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August 19, 2005

B-school News: Forbes Rankings 2005

Forbes released a new ranking of the top MBA programs this week. The magazine's ranking, which is not as widely known as the Business Week or US News & World Report rankings, is based on 5 year gain on salaries, before entering the programs and after graduation. The ranking also factors in the cost of attending school. Other rankings include:


Featured: Part-Time M.B.A. Programs Take Off
Featured: Boom In Non-U.S. Business Schools
By the Numbers: Top U.S. Business Schools
By the Numbers: Top Part-Time Business Schools
By The Numbers: Top Non-U.S. Business Schools

Poll: What degree is most valuable?
Poll: Would You Consider A Part-Time M.B.A.?

Bob Herbert, ABLD member at the Babcock School of Management library, compiled and put into PDF format the list of the rankings as the lists are linked to slide shows on the Forbes site.

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Click Here and Learn--article which accompanies the rankings

Best Business Schools
Scott Reeves, 08.19.05, 6:00 AM ET

NEW YORK - Online study doesn't mean a second-rate degree when it comes to earning an M.B.A.

Many mid-career adults find that online study allows them to balance a family and a job with pursuit of an advanced degree, while holding down costs.

"Some people have a negative perception of what it means to get an M.B.A. online," says George Lorenzo, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide To Getting Your M.B.A. Online. "It requires a great deal of self-discipline, and the degree you earn from any regionally accredited institution online is the same degree you'd earn on campus--and the diploma doesn’t say you earned it online."

A survey by the United Bank of Switzerland Investment Research found that the number of students pursuing an M.B.A. online was second only to those seeking an advanced degree in education and equal to the number of students studying for a degree in computer science.

Read the rest here.

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