Best universities in the US for management and business
Do you wish to pursue a business and management degree in the US? Excellent business schools abound in the United States; QS’s most recent ranking of the top 200 institutions worldwide for business and management shows 43 US schools among the top 200. Continue reading for a summary of the top 10 US business schools.
1. The University of Harvard
This year, Harvard University overtook the London Business School of the United Kingdom to claim the top spot in the business and management rating. As of right now, the university holds the third-place spot worldwide in the QS World University Rankings® 2016–2017. Harvard Business School (HBS), founded in 1908, owns Harvard Business Publishing, the publisher of the esteemed Harvard Business Review magazine. Its MBA and PhD programs are attended by little more than 2,000 students.
2. Stanford University
One of the most prominent business schools in the country is at Stanford University, which is ranked fourth in the world for business and management and has an admittance rate of only roughly 7%. Stanford University is a highly esteemed academic institution that has graduated an incredible amount of accomplished business executives and entrepreneurs. Located in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, Stanford is home to many well-known high-tech companies as well as start-ups.
3. Pennsylvania University
The University of Pennsylvania is ranked fifth in the world for business and management. The Wharton School of Management at the University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1881 thanks to a donation from industrialist Joseph Wharton, making it the oldest in the country. It counts over 5,000 students and 94,000 alumni worldwide, including CEOs from Apple and Google.
4. Massachusetts Technological Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which tops the whole QS World University Rankings, comes in sixth place in the business and management category. Its Sloan School of Management, which enrolls over 1,600 students, upholds the university motto “mens et manus,” or mind and hand, which emphasizes the need of developing practical solutions to problems that come up in daily life.
5. Berkeley University of California
The next best US university in this discipline is the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), which is ranked 12th in the world for business and management. Its Haas School of Business, named for former chairman and president of Levi Strauss & Co., Walter A. Haas, is the second-oldest business school in the United States, having been founded in 1898 and enrolling 2,200 undergraduate and graduate students.
6. Yale University
In 2016, the Yale School of Management at Yale University climbed ten places to claim the sixteenth rank among the world’s top business schools. Upon its inception in 1976, it enrolled just roughly 668 pupils. For the 2017–2018 academic year, the institution will provide the first-ever one-year master of management studies program in systemic risk.
7. California State University, Los Angeles
Going back to California, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management saw an improvement in its rating this year, rising five spots to the 17th position for business and management. We should “drive change, think fearlessly, and share success with others,” according to the school’s code of ethics. It was established in 1935, and as of right now, 37,000 alumni worldwide.
8. University of New York (NYU)
New York University’s Stern School of Business, which is tied for 19th place in the world for business and management, is one of the most prestigious and established business schools in the country. In 1988, the school renamed itself in honor of donor and alumni Leonard N. Stern, after it had previously been known as the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance. The university’s Greenwich Village campus in New York City serves as the school’s home. In 1900, it was established.
University of Chicago, ninth
The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business was the first in the US to offer an executive MBA program in 1943 as well as a doctorate in management (1920). It is currently ranked jointly 19th among the finest business schools in the world with NYU. Around 49,000 former Booth students can be found all throughout the world, and seven faculty members have won Nobel Prizes.
