QS Global TopMBA Rankings 2014

TopMBA’s new 2014/2015 global report ranks business programs according to geographic location based on surveys completed by 5,669 actively-hiring MBA employers and 7,187 academics in the field of business and management. (See more about the methodology here.)

Top 20 B-Schools in North America

Some highlights:

•  The top 10 remained virtually the same this year as last, with two rather large exceptions: Ross and Stern entered the top 10 scene from 12^th place to 8^th place for Ross and 12^th place to 10^th place for Stern. Losing top 10 stature this year were Duke Fuqua which fell from 10^th to 13^th place and Toronto Rotman which fell from 8^th to 14^th.

•  There were three newcomers to the top 10 this year – NYU Stern (see above), Texas McCombs (29^th last year to 19^th this year), and BU School of Management (24^th to 20^th). HEC Montreal fell from the top 20 (16^th place last year to 22^nd this year), as did York Schulich (13^th to 28^th) and Queen’s School of Business (18^th to 31^st).

•  Big jumpers further down in the rankings include USC Marshall (42^nd to 23^rd), UC Irvine Merage (51^st to 33^rd), UC Davis (54^th to 36^th), Michigan State Broad (71^st to 38^th), UC San Diego Rady (61^st to 40^th), Ohio State Fisher (60^th to 42^nd), UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management (83^rd to 45^th), Washington Olin (83^rd to 47^th), and Minnesota Carlson (87^th to 49^th).

•  Big droppers include UVA Darden (28^th to 37^th), University of Miami School of Business Administration (32^nd to 77^th), Rutgers Business School (67^th to 82^nd), and Vanderbilt Owen (37^th to 86^th).

Top 20 B-Schools in Europe

Some highlights:

•  HEC Paris jumped from 10^th place last year to 4^th place this year and Cambridge Judge jumped from 13^th to 10^th place; otherwise, the top 10 in Europe remain pretty much the same. Copenhagen fell from the top 10, from 9^th place last year to 12^th place this year.

•  New to the top 20 this year are ESSEC (29^th place to 16^th place), Manchester Bossiness School (27^th to 14^th place), and European Business School (21^st to 19^th). Trinity MBA in Dublin fell from the top 20, from 12^th place to 21^st

•  UK programs dominate the 65 schools on the European list with 26 programs represented. This is followed by France (9), Spain (5), Switzerland (4), Germany (4), the Netherlands (4), Italy (3), Denmark (2), Ireland (2), Greece (2), Finland (1), Portugal (1), Turkey (1), and Belgium (1).

You can download the full report here.

Related Resources:

• Businessweek Rankings 2014
• 2014 Economist MBA Rankings
• MBA Rankings: Why Should I Care?