Yale SOM Rankings Update

Business School Rankings
A number of organizations and media outlets publish rankings of business schools. While no survey can completely capture the richness and impact of a two-year educational experience, we take the results of each survey seriously. Our foremost objective is to understand what information that survey reveals about the perceptions and experiences of our key stakeholders. We then integrate this information with that from many other sources in support of our mission of educating leaders for business and society.

Below are some of the most recent ranking results, as well as a brief description of their methodologies.

Sharon M. Oster
Dean, Yale School of Management

Beyond Grey Pinstripes
October 2009
Beyond Grey Pinstripes ranks Yale SOM # 2 in the U.S. and # 3 globally in its biennial ranking of the top 100 global business schools that demonstrate leadership in incorporating issues of social and environmental stewardship into their curricula and research. The ranking is based on a survey, conducted by the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education, that assesses the degree to which MBA coursework and faculty research address business’ social and environmental impacts and opportunities. Yale SOM is ranked # 1 in Coursework, recognizing the school that best- and most frequently- integrates social, environmental, and ethical issues into the classroom experience.

Forbes
August 2009
Forbes magazine has ranked Yale SOM # 10 among major U.S. business schools based on the school's "return on investment." To calculate the ROI, Forbes surveyed graduates who received MBAs in 2004. Forbes asked alumni for pre-MBA salaries, and compensation in three of the first five years out of school. The survey then compared compensation after school with tuition/required fees and forgone salary, and estimates of what students would have made in their old jobs.

US News & World Report
April 2009
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Yale SOM # 10 in its annual ranking of business schools. The ranking is based on opinion and statistical indicators collected October 2008. The opinion of participating deans, program directors, and senior faculty surveyed in Fall 2008 count for the peer assessment, while the opinion of participating MBA recruiters surveyed count for the recruiter assessment. For the first time, the two most recent years' surveys (Fall 2007 and 2008) were averaged to compute the recruiter assessment score. The statistical indicators are measured by "inputs" such as GPA, GMAT score, and acceptance rate, and "outputs" such as salaries students command after graduation and length of time to find jobs. Yale SOM has maintained the # 1 specialty ranking in Nonprofit.

Financial Times
January 2009
The Financial Times ranks Yale SOM # 9 in the U.S. and # 19 globally, in its eleventh annual ranking of 100 full-time global MBA programs. This is based on alumni career progression, school and program diversity, and research capabilities. Yale SOM is recognized as one of the five best schools worldwide in Economics and Corporate Social Responsibility; and among the ten best worldwide in Corporate Strategy, based on recommendations of surveyed alumni from the Class of 2005. Survey responses also place Yale SOM among the top ten business schools for average alumni salaries in Consulting.

BusinessWeek
November 2008
BusinessWeek has ranked Yale SOM # 24 in their biennial list of the top 30 U.S. graduate business schools. Ninety percent of this ranking is based on the responses of students and recruiters. Each category counts for 45% of the total ranking. The Class of 2008 responses account for 50% of the student poll and the Classes of 2006 and 2004 (as recorded when they graduated) account for 25% each. Another 45% of the ranking is derived from recruiters' responses. The remaining 10% of the ranking is based on "Intellectual Capital," which measures "scholarship and ability to influence thinking in the business world." This portion reflects faculty representation in certain scholarly journals and book reviews selected by BusinessWeek.

The Wall Street Journal
September 2007
The Wall Street Journal ranked Yale SOM #8 nationwide in its seventh annual business school survey of MBA recruiters. Recruiters recognized Yale SOM as the lead school in Corporate Social Responsibility, and nominated the school for academic excellence in Strategy (#8), Finance (#8), Ethics (#3), recruiting women (#10), and producing the most creative and innovative graduates (#8). Financial Services recruiters rated Yale SOM as the #2 school for recruiting MBA's for that industry. Recruiters also rated the School as having the most improved MBA program. The survey of 4,430 MBA recruiters was conducted online between December 2006 and March 2007. Recruiters were asked to rank a maximum of three schools with which they had recent recruiting experience, and to rate each school on student and school attributes they considered most important when making hiring decisions.