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Forbes Ranking

Forbes’s annual Best Business School ranking is broken up into two separate lists, analyzing graduate schools in the U.S. and internationally. The lists take into account the average financial gain MBA graduates accumulate five years after graduation, how long it takes to fund the degree, and the average pre-MBA and post-MBA salary growth.

See Clear Admit’s analysis of Forbes’ 2019 Best U.S. Business Schools here. 

You may also be interested in these MBA ranking: Financial Times Ranking, US News & World Report Ranking, Bloomberg BusinessWeek Ranking. You can also find more detailed coverage of the MBA rankings here.

Take a look at the publication’s top U.S. business schools in 2019 below.

Ranking School
1 University of Chicago Booth School of Business
2
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
3
4 Harvard Business School
5
6
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business
7 (tie) Columbia Business School
7 (tie)
MIT Sloan School of Management
9 Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management
10 University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business
11 (tie) UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
11 (tie) Yale School of Management
13 University of Virginia Darden School of Business
14 Duke University Fuqua School of Business
15 UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
16 UCLA Anderson School of Management
17 Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business
18 University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business
19 Indiana University Kelley School of Business
20 NYU Stern School of Business
21 USC Marshall School of Business
22 Emory University Goizueta Business School
23 UW Foster School of Business
24 Brigham Young Marriott School of Business
25 Notre Dame University Mendoza College of Business
26 Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business
27 Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business
28 Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business
29 Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School
30 Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management
31 Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
32 University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management
33 Texas A&M Mays Business School
34 Penn State Smeal College of Business
35 University of Wisconsin School of Business
36 University of Utah Eccles School of Business
37 University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
38 Arizona State W.P. Carey School of Business
39 Boston University Questrom School of Business
40 Purdue University Krannert School of Management
41 Ohio State Fisher College of Business
42 University of Rochester Simon Business School
43 UC Irvine Merage School of Business
44 College of William & Mary Mason School of Business
45  SMU Cox School of Business
46 UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management
47 UMD Smith
48  University of Georgia Terry College of Business
49 University at Buffalo School of Management
50 University of Alabama Manderson Graduate School of Business
51 Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business
52 Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management
53 University of Missouri, Columbia Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business
54 University of Tennessee, Knoxville Haslam College of Business
55 University of Miami School of Business Administration
56 UC Davis Graduate School of Management
57 Willamette University Atkinson Graduate School of Management
58 Fordham University Gabelli School of Business
59 Tulane University A. B. Freeman School of Business
60 University of Colorado, Boulder Leeds School of Business
61 Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management
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October 24, 2024 10:58am ET
Applying: Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton, UT Austin / McCombs
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: O&G Engineering (Super-Major)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting
GMAT: 685
GPA: 3.66
Years of Work Experience: 6
Location: Houston
Notes:

Licensed PE in Mech Eng; GMAT Focus Score; Limited EC's; BS ME at Georgia Tech with Highest Honors and Econ Minor

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- Worked Offshore for 1.5 years on Oil Rig
- Project / Package / Systems Engineering 4+ Years Experience
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October 23, 2024 4:46pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Software engineer at Google -> Airbnb -> Twitch. Currently tech lead on a safety team but have worked across different products like maps, shopping, ads and safety.
Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship
GRE: 326
GPA: 3.2
Years of Work Experience: 7
Location: San Francisco
Notes:

African American male - 28.

My goal for an MBA is to build tools for music creators. I joined a band during Covid and found a passion for digital music creation and machine learning, but I lack the business skills.

Top Choices:
HBS: Offers cross-registration with Berklee for classes like audio engineering and entertainment law, plus a chance to collaborate with potential users and experts in the music field.
MIT: Media Lab aligns with some of the audio breakthroughs I’m interested in

My challenge is a lower GPA. How can I offset that weakness?
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October 23, 2024 8:46am ET
Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Georgetown / McDonough, IE Business School, IESE, INSEAD, NYU Stern, UCLA Anderson, USC / Marshall, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Management Consulting (Middle Market - FS Compliance/AML)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Private Equity Companies: Accenture , AT Kearney , Booz Allen Hamilton , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , PWC , Other
GMAT: 710
GPA: 2.99
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: California
Post MBA Location: DC, New York, California, or International
Notes:

White Male with Non-Target (T100) undergrad degree in International Studies.

Would like to pivot into Corporate Strategy specifically focused on international business/emerging markets.

Classic low GPA high GMAT conundrum. Nothing special in extracurriculars (although I do have a number of outdoor-oriented hobbies).

Confident in my Recommendations/Essay writing skills.
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October 23, 2024 5:31am ET
Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: I worked in real estate development and later in business operations and strategy for several construction tech companies
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Entrepreneurship Companies: Other
GRE: 331
GPA: 3.98
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: New York City
Post MBA Location: Seattle, SF, or LA (but open to anywhere)
Notes:

I attended a top 25 state school and have extensive extracurricular experience, including serving a 2-year church mission, managing a college prep program for underprivileged students, and running a nonprofit in Ukraine.

My post-MBA goal is to build a company focused on housing affordability.
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October 22, 2024 5:07pm ET
Applying: Boston College / Carroll, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, Notre Dame / Mendoza, UT Austin / McCombs, Vanderbilt / Owen, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Active duty military, nonprofit
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , Booz Allen Hamilton , BCG , Deloitte , KPMG , McKinsey , PWC
GPA: 3.3
Years of Work Experience: 7
Post MBA Location: Boston
Notes:

Enlisted military, stem degree from top LAC, currently at a nonprofit. My post mba goal is to do management consulting for a couple years then get back into the nonprofit space. Taking the GRE in December
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October 25, 2024 12:54pm ET
Interview Invite to U. Chicago Booth
Round: Round 1
Received via email on October 21, 2024
GPA: 4.0
GRE: 331
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: West Coast
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Non-B4 Consultant
October 25, 2024 12:52pm ET
Interview Invite to UPenn / Wharton
Round: Round 1
Received via email on October 23, 2024
GPA: 4.0
GRE: 331
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: West Coast
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Non-B4 consultant
October 25, 2024 12:47pm ET
Interview Invite to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 1
Received via email October 25, 2024
GPA: 3.37
GRE: 318
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact
Application Location: Washington
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8YOE Army Officer, Combat Arms
October 25, 2024 11:23am ET
Interview Invite to Berkeley / Haas
Round: Round 1
Received via email on October 21, 2024
GPA: 3.32
GRE: 335
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
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Applied through consortium
October 25, 2024 10:47am ET
Interview Invite to UCLA Anderson
Round: Round 1
Received via email October 25, 2024
GPA: 3.6
GRE: 330
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Marketing
Application Location: India
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