Top 2013 Best Graduate Business Schools Rankings

The following is an excerpt from an article in U.S. News & World Report about U.S. New’s ranking of the “Best Graduate Schools”. The Notre Dame MBA program jumped 12 spots to earn a No. 25 ranking. To read the entire article visit: Top 2013 Best Graduate Business Schools Rankings.


For the third time in five years, Harvard Business School and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business have tied for the top spot in U.S. News's rankings of Best Business Schools. Stanford had sole possession of the top spot in last year's rankings after Harvard's overall score slipped from 100 to 98, placing the Cambridge, Mass., institution in second place.

Although Stanford and Harvard staking claim to the top spot has been commonplace in recent years, some business programs moved up in this year's rankings considerably. The Rice University Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business jumped nine spots from a tie for 34th to a tie for 25th; the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business climbed 12 spots from a tie for 37th to a tie for 25th; and the University of Rochester William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration leapt from a tie for 45th to a tie for 37th in the 2013 edition of the rankings.

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