BusinessWeek

Overview: BusinessWeek has been ranking full-time MBA programs every two years since 1988, when it introduced the first rankings of business programs. Executive MBA programs and executive programs (non-degree) also are ranked separately. Although BusinessWeek does not rank part-time MBA programs, profiles of such programs are provided on its website. Beginning in 2006, BusinessWeek will rank undergraduate business programs in the United States.

Website: http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/index.html

Summary of Methodology:

Full-time MBA programs
This ranking is based on surveys of graduating full-time MBA students and recruiters. Each is weighted 45 percent. The remaining 10 percent claims to measure intellectual capital, which is based on article length in a small set of academic journals and the reach of books published by faculty.

Executive MBA programs
Surveys of recent graduates are weighted 65 percent in the most recent survey. To arrive at the student score, results from most recent survey are weighted 50 percent and each of the previous two surveys are weighted 25 percent. Executive MBA program directors are surveyed to measure reputation for the remaining 35 percent of the ranking formula. More …

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