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The Business Schools Where Students Most Want To Go In 2017

Columbia University's MBA program ranks third in Ready4's ranking of the business schools where students most want to go. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

Columbia University's MBA program ranks third in Ready4's ranking of the business schools where students most want to go.

The debate about whether business school pays off continues, and total MBA applications were down in 2017 for the third consecutive year in America. But interest in the top schools continues to grow. Ready4, a Boston-based company that creates test prep apps, released its third annual list of the most desired business schools around the world. It gathered the preferences of more than 200,000 current and prospective MBA students.

To see the top 10 schools in the Americas, open the gallery below. For the full list of 25, go to the end of this article.  And for Forbes’ separate list of the best business schools in America — a ranking based on MBAs’ earnings in their first five years out of school — go here.

On Ready4’s list, Harvard and Stanford hold onto their number-one and two spots from last year. Stanford has the lowest acceptance rate in the country, although its MBA class size of 418 students was less than half Harvard’s 928, so students hoping to land in Palo Alto compete for fewer slots.

Post-graduation, 28% of Harvard’s 2016 MBAs went into finance, down from 31% the year prior. A quarter chose consulting, and roughly 20% went into technology. Unsurprisingly, Stanford sent a higher proportion of its graduates to tech firms, with one-third taking that path. But it also shipped more students to financial firms than Harvard, at 31%. Consulting is a less popular choice among Stanford MBAs, drawing just 16% of students.  

Industry employment of the top-three ranked schools. Schools' websites

Industry employment of the top-three ranked schools.

Columbia ranks third on Ready4’s list, leaping three spots from last year and bumping Wharton to fourth place. At Columbia, finance and consulting dominate students’ interest, employing a combined 72% of MBAs. The top five companies hiring the 2016 Columbia Business School class were McKinsey, Bain, Boston Consulting Group, PwC Strategy& and Deloitte. Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Citi and JPMorgan also made the top 10.

Among the top three schools, annual tuition hovers around $70,000 per year, with total annual costs of about $110,000. For outgoing graduates, first-year median compensation ranges from $175,000 to $202,000, with Stanford grads taking home the biggest paychecks.

Ready4 also created rankings for Europe and Asia. Across the pond, INSEAD, London Business School and the London School of Economics took the top three spots. In Asia, the Indian School of Business, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and the National University of Singapore made the top five.

Full List: The Business Schools Where Students Most Want To Go In 2017

1. Harvard University

2. Stanford University

3. Columbia University

4. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)

6. New York University

7. University of California - Berkeley

8. University of Chicago

9. Northwestern University

10. Yale University

11. University of Toronto

12. Duke University

13. University of California - Los Angeles

14. Cornell University

15. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

16. University of Texas - Austin

17. Dartmouth College

18. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

19. University of British Columbia

20. University of Southern California

21. Carnegie Mellon University

22. York University

23. American University

24. Boston College

25. Syracuse University

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Columbia University's MBA program ranks third in Ready4's ranking of the business schools where students most want to go. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

Columbia University's MBA program ranks third in Ready4's ranking of the business schools where students most want to go.

The debate about whether business school pays off continues, and total MBA applications were down in 2017 for the third consecutive year in America. But interest in the top schools continues to grow. Ready4, a Boston-based company that creates test prep apps, released its third annual list of the most desired business schools around the world. It gathered the preferences of more than 200,000 current and prospective MBA students.

To see the top 10 schools in the Americas, open the gallery below. For the full list of 25, go to the end of this article.  And for Forbes’ separate list of the best business schools in America — a ranking based on MBAs’ earnings in their first five years out of school — go here.

On Ready4’s list, Harvard and Stanford hold onto their number-one and two spots from last year. Stanford has the lowest acceptance rate in the country, although its MBA class size of 418 students was less than half Harvard’s 928, so students hoping to land in Palo Alto compete for fewer slots.

Post-graduation, 28% of Harvard’s 2016 MBAs went into finance, down from 31% the year prior. A quarter chose consulting, and roughly 20% went into technology. Unsurprisingly, Stanford sent a higher proportion of its graduates to tech firms, with one-third taking that path. But it also shipped more students to financial firms than Harvard, at 31%. Consulting is a less popular choice among Stanford MBAs, drawing just 16% of students.  

Industry employment of the top-three ranked schools. Schools' websites

Industry employment of the top-three ranked schools.

Columbia ranks third on Ready4’s list, leaping three spots from last year and bumping Wharton to fourth place. At Columbia, finance and consulting dominate students’ interest, employing a combined 72% of MBAs. The top five companies hiring the 2016 Columbia Business School class were McKinsey, Bain, Boston Consulting Group, PwC Strategy& and Deloitte. Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Citi and JPMorgan also made the top 10.

Among the top three schools, annual tuition hovers around $70,000 per year, with total annual costs of about $110,000. For outgoing graduates, first-year median compensation ranges from $175,000 to $202,000, with Stanford grads taking home the biggest paychecks.

Ready4 also created rankings for Europe and Asia. Across the pond, INSEAD, London Business School and the London School of Economics took the top three spots. In Asia, the Indian School of Business, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and the National University of Singapore made the top five.

Full List: The Business Schools Where Students Most Want To Go In 2017

1. Harvard University

2. Stanford University

3. Columbia University

4. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)

6. New York University

7. University of California - Berkeley

8. University of Chicago

9. Northwestern University

10. Yale University

11. University of Toronto

12. Duke University

13. University of California - Los Angeles

14. Cornell University

15. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

16. University of Texas - Austin

17. Dartmouth College

18. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

19. University of British Columbia

20. University of Southern California

21. Carnegie Mellon University

22. York University

23. American University

24. Boston College

25. Syracuse University

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