The Best International B-Schools Of 2008

Special Report: The Best B-Schools

Program Rankings and Profiles

Table: Best U.S. B-Schools of 2008

BusinessWeek's interactive table of the best international business schools for 2008 permits you to look at all the top ranked schools according to your own criteria. By clicking on the header for each of the columns, you can reorder the rankings to consider those schools that offer the highest post-MBA salaries, schools whose faculty publishes the most research, or rank the schools by their annual cost. The choice is up to you.

Note: In the print edition of BusinessWeek dated Nov. 24, this table appeared with column headings for corporate and graduate survey results reversed. In this online version the columns are labeled correctly.

Click column heading once to reorder from highest to lowest. Click twice to reorder from lowest to highest.
2008
Rank
2006
Rank
School
Grad.
Poll
Corp.
Poll
Intellect.
Capital
Tuition &
Fees1
Pre-MBA Pay
($000)2
Post-MBA Pay
($000)2
Selectivity
(%)
Job Offers
(%)3
Gen.
Mgmt.4
Analysis4
Teaching5
Careers5
1 1 Queen's: Canada5 1 7 63,89660.0 85.0 74 67.6 B   B   A   B   
2 NAIE Business School: Spain1 6 13 65,95053.0 149.5 29 90.4 A+ A+ A+ A+ 
3 6 INSEAD: France4 4 2 78,00075.0 121.0 NA88.2 A+ A+ A   A   
4 2 Western Ontario (Ivey): Canada7 2 5 68,80560.0 85.0 NA82.8 A   A   A+ A   
5 5 London Business School: Britain3 7 1 78,31575.0 129.0 NA96.9 A+ A+ B   A+ 
6 7 ESADE: Barcelona8 3 15 70,00063.0 95.5 45 83.0 A   A   B   A   
7 4 IMD: Switzerland3 9 10 70,068100.0 152.0 26 92.1 A   A   A+ A+ 
8 3 Toronto (Rotman): Canada15 5 3 80,42450.0 85.0 24 82.4 B   B   B   C   
9 8 IESE: Spain6 13 11 88,60050.0 114.0 20 89.3 A   A   A   B   
10 NAOxford (Saïd): Britain10 10 12 62,00067.5 115.5 NA91.0 C   C   B   B   
2nd TierNACambridge (Judge): Britain11 11 9 60,00070.0 120.0 21 81.1 B   B   B   B   
2nd TierNACranfield: Britain9 12 14 49,10080.0 130.0 48 94.1 C   C   A   A   
2nd TierNAHEC: France 12 14 8 55,16757.0 105.0 20 83.1 B   B   C   B   
2nd TierNAManchester: Britain16 15 16 57,65650.0 110.0 51 57.9 C   C   C   C   
2nd TierNAMcGill (Desautels): Canada13 16 4 35,79042.0 75.0 32 76.0 B   B   B   B   
2nd Tier9 York (Schulich): Canada14 8 6 57,00047.5 75.0 28 73.2 B   B   C   C   

Note:

1. Tuition and all required fees for entire program (where applicable, nonresident figures used); excludes living expenses.

2. Median salary only; does not include signing bonus, stock options, or other compensation. Based on respondents to student survey; does not represent entire graduating class.

3. Percentage of survey respondents reporting at least one job offer by graduation.

4. Based on 2008 recruiter survey.

5. Based on 2008 student survey.

NR=No response. NA=Not applicable.


Data: BusinessWeek, Cambria Consulting