona, Spain	15	NR	13	18	126,244	15	NA	11.14	A+	A	B
18	INSEAD	France/Singapore	NR	NR	18	16	110,000	24	NA	9.27	A	A	B
19	New York (Stern)	New York	19	13	25	5	128,000	20	NA	8.18	B	A+	B
20	London Business School	London	25	23	24	7	85,000	16	NA	7.08	B	A	B
21	ESADE	Barcelona	NR	NR	19	40	66,690	15	NA	6.81	B	C	B
22	Thunderbird	Glendale, Ariz.	NR	NR	20	32	67,000	25	42	9.81	A	B	A
23	Queen's	Kingston, Ont.	21	NR	21	19	69,000	32	NA	9.96	A	A	A
24	Washington (Olin)	St. Louis	NR	17	21	27	83,900	21	12.5	9.87	A	A	A
25	Villanova	Philadelphia	NR	NR	23	23	85,000	26	26	9.48	B	A+	A+

Data: Cambria Consulting, BusinessWeek Research: Geoff Gloeckler, Louis Lavelle