2006 US NEWS Top B-Schools Ranking!

   1. Harvard University (MA)  
  100 4.8 4.5 3.60 707 14.4% $111,800 84.2% 90.0% $35,600 1,786  
   2. Stanford University (CA)  
    97 4.8 4.5 3.50 711 10.0% $109,973 74.0% 90.9% $37,998   753  
   2. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)   
    97 4.8 4.5 3.53 716 21.7% $105,103 80.3% 88.3% $39,835 1,639  
   4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)   
    93 4.7 4.4 3.40 697 20.8% $104,309 80.0% 90.7% $37,050   785  
   4. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)  
    93 4.7 4.5 3.45 700 22.3% $104,324 71.1% 90.6% $36,370 1,053  
   6. Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)  
    89 4.3 4.1 3.40 704 26.5% $106,027 75.3% 94.9% $36,390   503  
   6. University of California–Berkeley (Haas)   
    89 4.5 4.1 3.48 701 17.0%   $95,871 78.1% 92.0% $33,758   495  
   8. University of Chicago   
    88 4.6 4.3 3.40 695     N/A $100,676 77.6% 87.6% $37,075 1,088  
   9. Columbia University (NY)  
    87 4.4 3.9 3.40 709 14.6% $101,578 78.8% 90.1% $37,412 1,196  
 10. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ross)   
    86 4.5 4.2 3.34 690 35.6%   $99,546 77.1% 87.1% $36,688   877  
 11. Duke University (Fuqua) (NC)  
    85 4.4 4.0 3.40 705 38.0%   $94,590 76.9% 90.9% $36,799   806  
 11. University of California–Los Angeles (Anderson)   
    85 4.2 3.9 3.59 705 25.0%   $95,549 70.5% 88.0% $31,848   656  
 13. New York University (Stern)   
    84 4.2 3.8 3.40 700 22.4% $101,689 81.1% 91.2% $35,760   756  
 14. University of Virginia (Darden)   
    78 4.2 4.1 3.30 680 37.5%   $95,454 63.9% 84.3% $35,200   630  
 15. Cornell University (Johnson) (NY)  
    77 4.2 4.0 3.26 673 35.9%   $98,661 64.3% 82.5% $35,600   544  
 15. Yale University (CT)  
    77 4.0 3.9 3.45 696 25.6%   $93,026 63.1% 80.6% $35,180   468  
 17. Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) (PA)  
    76 4.0 3.8 3.30 691 28.2%   $90,733 67.4% 91.6% $37,390   387  
 18. Emory University (Goizueta) (GA)  
    71 3.7 3.6 3.40 680 36.8%   $87,282 65.6% 85.2% $32,518   354  
 18. University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)   
    71 3.9 3.8 3.38 670 43.0%   $84,408 61.7% 82.7% $30,116   705  
 18. University of Washington   
    71 3.4 3.6 3.45 677 40.8%   $77,533 83.8% 97.5% $21,515   225  
 21. Ohio State University (Fisher)   
    69 3.6 3.5 3.40 664 55.0%   $80,049 79.5% 90.2% $27,438   260  
 21. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)   
    69 4.0 3.7 3.29 652 46.7%   $89,731 58.8% 80.8% $33,386   541  
 23. Purdue University–West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)  
    67 3.7 3.5 3.30 667 44.3%   $84,368 68.5% 86.5% $26,988   275  
 23. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson)   
    67 3.5 3.7 3.25 655 44.2%   $85,546 67.7% 91.9% $30,200   217  
 23. University of Rochester (Simon) (NY)  
    67 3.5 3.3 3.40 665 37.2%   $86,038 66.5% 88.6% $34,095   342  
 26. University of Southern California (Marshall)   
    65 3.9 3.6 3.30 685 36.7%   $79,192 52.1% 73.7%   $1,037*   538  
 27. Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC)  
    64 3.4 3.6 3.30 662 41.0%   $85,315 58.7% 84.2% $32,976   509  
 27. Indiana University–Bloomington (Kelley)   
    64 3.8 3.7 3.30 644 33.2%   $84,875 56.3% 74.8% $26,744   450  
 27. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign   
    64 3.5 3.6 3.40 649 38.4%   $75,603 41.5% 95.1% $24,660   267  
 27. University of Maryland–College Park (Smith)   
    64 3.5 3.3 3.40 651 37.5%   $81,126 61.1% 88.9% $30,591   317  
 31. Arizona State University–Main Campus (W. P. Carey)   
    63 3.5 3.4 3.40 649 45.6%   $74,837 58.2% 91.2% $23,149   204  
 32. Georgia Institute of Technology   
    62 3.2 3.6 3.43 655 35.2%   $71,495 58.1% 91.9% $22,950   167  
 32. Michigan State University (Broad)   
    62 3.4 3.6 3.38 637 31.2%   $82,182 60.8% 81.4% $22,725   204  
 32. Texas A&M University–College Station (Mays)   
    62 3.1 3.1 3.30 637 35.6%   $80,253 90.6% 95.3% $21,408**   144  
 32. University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) (IN)  
    62 3.4 3.5 3.31 657 46.2%   $79,331 60.8% 85.5% $30,115   324  
 32. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)   
    62 3.7 3.6 3.19 649 53.9%   $84,200 57.5% 79.9% $33,625   275  
 37. Pennsylvania State University–University Park (Smeal)   
    61 3.4 3.4 3.20 643 38.7%   $80,913 59.2% 92.1% $27,044   173  
 37. University of Iowa (Tippie)   
    61 3.2 3.1 3.36 645 46.2%   $79,569 72.7% 93.2% $20,056   150  
 37. University of Wisconsin–Madison   
    61 3.6 3.1 3.38 658 32.4%   $77,456 60.0% 82.4% $25,826   235  
 40. Brigham Young University (Marriott) (UT)  
    59 3.0 3.4 3.53 653 54.0%   $74,609 63.2% 82.8% $10,800   253  
 40. University of Arizona (Eller)   
    59 3.4 3.3 3.50 638 62.7%   $67,410 52.8% 86.8% $22,824   123  
 42. University of California–Davis   
    58 3.1 3.1 3.31 678 28.3%   $74,915 66.0% 83.0% $33,707   123  
 42. University of Florida (Warrington)   
    58 3.3 3.6 3.30 666 41.2%   $62,842 65.2% 80.4% $42,717**   137  
 42. Wake Forest University (Babcock) (NC)  
    58 3.3 3.4 3.20 630 60.4%   $74,270 72.6% 88.7% $28,150   217  
 45. Tulane University (Freeman) (LA)  
    57 3.1 3.0 3.35 655 60.4%   $78,224 62.5% 87.5%   $1,068*   180  
 45. University of Georgia (Terry)   
    57 3.2 3.5 3.34 663 35.7%   $68,309 50.0% 84.2% $21,182   148  
 45. Vanderbilt University (Owen) (TN)  
    57 3.5 3.4 3.18 622 68.5%   $81,233 54.3% 86.3% $32,640   387  
 48. Boston University   
    56 3.0 3.1 3.21 637 50.5%   $82,236 70.5% 89.3% $30,352   308  
 49. Rice University (Jones) (TX)  
    55 3.2 3.5 3.20 624 51.9%   $78,942 56.4% 81.8% $31,746   326  
 49. University of California–Irvine   
    55 3.3 3.1 3.29 658 44.5%   $72,187 53.0% 84.0% $33,880   207  
 51. Babson College (Olin) (MA)  
    54 3.4 3.3 3.20 630 59.3%   $74,362 52.1% 81.8% $29,900   421  
 51. University of Colorado–Boulder (Leeds)   
    54 3.0 3.6 3.29 648 53.0%   $66,777 48.7% 84.6% $23,999   117  
 51. University of Connecticut   
    54 2.8 3.4 3.48 630 52.7%   $71,472 68.1% 78.7% $19,844   117  
 54. Boston College (Carroll)   
    53 3.2 3.3 3.31 653 30.2%   $71,344 40.8% 77.6%      $970*   186  
 54. Southern Methodist University (Cox) (TX)  
    53 3.2 3.2 3.26 661 45.5%   $76,048 49.5% 72.7% $31,404   148  
 56. University of Utah (Eccles)   
    52 2.9 3.5 3.50 616 72.6%   $51,666 57.4% 90.7% $17,453   110  
 57. University of Pittsburgh (Katz)   
    51 3.3 3.4 3.22 620 53.7%   $64,867 46.4% 82.6% $40,072**   200  
 58. Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) (OH)  
    50 3.3 3.1 3.23 600 69.1%   $70,688 62.0% 82.6% $31,540   233  
 58. University of Oklahoma (Price)   
    50 2.8 3.2 3.45 625 56.7%   $65,478 60.0% 80.0%      $431*     88  
 60. Temple University (Fox) (PA)  
    49 2.6 2.7 3.27 655 48.4%   $77,594 60.0% 85.7% $13,946   150  
 60. University of Alabama–Tuscaloosa (Manderson)   
    49 2.8 2.6 3.40 641 32.3%   $60,582 64.7% 91.2% $14,264   105  
 62. Bentley College (McCallum) (MA)  
    48 2.8 2.9 3.29 593 63.6%   $76,188 45.8% 95.8% $26,484     54  
 62. George Washington University (DC)  
    48 2.9 3.0 3.29 631 48.5%   $67,966 60.5% 77.8%      $876*   168  
 64. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College (Zicklin)   
    47 2.8 2.9 3.32 640 30.7%   $62,780 52.4% 83.3%      $555*   103  
 64. Rutgers State University–New Brunswick and Newark (NJ)  
    47 2.5 3.0 3.20 640 48.0%   $75,139 70.8% 80.0% $26,562   145  
 64. University of Massachusetts–Amherst (Isenberg)   
    47 2.6 3.1 3.37 629 27.8%   $65,250 60.7% 78.6% $16,550     71  
 64. University of Texas–Dallas   
    47 2.6 2.6 3.48 639 47.0%   $66,600 57.1% 85.7%   $9,363     75  
 68. DePaul University (Kellstadt) (IL)  
    46 2.7 3.3 3.22 610 52.8%   $61,737 74.1% 81.5%      $650*     68  
 68. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally) (NY)  
    46 2.8 3.5 3.13 618 57.0%   $68,042 55.6% 77.8% $30,419     75  
 68. University of Missouri–Columbia   
    46 2.8 3.4 3.36 620 63.0%   $53,071 61.9% 78.4%      $687*   210  
 68. University of Oregon (Lundquist)   
    46 2.8 2.9 3.34 632 48.8%   $58,416 45.5% 90.9% $15,861   102  
 68. University of South Carolina (Moore)   
    46 2.9 3.4 3.34 627 74.4%   $67,133 41.7% 71.7% $47,000**   236  
 73. College of William and Mary (VA)  
    44 2.9 3.4   N/A 597 69.4%   $75,967 46.2% 71.8% $26,028   146  
 74. Iowa State University   
    43 2.6 3.0 3.37 593 56.5%   $48,851 72.7% 86.4% $15,798     87  
 74. North Carolina State University   
    43 2.6 3.0 3.41 617 51.7%   $62,422 57.9% 73.7% $21,069     99  
 74. Santa Clara University (Leavey) (CA)  
    43 2.9 3.1 3.19 619 85.5%   $85,875 21.2% 30.8%      $648*   220  
 74. University of Miami (FL)  
    43 2.8 3.0 3.20 604 65.4%   $63,432 60.0% 81.1%   $1,140*   266  
 78. Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge (Ourso)   
    42 2.7 2.3 3.43 606 36.4%   $48,181 69.5% 91.5% $17,800   140  
 78. Oklahoma State University (Spears)   
    42 2.4 3.4 3.52 627 41.3%   $43,484 60.4% 70.8%      $445*     79  
 78. University of Denver (Daniels)   
    42 2.6 3.5 3.22 571 84.3%   $56,682 57.4% 89.3% $26,040   283  
 78. Virginia Tech (Pamplin)   
    42 2.8 3.2 3.30 640 40.1%   $54,975 42.9% 71.4% $11,657     42  
 82. Claremont Graduate School (Drucker) (CA)  
    41 3.1 3.7 3.15 594 56.2%   $69,835 38.2% 52.9% $35,602   196  
 83. Northeastern University (MA)  
    40 2.6 3.2 3.09 581 71.3%   $64,200 51.4% 86.5%      $930*   223  
 83. Pepperdine University (Graziadio) (CA)  
    40 2.8 3.1 3.20 634 67.0%   $68,382 40.6% 60.9% $57,360**     80  
 83. Thunderbird (Garvin) (AZ)  
    40 3.4 3.6 3.30 596 80.8%   $70,198 18.6% 43.2% $30,270   788  
 83. University of Arkansas–Fayetteville (Walton)   
    40 2.7 2.6 3.38 593 69.5%   $55,466 53.3% 86.7% $23,562**     54  
 83. University of New Hampshire (Whittemore)   
    40 2.3 2.9 3.21 561 71.7%   $63,023 75.0% 95.0% $20,182     40  
 88. Clemson University (SC)  
    39 2.5 2.9 3.39 614 47.3%   $53,000 55.6% 74.1% $16,428     69  
 88. University of Tennessee–Knoxville   
    39 2.9 3.2 3.25 600 44.8%   $58,797 35.1% 68.9% $22,734**   140