If you’re wondering which is the best business school the answer is Stanford, according to the latest Forbes Best Business Schools List, 2009.
Stanford beat Harvard, which appeared in third position, behind Dartmouth, although Stanford and Harvard ran respective one and two positions for salary earned.
About the Forbes Best Business Schools 2009 List.
Forbes sixth biennial ranking of business schools, based on the return on investment graduates have achieved after five years, shows that alumni of the best programs still command huge salaries with their degrees. Graduates of its five top-ranked M.B.A. programs typically earn more than $200,000 once they’re five years out of school. But rising tuitions and higher pre-M.B.A. salaries mean it’s taking longer for them to get a solid payback on their investment in going back to school.
The Forbes top U.S. school is the Stanford Graduate School of Business, which moved up from second in the 2007 ranking.
Stanford has a long history of producing successful entrepreneurs, including the company founders Charles Schwab, Philip Knight (Nike) and Scott McNealy (Sun Microsystems). Those three men’s companies are worth a combined $56 billion.
But onto the important stuff.
The lowdown on Stanford.
And the lowdown on Harvard.
(I still have a soft spot. Harvard has produced some great marketing strategists.)
For the full run down on how the Business Schools fared, head to Forbes Best Business Schools 2009.
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