| THE TOP SCHOOLS | Overall score |
Peer assessment score (5.0 highest) |
Recruiter assessment score (5.0 highest) |
'06 average undergrad GPA |
'06 average GMAT score |
'06 acceptance rate |
'06 average starting salary and bonus |
'06 graduates employed at graduation |
employed 3 months after graduation |
'06 out-of-state tuition and fees |
'06 total full-time enrollment |
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| Rank/School | ||||||||||||
| 1. Harvard University (MA) | 100 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
3.64 |
707 |
14.9% |
$125,527 |
90.4% |
94.9% |
$39,600 |
1,821 |
|
| 2. Stanford University (CA) | 99 |
4.8 |
4.5 |
3.61 |
720 |
9.9% |
$126,661 |
84.2% |
93.6% |
$43,380 |
764 |
|
| 3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 97 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
3.50 |
714 |
18.8% |
$122,708 |
83.2% |
90.7% |
$44,795 |
1,594 |
|
| 4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) | 95 |
4.8 |
4.4 |
3.50 |
702 |
20.1% |
$118,779 |
84.4% |
94.0% |
$42,564 |
781 |
|
| 5. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL) | 93 |
4.7 |
4.4 |
3.45 |
702 |
24.0% |
$114,457 |
89.8% |
94.3% |
$41,115 |
1,089 |
|
| University of Chicago | 93 |
4.7 |
4.4 |
3.50 |
703 |
N/A |
$115,499 |
89.6% |
95.3% |
$42,212 |
1,119 |
|
| 7. Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH) | 92 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
3.40 |
710 |
20.3% |
$118,201 |
87.9% |
97.4% |
$43,650 |
490 |
|
| 8. University of California-Berkeley (Haas) | 91 |
4.6 |
4.2 |
3.52 |
707 |
17.5% |
$113,664 |
83.2% |
93.9% |
$36,633 |
505 |
|
| 9. Columbia University (NY) | 87 |
4.4 |
4.2 |
3.40 |
708 |
17.2% |
$119,280 |
77.8% |
89.7% |
$42,400 |
1,242 |
|
| 10. New York University (Stern) | 85 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
3.40 |
700 |
19.9% |
$116,056 |
85.9% |
91.9% |
$41,490 |
814 |
|
| 11. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross) | 84 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
3.26 |
701 |
27.7% |
$110,834 |
79.6% |
85.1% |
$40,989 |
828 |
|
| 12. Duke University (Fuqua) (NC) | 82 |
4.4 |
4.1 |
3.36 |
696 |
37.4% |
$108,556 |
79.8% |
89.0% |
$39,350 |
830 |
|
| University of Virginia (Darden) | 82 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
3.27 |
677 |
40.6% |
$112,506 |
83.8% |
93.9% |
$40,000 |
648 |
|
| 14. Cornell University (Johnson) (NY) | 81 |
4.2 |
3.9 |
3.33 |
680 |
36.4% |
$112,155 |
85.9% |
95.4% |
$40,360 |
556 |
|
| Yale University (CT) | 81 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
3.46 |
701 |
22.0% |
$104,690 |
74.6% |
91.7% |
$41,225 |
425 |
|
| 16. University of California-Los Angeles (Anderson) | 80 |
4.2 |
3.8 |
3.55 |
703 |
28.8% |
$102,856 |
71.4% |
93.4% |
$36,082 |
686 |
|
| 17. Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) (PA) | 79 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
3.40 |
696 |
28.6% |
$108,432 |
79.6% |
94.9% |
$42,290 |
302 |
|
| 18. Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) | 76 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
3.27 |
664 |
47.5% |
$108,330 |
81.8% |
91.1% |
$37,811 |
566 |
|
| University of Texas-Austin (McCombs) | 76 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
3.38 |
669 |
37.4% |
$101,453 |
80.9% |
93.1% |
$38,002 |
510 |
|
| 20. Emory University (Goizueta) (GA) | 73 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
3.40 |
689 |
33.8% |
$100,582 |
77.1% |
92.9% |
$36,046 |
342 |
|
| 21. University of Southern California (Marshall) | 71 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
3.24 |
685 |
36.0% |
$97,406 |
69.3% |
91.6% |
$39,000 |
440 |
|
| 22. Ohio State University (Fisher) | 69 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.44 |
669 |
43.3% |
$96,593 |
73.1% |
96.3% |
$32,832 |
256 |
|
| Purdue University-West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN) | 69 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
3.30 |
661 |
42.0% |
$93,780 |
77.9% |
96.5% |
$30,010 |
261 |
|
| 24. Indiana University-Bloomington (Kelley) | 68 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
3.30 |
645 |
40.0% |
$96,725 |
76.6% |
89.7% |
$30,459 |
401 |
|
| 25. Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC) | 65 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
3.23 |
665 |
41.0% |
$101,250 |
71.6% |
8.7% |
$35,610 |
477 |
|
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 65 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
3.41 |
669 |
40.5% |
$85,196 |
80.0% |
94.0% |
$26,028 |
140 |
|
| University of Maryland-College Park (Smith) | 65 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.35 |
651 |
38.2% |
$93,130 |
79.5% |
94.9% |
$37,286 |
223 |
|
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Carlson) | 65 |
3.6 |
3.2 |
3.30 |
641 |
52.6% |
$98,577 |
90.5% |
97.6% |
$34,892 |
218 |
|
| 29. Michigan State University (Broad) | 64 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
3.28 |
636 |
33.0% |
$94,606 |
80.2% |
92.7% |
$24,881 |
181 |
|
| Texas A&M University-College Station (Mays) | 64 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
3.43 |
643 |
34.9% |
$89,056 |
86.2% |
98.3% |
$36,112 |
** |
145 |
| University of Washington | 64 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.54 |
679 |
30.2% |
$90,893 |
70.8% |
95.8% |
$27,525 |
214 |
|
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 64 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
3.37 |
661 |
42.7% |
$92,530 |
77.8% |
94.9% |
$29,078 |
231 |
|
| Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) | 64 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.37 |
654 |
53.7% |
$90,696 |
74.3% |
86.2% |
$36,730 |
258 |
|
| 34. Pennsylvania State Univ.-University Park (Smeal) | 63 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.30 |
651 |
33.3% |
$89,416 |
75.9% |
94.8% |
$29,598 |
150 |
|
| Vanderbilt University (Owen) (TN) | 63 |
3.5 |
3.9 |
3.23 |
642 |
44.5% |
$97,833 |
69.6% |
87.2% |
$36,376 |
358 |
|
| 36. University of Rochester (Simon) (NY) | 62 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.46 |
667 |
36.2% |
$89,528 |
71.0% |
91.1% |
$36,135 |
228 |
|
| 37. University of Florida (Warrington) | 61 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.38 |
675 |
49.1% |
$70,190 |
82.2% |
93.3% |
$22,451 |
113 |
|
| University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign | 61 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.40 |
652 |
49.3% |
$80,408 |
84.6% |
94.2% |
$27,900 |
203 |
|
| 39. Boston College (Carroll) | 60 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.39 |
645 |
45.8% |
$93,822 |
75.7% |
93.2% |
$1,072 |
* |
169 |
| University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) (IN) | 60 |
3.5 |
3.9 |
3.21 |
667 |
43.5% |
$88,140 |
63.8% |
79.6% |
$35,275 |
321 |
|
| 41. Arizona State University-Main Campus (Carey) | 59 |
3.5 |
3.2 |
3.46 |
655 |
34.5% |
$81,290 |
67.2% |
95.3% |
$26,712 |
177 |
|
| Babson College (Olin) (MA) | 59 |
3.4 |
3.7 |
3.05 |
630 |
59.8% |
$89,734 |
70.9% |
94.3% |
$33,600 |
405 |
|
| Boston University | 59 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
3.30 |
664 |
34.1% |
$87,271 |
71.2% |
91.5% |
$33,758 |
316 |
|
| Brigham Young University (Marriott) (UT) | 59 |
3.1 |
3.4 |
3.54 |
648 |
57.2% |
$85,916 |
78.3% |
96.2% |
$16,400 |
269 |
|
| 45. Tulane University (Freeman) (LA) | 58 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
3.20 |
656 |
64.8% |
$77,449 |
90.0% |
93.3% |
$41,309 |
70 |
|
| 46. University of Califonia-Davis | 56 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
3.40 |
671 |
28.2% |
$77,272 |
75.6% |
91.1% |
$34,408 |
116 |
|
| University of Georgia (Terry) | 56 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.34 |
651 |
31.9% |
$76,154 |
66.7% |
92.0% |
$26,718 |
122 |
|
| 48. Rice University (Jones) (TX) | 55 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
3.27 |
632 |
48.3% |
$97,045 |
70.5% |
85.6% |
$34,208 |
242 |
|
| 49. Wake Forest University (Babcock) (NC) | 54 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
3.20 |
647 |
53.5% |
$89,276 |
71.4% |
81.3% |
$31,650 |
169 |
|
| 50. University of Iowa (Tippie) | 53 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
3.45 |
655 |
42.6% |
$76,736 |
68.6% |
94.3% |
$23,691 |
123 |