Smith Moves Up In This Year’s Bloomberg Businessweek MBA Ranking
In Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2014 ranking of full-time MBA programs, The Robert H. Smith School of Business has climbed up from 24th to 17th MBA program in the country. The rankings are compiled after taking into account a number of categories that measure strength of education as well as which programs best prepare MBAs for their careers.
One of the Smith School’s strongest categories was faculty-research expertise based on articles published in 20 top business journals from 2009 to 2013. Smith also tops its national peers for student satisfaction, factoring in climate for racial, religious and ethnic minorities.
In addition to student satisfaction (45 percent of the ranking); and faculty research (10 percent), a third component of Businessweek’s overall ranking is a survey of employers who hire those graduates (45 percent).
Smith has a bounty of opportunities for prospective MBAs– the school’s MBA Association coordinates 20 student-run groups focused on community-building while the school is broadening its resources for women MBAs via such initiatives as a recently forged Forté Foundation alliance. A recently launched MBA Impact Fellows program is providing opportunities in international development, impact investing and alternative energy.
“There is a collective focus on excellence across the Smith School, and it is exciting to see the results of our work reflected in this ranking,” Smith School Dean Alex Triantis said. “It is a recognition of the thought, effort and care that so many people have dedicated to the MBA program.”
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