Yale SOM Rankings

Business School Rankings
A number of organizations and media outlets publish rankings of business schools. While no survey can completely capture the richness and impact of a two-year educational experience, we take the results of each survey seriously. Our foremost objective is to understand what information that survey reveals about the perceptions and experiences of our key stakeholders to whom we are accountable. We then integrate this information with that from many other sources as part of our ongoing effort to make institutional changes that support our very noble mission of educating leaders for business and society.

Below are the rankings that have appeared in the last year, as well as a brief description of their methodologies.

Joel M. Podolny
Dean, Yale School of Management

US News & World Report
March 2008
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Yale SOM #13 in its annual ranking of business schools. The ranking is based on opinion and statistical indicators. The opinion of participating deans, program directors, and senior faculty surveyed count for the peer assessment, while the opinion of participating MBA recruiters surveyed count for the recruiter assessment. The statistical indicators are measured by “inputs” such as GPA, GMAT score, and acceptance rate, and “outputs” such as salaries students command after graduation and length of time to find jobs. Yale SOM has maintained the #1 specialty ranking in Nonprofit.

Financial Times
January 2008
The Financial Times ranks Yale SOM #9 in the U.S. and #16 globally, in its tenth annual ranking of 100 full-time global MBA programs. This is based on alumni career progression, school and program diversity, and research capabilities. Yale SOM is recognized as one of the five best schools worldwide in Economics and in Corporate Strategy, based on recommendations of surveyed alumni from the Class of 2004.

Beyond Grey Pinstripes
October 2007
Beyond Grey Pinstripes has ranked Yale SOM #9 in its biennial ranking of the top 100 global business schools that demonstrate leadership in incorporating issues of social and environmental stewardship into their curricula and research. The ranking is based on a survey, conducted by the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education, that assesses the degree to which MBA coursework and faculty research address business’ social and environmental impacts and opportunities.

The Wall Street Journal
September 2007
The Wall Street Journal ranked Yale SOM #8 nationwide in its seventh annual business school survey of MBA recruiters. Recruiters recognized Yale SOM as the lead school in Corporate Social Responsibility, and nominated the school for academic excellence in Strategy (#8), Finance (#8), Ethics (#3), recruiting women (#10), and producing the most creative and innovative graduates (#8). Financial Services recruiters rated Yale SOM as the #2 school for recruiting MBA's for that industry. Recruiters also rated the School as having the most improved MBA program. The survey of 4,430 MBA recruiters was conducted online between December 2006 and March 2007. Recruiters were asked to rank a maximum of three schools with which they had recent recruiting experience, and to rate each school on student and school attributes they considered most important when making hiring decisions.

Forbes
September 2007
Forbes magazine ranked Yale SOM #8 among major U.S. business schools based on the school's "return on investment." To calculate the ROI, Forbes surveyed graduates who received MBAs in 2002. Forbes asked alumni for pre-MBA salaries, and compensation in three of the first five years out of school. The survey then compared compensation after school with tuition and forgone salary, and estimates of what students would have made in their old jobs.

BusinessWeek
October 2006
BusinessWeek has ranked Yale SOM #19, up from #22, in their biennial list of the top 30 U.S. graduate business schools. Ninety percent of this ranking is based on the responses of students and recruiters. Each category counts for 45% of the total ranking. The Class of 2006 responses account for 50% of the student poll, which moved up 8 points to #13, and the Classes of 2004 and 2002 (as recorded when they graduated) account for 25% each. Another 45% of the ranking is derived from recruiters' responses. New this year, the recruiter score also reflects a combined score, including 2004 and 2002 numbers. The remaining 10% of the ranking is based on "Intellectual Capital," which measures "scholarship and ability to influence thinking in the business world." This portion reflects faculty representation in certain scholarly journals and book reviews selected by BusinessWeek.