A ranking of business schools' alumni Network effects 0-17

A ranking of business schools' alumni Network effects

 A FORMER boss at The Economist—an INSEAD alumna—once confided that, although she prided herself that her door was always open, fellow graduates from the French business school might find the door "slightly more ajar than others". Business school gives one many advantages—a framework with which to analyse problems, a sturdy knowledge of business theory—but perhaps the most important of all is a network of other successful people to tap into. Whether searching for job, seeking funding for a start-up or on the hunt for someone to help with a project, friendly help is always at hand.

Every business school makes a fuss about how wonderful its alumni network is. But the reality isn't always so rosy. Maintaining a close-knit community of graduates takes effort. It means keeping in contact with people as they pursue successful careers across the globe. It means running events and top-up classes for them for many years after they leave. And perhaps most importantly, it means convincing students while they are on campus that the institution is worth maintaining a passion for throughout their lives.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, American schools do this best. They, after all, have the biggest incentive, being the world leaders at tapping into their alumni networks to secure huge financial gifts. Such schools spend a lot of resources onmaintaining relations with ex-students. And, as the best schools also tend to be old and big, this means keeping tabs on an awful lot of people. Harvard Business School, for example, has 44,500 registered MBA alumni.

But which school has the most useful alumni? Each year, The Economist asks students to rate their school's network. The top ten from our 2014 survey are listed below. Nine of the ten are in the US. Highest rated of all is the Tuck school at Dartmouth. Its fierce collegiate spirit is famous, perhaps fostered by its setting in the small, sleepy town of Hanover, New Hampshire, which means that students have little else to do but bond.  

Student rating of the usefulness of the alumni network

Rank	Business school	Rating, out of five	Top 100 rank	Country
1	Dartmouth College – Tuck School of Business	4.98	2	United States
2	Stanford University – Graduate School of Business	4.90	9	United States
3	University of Notre Dame – Mendoza College of Business	4.89	45	United States
4	University of Virginia – Darden School of Business	4.84	3	United States
5	University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of Business	4.81	20	United States
6	University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business	4.81	64	United States
7	Cornell University – Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management	4.80	23	United States
8	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Kenan-Flagler Business School	4.72	35	United States
9	Harvard Business School	4.71	6	United States
10	IMD - International Institute for Management Development	4.71	21	Switzerland

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North America - Top   MBA Global 200 Business Schools Report 2013/2014

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Despite the ongoing economic troubles over the past few years, business schools in the USA and Canada remain highly relevant to global MBA employers and a must-have for domestic employers. As the historical home of business schools, and MBA education, North America has always been an attractive prospect for employers to recruit MBAs from, with The Wharton School established in 1881 as the first ever collegiate business school, and Harvard Business School in the USA, which introduced the first MBA over a century ago.

In fact, for more than half of that 100-year period, the MBA program was largely confined to the USA, allowing long-standing US-based business schools to develop a significant reputation among international employers. This is evident through the dominance of US business schools in the North America regional rating.

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Rank  Business School Name Country Compare & MeetCustom
	Search			Avg GMAT ScoreAvg Years WorkTotal Tuition Fees (USD) Avg GMAT Score
1	Harvard Business School Harvard University			730
2	Stanford Graduate School of Business Stanford University			729
3	The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania			725
4	Chicago Booth School of Business University of Chicago			715
5	The Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University			708
6	Columbia Business School Columbia University			670
7	UCLA Anderson School of Management University of California Los Angeles			704
8	Rotman School of Management University of Toronto			673
9	Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology			710
10	The Fuqua School of Business Duke University			690
11	Haas School of Business University of California Berkeley (UCB)			715
12	Ross School of Business University of Michigan			703
13	Schulich School of Business York University			664
14	Ivey Business School Western Ontario University			669
15	Desautels Faculty of Management McGill University			670
16	HEC Montreal Université de Montréal			630
17	Yale School of Management Yale University			717
18	Queen's MBA Program			661
19	University of British Columbia – Sauder			646
20	Thunderbird School of Global Management			618
21	NYU Stern School of Business New York University (NYU)			720
22	Alberta School of Business University of Alberta			600
23	Kenan-Flagler Business School University of North Carolina			690
24	School of Management Boston University			683
25	Kelley School of Business Indiana University			664
26	Tepper School of Business Carnegie Mellon University			693
27	Tuck School of Business Dartmouth College			716
28	Darden School of Business University of Virginia			703
29	McCombs School of Business University of Texas at Austin			684
30	Mays Business School Texas A&M University			649
31	Cornell			700
32	University of Miami School of Business  University of Miami			638
33	McDonough School of Business Georgetown University			684
34	Illinois MBA University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign			650
35	Scheller College of Business Georgia Tech			678
36	Goizueta Business School Emory University			681
37	Owen Graduate School of Management Vanderbilt University			682
38	The Carroll School of Management Boston College			666
39	Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business			630
40	Hult International Business School			610
41	Graduate School of Business Florida International University			555
42	Marshall School of Business University of Southern California			700
43	Weatherhead School of Management Case Western Reserve University			615
44	John Molson School of Business Concordia University			623
45	Edwards School of Business University of Saskatchewan			550
46	Haskayne School of Business University of Calgary			620
47	Boulder Leeds School of Business University of Colorado at Boulder			630
48	University of Massachusetts Boston College of Management			587
49	Gustavson School of Business University of Victoria			573
51	The Paul Merage School of Business University of California Irvine			673
52	The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Johns Hopkins University			650
53	Darla Moore School of Business University of South Carolina			622
54	Graduate School of Management University of California Davis			692
55	Kogod School of Business American University			575
56	Fox School of Business and Management Temple University			617
57	Beedie School of Business Simon Fraser University			630
58	Wisconsin School of Business University of Wisconsin-Madison			675
59	Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business Rice University			676
60	Max M. Fisher College of Business The Ohio State University			673
61	Rady School of Management University of California San Diego			680
62	George Washington University - School of Business			635
63	Telfer School of Management University of Ottawa			622
64	Masagung Graduate School of Management University of San Francisco			570
65	W. P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University			675
66	University of San Diego - School of Business Administration			626
67	Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick			644
68	Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management Claremont Graduate University			625
69	Robert H. Smith School of Business University of Maryland			660
70	Daniels College of Business Administration University of Denver			614
71	The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management Michigan State University			630
72	Cox School of Business Southern Methodist University			641
73	CLU School of Management California Lutheran University			550
74	Shidler College of Business University of Hawaii at Mañao			626
75	Mendoza College of Business University of Notre Dame			692
76	Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business University of Pittsburgh			608
77	Graziadio School Pepperdine University			628
77	Smeal College of Business Penn State University			643
79	Kellstadt Graduate School of Business DePaul University			623
80	Michael G. Foster School of Business University of Washington			670
81	DeGroote School of Business McMaster University			630
82	University at Buffalo SUNY - School of Management University at Buffalo SUNY			606
83	The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management			669
83	Olin Business School Washington University in St. Louis			695
85	Krannert School of Management Purdue University			632
86	Auburn University College of Business Auburn University			619
87	Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota			690
88	Graduate School of Management Clark University			566
89	Mason School of Business College of William & Mary			610
90	Drexel LeBow			613

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