April 30th, 2009
Wisconsin MBA Ranked 28th by U.S. News & World Report
The full-time MBA program of the Wisconsin School of Business is ranked 28th among all business schools in the United States in the latest U.S. News and World Report ranking, the program’s highest-ever ranking in the publication. Last year, the program ranked 29th. Both this year and last year, the Wisconsin MBA ranked 11th among public universities.
The magazine also releases rankings of program specialties, based solely on ratings by peer business schools. The marketing department of the Wisconsin School of Business, which offers three marketing related specializations, brand and product management, marketing research and supply chain management – was ranked 22nd. Additionally, U.S. News has a ranking specifically for supply chain management programs. Wisconsin’s supply chain management program, which is run by the Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management, is ranked 15th this year, up from 18th last year.
The latest U.S. News ranking programs surveyed the class of students entering in 2006 and graduating in 2008. The graduating class of 2008 was the third class of students to graduate from new career-specialization model Wisconsin MBA.
U.S. News bases its rankings on data furnished by schools, recruiters, deans and MBA program directors across a broad range of indicators.
· Placement success for the class graduating in spring 2008, a composite of starting salary, employment rates at graduation and three months later.
· Student selectivity for the class entering in fall 2008, a composite of mean score on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), mean GPA and proportion of applicants accepted by the school.
· Survey of corporate recruiters.
· Survey of business school deans and MBA program directors.
The Wisconsin School of Business continues to see progress in many indicators of fundamental quality based on internal measurements:
· Average GMAT score is 666 for the fall 2008 entering class, compared to 656 for students who enrolled in 2007.
· Average work experience rose from 46 months among the 2007 entering class, to 52 months among the 2008 entering class.
· In an internal survey, overall satisfaction with the quality of program among May 2008 graduates of the Wisconsin MBA was 96 percent, compared to 85 percent satisfaction among May 2007 graduates.
· Career placement for May 2008 graduates was 94 percent within three months of graduation, with a median salary of $90,000 plus a $15,000 sign-on bonus.
· The class of 2007 had 96 percent placement, with a median salary of $85,000, plus a $15,000 sign-on bonus.
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