The Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools 2004 »

For years, prospective M.B.A. students seeking guidance on which business schools to consider have had to rely on rankings compiled with vague methodologies, subject to the biased opinions of students and school administrators. Now come The Wall Street Journal and Harris Interactive, the worldwide market-research firm, with their third annual survey that has become the single most important reference tool for students, school administrators, and corporate recruiters. Using a carefully constructed methodology and Harris Interactive's online polling expertise, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools 2004 shows students what corporate recruiters — the "buyers" of budding management talent — really think of the schools and their students.

Each profile of the 50 top M.B.A. programs, as well as of the 50 runners-up, includes information on admissions, enrollment, test scores, the industries and companies most likely to hire the school's graduates, and graduates' expected first-year salaries. The Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools 2004 also covers:

THE DEBATE OVER THE VALUE OF AN M.B.A. DEGREE • THE SMARTESTAPPLICATION STRATEGIES • SURVIVAL TACTICS FOR A BLEAK JOB MARKETTHE SALARY AND BONUS OUTLOOK • TOP SCHOOLS FOR MINORITIES TOP SCHOOLS FOR WOMEN • ETHICS EDUCATION IN A POST-ENRON WORLD

and includes lists of:

TOP PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS • TOP LARGE AND SMALL SCHOOLS • TOP SCHOOLS BY REGION • TOP SCHOOLS BY INDUSTRY• TOP SCHOOLS BY ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE • "HIDDEN GEMS"

Contents

Introduction

Part One

The M.B.A. Outlook

The Survey Results

The Top 50 Business Schools

The 50 Runner-up Schools

The Top 10 International Schools

The Top U.S. Schools by Region

The Top Public and Private Schools

The Top Large and Small Schools

Industry Rankings of Top Schools

Hidden Gems

Honor Roll of Schools by Academic Discipline

Top Student and School Attributes

Leadership Lessons

Ethics in the Classroom

Ethics in the Job Interview

Winning Job Search Strategies

M.B.A. Salaries

Debate over the M.B.A.'s Value

Admission Tips

Challenges for International Students

M.B.A. Issues for Women

The Minority Student Shortage

Out of the Closet in Business School

Part Two: The Top 50 Business Schools

1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School)

2. Dartmouth College (Tuck School of Business)

3. University of Michigan

4. Northwestern University

(Kellogg Graduate School of Management)

5. University of Chicago

6. Carnegie Mellon University

7. Columbia University

8. Harvard University

9. Yale University

10. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

(Kenan-Flagler Business School)

11. Purdue University

(Krannert School of Management)

12. Indiana University (Kelley School of Business)

13. University of Texas at Austin

(McCombs School of Business)

14. University of California at Berkeley

(Haas School of Business)

15. Vanderbilt University

(Owen Graduate School of Management)

16. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

17. Duke University (Fuqua School of Business)

18. University ofRochester

(William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration)

19. University of Maryland

(Robert H. Smith School of Business)

20. Cornell University

(Johnson Graduate School of Management)

21. Michigan State University

(Eli Broad Graduate School of Management)

22. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Sloan School of Management)

23. Emory University (Goizueta Business School)

24. Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa — IPADE

25. Ohio State University

(Fisher College of Business)

26. Brigham Young University

(Marriott School of Management)

27. Wake Forest University

(Babcock Graduate School of Management)

28. Washington University

(John M. Olin School of Business)

29. University of Virginia

(Darden Graduate School of Business Administration)

30. Stanford University

31. University of Notre Dame

(Mendoza College of Business)

32. Southern Methodist University

(Edwin L. Cox School of Business)

33. University of Pittsburgh

(Katz Graduate School of Business)

34. Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management

35. University of Florida

(Warrington College of Business)

36. Instituto de Empresa (IE)

37. New York University

(Leonard N. Stern School of Business)

38. University of California at Los Angeles

(Anderson School)

39. University of London (London Business School)

40. University of Southern California

(Marshall School of Business)

41. College of William and Mary

42. American University (Kogod School of Business)

43. University at Buffalo, State University of New York

44. University of Denver

(Daniels College of Business)

45. Boston University

46. Escuela Superior de Administracion y Dirección de Empresas (ESADE)

47. Texas A&M University

(Lowry Mays Graduate School of Business)

48. HEC School of Management, Paris

49. University of Minnesota

(Carlson School of Management)

50. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Part Three: The Runners-up

Arizona State University

(W. P. Carey School of Business)

Australian Graduate School of Management

Babson College

(F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business)

Boston College (Carroll School of Management)

Case Western Reserve University

(Weatherhead School of Management)

Concordia University

(John Molson School of Business)

Cranfield University

E. M. Lyon

Erasmus University

(Rotterdam School of Management)

ESSEC Business School

Fordham University

George Washington University

Georgetown University

(McDonough School of Business)

Georgia Institute of Technology

(DuPree College of Management)

Georgia State University

(Robinson College of Business)

HEC Montréal

Helsinki School of Economics

IESE, the International Graduate School of Management of the University of Navarra

IMD International

INSEAD

International University of Japan

McGill University

Oklahoma State University

Pennsylvania State University

(Smeal College of Business Administration)

Pepperdine University

(Graziadio School of Business and Management)

Queen's University

Rice University

(Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management)

Rollins College

(Crummer Graduate School of Business)

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Texas Christian University

(Neeley School of Business)

Tulane University

(A. B. Freeman School of Business)

University of Arizona

(Eller Graduate School of Management)

University of British Columbia

University of California at Davis

University of California at Irvine

University of Colorado at Boulder

(Leeds School of Business)

University of Connecticut

University College Dublin

(Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business)

University of Georgia (Terry College of Business)

University of Iowa

(Henry B. Tippie School of Management)

University of Miami

University of Oxford (Said Business School)

University of San Francisco

University of South Carolina

(Moore School of Business)

University of Toronto

(Joseph L. Rotman School of Management)

University of Utah (David Eccles School of Business)

University of Washington

University of Western Ontario

(Richard Ivey School of Business)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

York University (Schulich School of Business)

Appendix: Methodology

Index