School of Business Fares Well in Recent Rankings

The Wisconsin MBA, Executive MBA, Undergraduate program and Executive Education all performed well in several recent rankings.

Wisconsin MBA
U.S. News & World Report: The Wisconsin MBA was ranked 31st among all business schools in the United States, up six places from 2005.

Wall Street Journal: The Wisconsin MBA program rose nine spots to 25th in the regional category.

BusinessWeek: The Wisconsin MBA program was ranked #4 in the nation in terms of fastest return on students’ investment. In the overall ranking, the Wisconsin MBA was ranked between 31st and 38th among full-time MBA programs in the United States.

Executive MBA
The Financial Times ranked the Executive MBA program 45th worldwide, 21st among all U.S. schools and 7th among U.S. public business schools. The program was not ranked in 2005. In terms of work experience, students entering Wisconsin’s Executive MBA program were ranked 7th in the world.

Undergraduate
U.S. News & World Report placed UW-Madison 13th among all business schools in the U.S., down one spot from 12th place last year. The Real Estate program was second in the nation; the Insurance program was rated third. Five other undergraduate programs within the School of Business were ranked in the top 20 nationally: Marketing (8th), Finance (15th), Management (17th), Accounting (18th) and Supply Chain Management/Logistics (18th).

Executive Education
Executive Education offerings were ranked 14th in the U.S. (28th in the world) in the annual Financial Times overall ranking. Last year, the program was ranked 15th in the U.S. and 26th in the world. In open-enrollment programs, UW-Madison was ranked 14th among the top providers in the U.S. and 26th in the world, and was ranked 7th in the world for "repeat business and growth." In custom executive education programs, UW-Madison was ranked 21st among the U.S. schools, 32nd in the world and 5th in the world for "value for money." The Fluno Center facility was ranked 1st for food and accommodations for the third consecutive year, something no other executive education provider had received since the Financial Times began ranking programs.

“The progress our program is making in many of the rankings is encouraging,” said Dean Michael M. Knetter. “We hope we will continue to see upward movement. However, we remain focused on the fundamentals of our educational programs—recruiting the best students, delivering a superior experience and providing the best career opportunities we can. We are seeing significant strides in those areas.”

Comments (1)

Tim Herman Wu:

I am glad to inform you that reports from the Shanghai Communication University ranked UW-Madison # 18 in 2004 and # 16 in 2005 among all the universities in the world .
The University of Shanghai Communication University is one of the top 10 universities in China and , arguably, this report is the most authoritative one in China.
Herman Wu
MBA 1989

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