Top 25 Business Schools

by Darlene Henright

Business Week has announced the top 25 business schools to be:

  1. Northwestern University (Kellogg School Executive MBA Program)
  2. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
  3. University of Chicago (Executive MBA Program North America)
  4. University of Michigan
  5. UNC Chapel-Hill (Kenan-Flagler) (MBA for Executives Weekend Program)
  6. Emory University (Weekend Executive MBA Program)
  7. IMD
  8. USC (Marshall)
  9. Duke University (Global EMBA Program)
  10. Georgetown University (International Executive MBA)
  11. Duke University (Weekend EMBA)
  12. Texas-Austin (Texas Executive MBA (Option II))
  13. Ohio State University (Executive MBA)
  14. UCLA (Anderson)
  15. IESE Business School (Global Executive MBA)
  16. Southern Methodist University
  17. Cornell University (Cornell Executive MBA Program)
  18. Purdue University (EMB Program)
  19. New York University (NYU Stern Executive MBA Program)
  20. Notre Dame (South Bend EMBA)
  21. Queens University (Queen’s National Executive MBA)
  22. Western Ontario (Ivey) (EMBA — Canada)
  23. Pepperdine University (EMBA)
  24. Vanderbilt (Owen)
  25. London Business School (Executive MBA)

The criteria for entering these top 25 schools vary, but mostly are based on the following elements.  The first of course is your academic performance, which will include your undergrad GPA, and whether you met your undergrad calculus requirements.  Then, your GMAT scores are figured in, as well as your work experience.  They look for postgraduate work experience, including managerial experience.  Another factor would be your extracurricular experience.  They would like to know how many undergrad activity hours you performed and whether the hours were leadership positions.  All of this plays an important role in your successful entering one of the top 25 business school.

Source: Top 25 Business Schools – BusinessWeek