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Jun 10, 2019

Financial Times 2019 Executive Education Rankings: What You Need to Know

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The Financial Times just released its 2019 Executive Education rankings, and the top-ranked schools are right where you’d expect. For the fifth year in a row, IESE Business School ranked first for customized Executive Education, followed by Duke Corporate Education in second and IMD in third. For open Executive Education, IMD ranked first for the eighth year in a row with INSEAD rounding out the fifth position.

However, beyond that, there were some surprises for the top five schools on each list with five programs rising sharply. Continue reading…

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May 20, 2019

New Duke MBA Deadlines Revealed

Duke MBA Deadlines

Hopeful applicants to the next MBA class at Duke University Fuqua School of Business have a new batch of deadlines to keep tabs on.

New Duke MBA Deadlines: 2019-20

Round One

Application Deadline: Sep. 19, 2019
Interview Decision: Oct. 2, 2019
Decision Released: Oct. 28, 2019

Round Two

Application Deadline: Oct. 14, 2019
Interview Decision: Nov. 1, 2019
Decision Released: Dec. 18, 2019

Round Three

Application Deadline: Jan. 6, 2020
Interview Decision: Jan. 31, 2020
Decision Released: March 18, 2020

Round Four

Application Deadline: March 11, 2020
Interview Decision: March 25, 2020
Decision Released: April 20, 2020


Learn more about the Duke University Fuqua Business School MBA program here.

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May 7, 2019

School v. School: UVA Darden v. Duke Fuqua

Virginia vs Duke

When you have two top MBA programs on your list that seem almost precisely the same at first glance, how do you choose the right program for you? You can’t just close your eyes and point to one, hoping for the best. Instead, you need to narrow down each program to the essentials that matter most to you such as location, rankings, cost, employment, and offerings.

Our School v. School series offers a point-by-point comparison of two highly respected MBA programs on the east coast: UVA Darden School of Business and Duke Fuqua School of Business. Read on to find out how these two schools stack up to each other. Continue reading…

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May 6, 2019

Where Should You Go? The Benefits of a Mid-Tier MBA

Which MBA Should I Get

You have an MBA acceptance letter from both Harvard Business School and Cornell SC Johnson. Which do you choose?

Your gut reaction might be to choose Harvard’s top-ranked MBA program without a second’s pause. After all, aren’t business school rankings—like those compiled by the Financial Times and U.S. News & World Report—the most important consideration when choosing your MBA program?

In some cases, you might be right. If you’re most interested in reputation, then ranking is all important. However, there are many times when rankings should be taken with a grain of salt. They tell a story, but not the whole story, especially when it comes to you as an individual candidate.

Just because a specific school is top-ranked, does not mean it should be the top rank for you. Many mid-level MBA programs are just as impressive and could be a better fit for you depending on your needs.

In this article, we’ll take an in-depth look at when and why you should choose a mid-ranked MBA program over a top-ranked program. Continue reading…

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Mar 14, 2019

School v. School: UNC Kenan-Flagler vs. Duke Fuqua School of Business

UNC vs Duke

The MBA application process is not for the faint of heart. Elite programs have increasingly required applicants to follow paths unique to their schools, which makes the process of narrowing down the options to find the right fit even more essential. Our School v. School series saves you the headache by offering a point-by-point comparison of two stand-out programs located in North Carolina’s Research Triangle: UNC’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business and Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. Read below to find out how the intense UNC vs Duke rivalry shakes down when it comes to business schools.

Continue reading…

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Mar 12, 2019

Wharton Takes Over Top Spot on New U.S. News MBA Ranking

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Harvard loses its crown, Wharton ranks first, and Purdue stumbles in new U.S. News & World ReportBest Business Schools” ranking.


The annual U.S. News & World Report Best Business Schools ranking, largely regarded as the most prominent MBA ranking system in the United States, debuted its newest annual listing, with The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School taking the top mantle.

The Philadelphia metro business school ascends past Harvard Business School and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business—both tying for first last year. Both schools took a minor tumble to the third overall spot, sitting in a three-way tie with the MIT Sloan School of Management. Stanford’s Graduate School of Business lept into the second overall spot, which comes just a few months after the Silicon Valley school maintained its status as the best in the world according to the Financial Times.

U.S. News & World Report Top 10 Business Schools

SchoolThis Year's RankingLast Year's Ranking
Wharton (University of Pennsylvania)13
Stanford Graduate School of Business24
Harvard Business School3 (tie)1 (tie)
Booth (University of Chicago)3 (tie)1 (tie)
Sloan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)3 (tie)5
Columbia Business School6 (tie)9
Kellogg (Northwestern University)6 (tie)6
Haas (UC Berkeley)6 (tie)7 (tie)
Yale School of Management911 (tie)
Fuqua (Duke University)1011 (tie)

Within the top 50 business schools, this year’s ranking largely resembles last year’s. In fact, only three business schools—the University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, the Iowa State University Ivy College of Business, and the The Manderson Graduate School of Business at the University of Alabama—moved into the top 50 since last year. The three business schools to fall out of the top 50 were Rutgers Business School, the Haslam College of Business at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business. All three moved down the ranking by at least 10 spots each.

U.S. News Ranking Rising Business Schools

No school saw a better year-end turnaround than the aforementioned Iowa State University Ivy College of Business. The Midwest business school moves from the 79th spot last year to 47th this year; a 32-spot increase. On the news of the new ranking, Dean David Spalding says in a press release, “This significant rise in the ranking is a direct result of the quality work our faculty do every day in the classroom. At a time when some universities are dropping their full-time MBA programs, the Ivy MBA continues to excel. Our internationally known faculty provide a top-notch MBA experience that helps our MBA graduates advance their careers to the next level.”

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Iowa State University’s Ivy College of Business earns the biggest ranking bump from U.S. News this year, moving up 32 spots from last year.

Ten schools in the top 100 saw double-digit rankings jumps, with Iowa State accruing the greatest increase. The University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics, the Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business, and the Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business all saw a rise of at least 20 spots this year as well.

Purdue, Case Western Stumble

On the opposite end of this year’s ranking is Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management, falling a total of 21 spots from 53rd last year to 74th this year. The University of Kansas School of Business and the Saunders College of Business at RIT join Krannert as this year’s three biggest falling schools, each dropping at least 20 spots respectively. Like most of the annual U.S. News rankings, the placement fluctuation is much more apparent the further and further down the list you go, with schools in the top 50 largely remaining stable.

U.S. News 2020 Ranking Methodology

To formulate its ranking, U.S. News & World Report analyzed “475 MBA programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International.” A total of 367 schools responded to its surveys, but only 131 schools made the final ranking “because they provided enough of the required data on their full-time MBA program that were needed to calculate the full-time MBA rankings, based on a weighted average of the indicators.” Those indicators, with the weighted values, are as follows:

Quality Assessment (0.40)

• Peer assessment score (0.25)
• Recruiter assessment score (0.15)

Placement Success (0.35)

• Mean starting salary and bonus (0.14)
• Employment rates for full-time MBA program graduates

Student Selectivity (0.25)

• Mean GMAT and GRE scores (0.1625)
• Mean undergraduate GPA (0.075)
• Acceptance rate (0.0125)

Did The Methodology Changes Affect This Year’s U.S. News Ranking?

Last September, calls for changes in the MBA ranking methodology seemed to be answered by several large publications, including U.S. News. The company’s Chief Data Strategist, Robert Morse, noted, “There is an active and ongoing debate about how to best measure quality in education, and we pay close attention to that debate. Over time, our ranking model has put more emphasis on outcomes measures … As part of this evolving process, we’ve wanted to measure whether schools were successful at serving all of their students, regardless of economic status.”

The overarching issue seemed to lie within a framework that continually rewarded students and business schools that actively enrolled more and more students from affluent families. In response, U.S. News decreased its ranking value of acceptance rates, which previously rewarded schools that were more selective. Now, as seen above, the weighted value of acceptance rates is less than 1 percent.

However, the changes in the formula did not seem to bare much tenable change in the outcomes. The top 50 schools were largely unchanged, with only minor variances. Several schools, such as Iowa State and Oklahoma State were handsomely rewarded in the new ranking, moving up at least 20 spots each. However, schools rising and falling by 10, 20, even 30 spots in a given year isn’t a new occurrence. In fact, last year, nine schools in the top 100 rose at least 10 rankings from the previous year.


Stay tuned to MetroMBA for more information and analysis of this year’s MBA rankings.

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