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FT Times: Category look and revisit

This is from way back in January of 2006, but it's still very relevant. Although I prefer BusinessWeek, and Wall Street's Rankings over other rankings, Financial Times categorical rankings are interesting to look at. FT to me has always scewed itself with a finance bias. Perhaps others have a different opinion? Glad to hear them if you care to comment.

Anyway, you can compare these categorical rankings to US NEWS category rankings. You'll see a pretty big difference. Although their categories aren't exactly apples to apples to compare with... you may get a good idea about the bias of each ranking source just by comparing these. In my opinion, comparing overall rankings of different ranking sources is impossible to do. This is because it's impossible to decipher the weight of certain qualities without doing a full statistical and data analysis. Which.... I absolutely do not care to do.

These Categorical rankings put quite a bit more meat into the ranking game. But only so much as it matters to the immediate needs of applicants.

A while back, I ran a surveymonkey.com that asked the question, "Why an MBA?" I received over 3,000 responses. The respones came back as follows:

Question: 1. Let's be honest. As this survey is completely anonymous, what would you say are your top Three reasons, in order of priority, as to why you want an MBA?

No 1) Career Change
No 2 & No 3)[results for #2 and 3 were tied] Power & Career Advancement - I'm stuck where I'm at.

That's why this categorical ranking is pretty important. Most of us are concerned with which school will get a career adjustment.-Dave

Perhaps you're interested in taking the survey yourself to help improve the statistical results? Plese do so. I'll report them again when the numbers increase a bit.
Click here to take survey

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The top 10 schools in each category

Published: January 30 2006 03:00 | Last updated: January 30 2006 03:00
MBA 2006

Three year average rank

University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
Harvard Business School
Columbia Business School
London Business School
Stanford University GSB
University of Chicago GSB
Insead
New York University: Stern
Dartmouth College: Tuck
MIT: Sloan

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Research: Europe

Insead
London Business School
Leeds University Business School
University of Oxford: Said
Iese Business School
RSM Erasmus University
University of Cambridge: Judge
IMD
SDA Bocconi
Durham University Business School

Best in organisational behaviour**

Ipade
Northwestern University: Kellogg
IMD
Coppead
University of Cambridge: Judge
Pepperdine University: Graziadio
Instituto de Empresa
Case Western: Weatherhead
Cranfield School of Management
Stanford University GSB

International mobility

IMD
Trinity College Dublin
ESCP-EAP
London Business School
National University of Singapore
Insead
Iese Business School
HEC Paris
Manchester Business School
McGill University

North American salaries today*

Harvard Business School
Stanford University GSB
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
Dartmouth College: Tuck
Columbia Business School
MIT: Sloan
University of Chicago GSB
Yale School of Management
UCLA: Anderson
New York University: Stern

Best in finance**

University of Chicago GSB
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
New York University: Stern
University of Rochester: Simon
Columbia Business School
Coppead
London Business School
Rice University: Jones
University of Toronto: Rotman
MIT: Sloan

Best in accountancy**

University of Chicago GSB
Brigham Young University: Marriott
Uni of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
University of Texas: McCombs
University of Rochester: Simon
Boston College
Cornell University: Johnson
Dartmouth College: Tuck
Lancaster Uni Management School

Top salaries in finance and banking

University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
Stanford University GSB
Harvard Business School
MIT: Sloan
Columbia Business School
New York University: Stern
University of Chicago GSB
Yale School of Management
London Business School
Insead

European salaries today*

Ashridge
IMD
Insead
University of Oxford: Said
London Business School
Cranfield School of Management
Trinity College Dublin
Imperial College London: Tanaka
University of Cambridge: Judge
Instituto de Empresa

Best in entrepreneurship**

Babson College: Olin
Stanford University GSB
UCLA: Anderson
MIT: Sloan
UC Berkeley: Haas
University of Texas: McCombs
Imperial College London: Tanaka
University of S California: Marshall
Instituto de Empresa
IMD

North American salary % increase

University of Iowa: Tippie
Brigham Young Uni: Marriott
Yale School of Management
Columbia Business School
Ipade
College of William and Mary
Dartmouth College: Tuck
Michigan State University: Broad
New York University: Stern
York University: Schulich

Top salaries in consulting

Harvard Business School
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
MIT: Sloan
Dartmouth College: Tuck
University of Chicago GSB
Insead
Columbia Business School
New York University: Stern
Northwestern University: Kellogg
London Business School

Research: North America

Harvard Business School
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
Stanford University GSB
University of Chicago GSB
Columbia Business School
UC Berkeley: Haas
University of Michigan: Ross
Duke University: Fuqua
Northwestern University: Kellogg
New York University: Stern

Best in economics**

University of Chicago GSB
Cranfield School of Management
MIT: Sloan
UC Berkeley: Haas
Yale School of Management
University of Rochester: Simon
University of Alberta
Incae
Dartmouth College: Tuck
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton

European salary % increase

Instituto de Empresa
Iese Business School
Esade Business School
Manchester Business School
HEC Paris
SDA Bocconi
London Business School
Lancaster Uni Management School
RSM Erasmus University
Leeds University Business School

Top salaries in industry

Harvard Business School
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
MIT: Sloan
Dartmouth College: Tuck
University of Chicago GSB
Insead
Columbia Business School
New York University: Stern
Northwestern University: Kellogg
London Business School

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