Top Ranking B Schools in USA

Best of Top Ranking B Schools in USA

This is the list of the best B Schools in North America. Amongst these top b schools are the reverred Ivy League b schools. The order in which the b schools are listed on the site are quite representative of their rankings. However, the order should not be strictly construed to be rankings assigned to these b schools. The order may vary from that listed by other ranking services.

1. Stanford University (CA)

Stanford Graduate School of Business offers an MBA Program that is a two-year, full-time residential program, focusing on the academic facets of general business management. A PhD Program and the Stanford Sloan Program, a ten-month general management program for mid-career executives, leading to a master of science in management.

2. Harvard Business School (MA)

Harvard Business School offers a two year MBA Program. You can apply Online to this program. In addition, HBS also offers Doctoral Programs leading to a PhD in Management in any of the eight streams of Management.

3. Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University (IL)

Kellogg School of Management offers full-time, part-time, executive and international executive MBA programs. Kellogg is organized into six academic departments and each area offers individual Doctoral Programs.

4. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Wharton offers full time Undergraduate Program in Business Management. The MBA Program offers a variety of flexible options to students to earn Dual or Joint Degrees. The School also offers Wharton Executive MBA, Wharton Technology Management Course and Executive MBA programs. The Doctoral Program in the B School leads to a PhD in about 10 disciplines ranging from Marketing to Insurance and Risk.

5. MIT Sloan (MA)

Sloan offers Full Time MBA and Executive Programs. Sloan offers a Doctoral Program leading to PhD in management and an Undergraduate Program leading to Bachelor of Science in Management.

6. Columbia Business School (NY)

Columbia Business School offers a two year Full Time MBA and admits about 500 students each year to the program. The GMAT range for admissions in Fall 2003 was 670-750. In addition, the School offers a Doctoral Program in five areas of management and also offers executive MBA options.

7. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Haas Business School offers a two year Full Time MBA program. In addition, the B-School also offers evening & weekend MBA programs and an executive MBA program. In addition to the masters program, the school also offers a Doctoral Program and a Undergraduate Course in business management. A special one year Masters in Financial Engineering Program is also offered by Haas School of Business.

8. The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University (NC)

The Fuqua School of Business offers four types of MBA programs to suit the needs of different types of students. In addition, the B School also offers a Doctoral Program. The Ph.D. Program currently offers programs of research and training in the areas of accounting, decision sciences, finance, marketing, management, and operations management.

9. Chicago Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago

The GSB offers two full-time and three part-time M.B.A. programs, six joint degree options, and aDoctoral Program. The MBA programs include a two year Full Time MBA and an International Full Time MBA which includes work or study abroad. 

10. University of Michigan Business School, Ann Arbor

The Business School offers a two year Full Time MBA, a Masters in Accounting program in addition to part time and executive education programs. The School also offers a Doctoral Program leading to a PhD in one of the following areas - Accounting, International Business, Computer and Information Systems, Marketing, Corporate Strategy, Operations Management, Finance, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

11. Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (NH)

Tuck School of Business has been at the forefront of business education since 1900 as the first graduate school of management. Tuck offers only one degree program - the Full Time MBA. The School admits between 200 to 250 students each year.

12. New York University Stern School of Business (NY)

The Stern School of Business offers Full Time MBA and Executive MBA programs. In addition, the school also offers Undergraduate Program and a Doctoral Program in Business Management

13. The Anderson School at UCLA (CA)

The Anderson School offers a variety of MBA programs to suit different needs. The Full Time MBA Program, The Fully Employed MBA Program and the Executive MBA Program. In addition, the school also offers Doctoral Program leading to a PhD in Management. The School admits less than 8 percent of all applicants into the Doctoral Program each year.

14. Yale School of Management (CT)

One of the leading business schools offers enrolment to about 250 students each year. In the academic year beginning Fall 2002, the range of GMAT score was 640-750 with 34% of the admissions being given to international applicants. The Doctoral Program offers specialization in Accounting, Financial Economics and Marketing.

15. Darden Graduate School of Business Administration (VA)

Darden Graduate School at University of Virginia at Charlottesville, VA offers a two-year Full Time MBA. The School also has an Executive MBA and Doctoral Program The School has authorized major fields in Finance, Management, Marketing, and Operations Management. In making its admissions decisions each year, the School may choose not to admit doctoral students to a particular field.

16. Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University (NY)

Johnson Graduate School at Cornell University offers a two year Full Time MBA, and an Executive MBA Program. The School also offers a Doctoral Program leading to a Phd in one of Accounting, Behavioral Science, Finance, Management & Organizations, Managerial Economics, Marketing, Production and Operations Management, and Quantitative Analysis for Administration

17. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

The Graduate School of Industrial Administration offers a two year Full Time MBA and a Flexi Time MBAprogram. The B School also offers an Undergraduate Program in Business Administration and aDoctoral Program leading to a PhD in one of the following specializations - Accounting; Economics; Finance; Information Systems; Manufacturing and Operations Management; Management of Manufacturing and Automation; Marketing; Operations Research; Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization (ACO); and Organizational Behavior and Theory.

18. Kenan Flagler Business School, Univ of N Carolina, Chapel Hill

The B School offers a two year Full Time MBA program and a Master of Accounting program. The B School also offers an Undergraduate Program in Business Administration and a Doctoral Program in Business with specialization in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Operations, Technology and Innovation Management, Organizational Behavior, and Strategy. UG | MBA | PhD

19. McCombs School of Business, Univ of Texas, Austin (TX)

The B School offers a two year Full Time MBA, Executive MBA and a Doctoral Program leading to a PhD with specialization in one of the following disciplines - Accounting, Finance, Management, Management Science & Information Systems, and Marketing. MBA | PhD

20. Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

The B School offers a two year Full Time MBA, a Part Time MBA and an Online MBA. The School also offers an Undergraduate Program and a Doctoral Program

21. University of Southern California (Marshall)

The Marshall School of Business offers a variety of Undergraduate, Graduate, and a doctoral progragmme with research in the areas of Accouting, Finance and Business Economics, Information and Operations Management, Management and Organization, and Marketing. The Marshall School ranks 11th overall for its undergraduate business programs with all undergraduate academic programs ranked in the top 20. The Leventhal School of Accounting has ranked among the top five undergraduate accounting programs in the country.

22. Georgetown University (McDonough)(DC)

The Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University offers both anUndergraduate and an MBA program. The International Executive MBA, IEMBA program is ranked amongst the top 15 in the world

23. Emory University (Goizueta)(GA)

The Goizueta Business School at the Emory University offers degree programs at Undergraduate level,graduate level and a doctoral program in management. You can apply online to the b school by visitingthis page. 

24. Ohio State University (Fisher)

The Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University is ranked amongst the top 15 for itsundergraduate program and amongst the top 25 for its MBA program. The college also offers doctoral program. The college offers doctoral programs in 3 broad areas.

25. Purdue University-West Lafayette (Krannert)(IN)

The Krannert School of Management and Graduate School of Management at the Purdue University offers Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctoral programs in Management. The school offers Bachelors' program in Accounting, Economics, Industrial Management and Management. The School offers four Master's programs in Management.

26. University of Rochester (Simon)(NY)

The Simon School at the University of Rochester offers a Full Time MBA, a Part Time MBA, few Masters programs in Management and a Doctoral program in Management. The School also offers few specialized degree programs and many non-degree programs in Management.

27. Vanderbilt University (Owen)(TN)

The Owen Graduate School of Management at the Vanderbilt University is a small school dedicated to post baccalaureate education in Management. The School offers an MBA program and a DoctoralProgram. Including its Executive MBA program, the school admits about 540 students.

28. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)

The Olin School of Business at the Washington University in St.Louis offers a BS in Business Administration, a Full Time MBA and a Doctoral program in Management.

29. University of Maryland-College Park (Smith)

The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park offers aundergraduate business program, a full time MBA, joint MBA/MS Masters programs and a Doctoralprogram in Management.

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DRS group is a renowned business house with well diversified interests and a combined turnover in excess of 500 crores. DRS International School at Hyderabad since 2003 and a chain of over 100 preschools across India under the brand name DRS Kids and Edify Kids have made its presence in the field of education. Curriculum designed on primary year program (International Baccalaureate (IB)) guidelines.

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EDIFY KIDS is an initiative of the DRS GROUP, a well-known business house with diversified interests, with a combined turnover in excess of Rs. 500 crores. DRS has already made its presence felt in the field of education by establishing “DRS International School” at Hyderabad in 2003. Right from inception of operation, DRS International School has moved from strength to strength has created a niche market for itself in the international school arena, truly with its motto, “Strive to Surpass”, DRS International School has pledged to create a society of progressive thinking individuals by providing the finest quality education to its students.

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	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1	PARTICULARS (Tier I Cities)	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year	5th Year	6th Year
2	No. of Students -PG	20	25	30	30	30	35
3	No. of Students -IK-1	15	20	25	30	30	35
4	No. of Students -IK-2	15	15	20	25	30	35
5	No. of Students -IK-3		15	15	20	30	35
6	Total no. of Students	50	75	90	105	120	140
7	Tuition Fee per Student	2000	2000	2200	2200	2400	2400
8	Total Monthly Tuition fee	100000	150000	198000	231000	288000	336000
9	Period of Operation in Months	12	12	12	12	12	12
10	Total Yearly fee ( A )	1200000	1800000	2376000	2772000	3456000	4032000
11	Admission fee (Non Refundable)	5000	5000	5000	5000	5000	5000
12	Application Registration fee	500	500	500	500	500	500
13	Total revenue from adm fee ( B )	250000	125000	75000	75000	75000	100000
14	Note: Application fee of 500Rs is not added in Total revenue from adm fee.
15	Annual fee (one time Non Refundable)	2000	2000	2000	2500	2500	2500
16	Total Annual fee	100000	150000	180000	262500	300000	350000
17
18	Total Revenue Yearly (A+B+C)	1550000	2075000	2631000	3109500	3831000	4482000
19	Royalty on tution fee @ 14% from 4th year onwards calucalated
20	Royalty on Tuition fee @ 18% (on each child)	216000	324000	427680	388080	483840	564480
21	Total Revenue less Royalty	1334000	1751000	2203320	2721420	3347160	3917520
22	Recurring expenses
23	Salary Teaching Staff @ 12:1 (teacher @ 5000 average)	15000	25000	30000	35000	45000	50000
24	Salary Non Teaching Staff	8000	10000	12000	14000	16000	18000
25	Electricity	2000	3000	3500	4000	4000	4000
26	Stationary & Out-of-pocket expenses	4000	6000	8000	10000	12000	14000
27	Miscellaneous	2000	6000	8000	10000	12000	14000
28	Telephone Charges	1000	1200	1400	1600	1800	2000
29	Local Promotion	6000	6000	8000	8000	6000	6000
30	Rent for school	25000	27500	30250	33275	36603	40263
31	Total monthly expenses	63000	84700	101150	115875	133403	148263
32	Period of Operation in Months	12	12	12	12	12	12
33	Total yearly expenses (2)	756000	1016400	1213800	1390500	1600830	1779153
34	Gross Profit
35	Total GP	578000	734600	989520	1330920	1746330	2138367
36	Fixed expenses
37	Agreement Fee	285000
38
39	Annual Extension Fee				7500	7500	7500
40	Total Fixed expenses	285000
41	Net Profit after expenses	293000	734600	989520	1323420	1738830	2130867
42
43	Royalty:
44
45	Years	Percentage
46
47	1st Year	18%
48	2nd Year	18%
49	3rd Year	18%
50
51	4th Year	14%
52	5th Year	14%
53	6th Year	14%
54
55	7th Year	10%
56	8th Year	10%
57	9th Year	10%
58	10th Year	10%
59
60	The above percentage mentioned will be calculated on Tuition Fee only
61
62	4th Year to 10th Year an annual fee of Rs. 7500/- will be charged.
63
64	There is added advantage to the above proposal from the 4th year onward if the royalty goes up beyond 2.75 lacks per annum, then the associates will have to pay only 2.75 lacks per annum and from the 7th year only 2 lacks per annum.