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March 11, 2019
Edited by
Dimitra Kessenides
S O L U T I O N S
Business Schools
The 2018 Bloomberg
Businessweek Best
B-Schools global
ranking of full-time MBA
programs relies on
surveys from employers.
To understand what
matters most to
recruiters, we looked
closely at the following
six survey categories
for the top 30 schools
in the ranking. Recruiters
scored each school;
those that are tied are
listed alphabetically.
Best B-Schools 2018
Global Ranking Top 10
① Stanford
② Pennsylvania (Wharton)
③ Harvard
④ MIT (Sloan)
⑤ Chicago (Booth)
⑥ UC at Berkeley (Haas)
⑦ Columbia
⑧ Northwestern (Kellogg)
⑨ Virginia (Darden)
⑩ IMD
Recruiters ’
Wish Lists
The schools producing
the most creative graduates
Beyond the MBA basics, recruiters consider the
schools that are best at teaching innovation and
original thinking.
① Stanford
② Yale
③ Georgetown (McDonough)
④ UC at Berkeley (Haas)
⑤ Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
The schools that provide the most
diverse pool of job candidates
Notably, three of the top five in this cate-
gory are international programs—INSEAD in
Fontainebleau, France; IESE in Barcelona; and
IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.
① Yale
② Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
② INSEAD (tie)
④ IESE Business School
⑤ IMD
The schools producing the best-
trained graduates
Recruiters compare the training of MBAs at
one school vs. other schools they hire from.
① Brigham Young (Marriott)
① Georgetown (McDonough) (tie)
③ Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
④ North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)
④ Yale (tie)