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Rice MBA ranked No. 25 in US
MBA program moves up 9 in Bloomberg Businessweek’s national ranking
HOUSTON – (Nov. 11, 2014) – The Master of Business Administration program at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business is ranked No. 25 (up from No. 34 in 2012) in Bloomberg Businessweek’s new ranking of the best full-time MBA programs in the nation.
The rankings include 85 U.S. schools and 27 international schools. To determine which business schools offer the strongest education and best prepare MBAs for their careers, Bloomberg Businessweek ranked 112 full-time MBA programs on three measures: a survey of student satisfaction (45 percent of the ranking); a survey of employers who hire those graduates (45 percent); and the expertise of each school’s faculty, measured by faculty research in esteemed journals (10 percent).
The biggest contributor to the Jones School’s rise in the overall rankings was the positive assessment by employers who hire the school’s graduates, with employers and recruiters ranking the program No. 31 this year (up from No. 43 in 2012). Intellectual capital also rose to No. 12 (up from No. 21 in 2012).
The Rice MBA Full-Time Program provides students with a comprehensive MBA learning experience that combines specialized course work and real-world experience to improve and amplify their strategy, leadership and creative credentials. The program features innovative classes, expert faculty and a diverse group of candidates who often become colleagues for a lifetime.
The Jones Graduate School of Business is consistently recognized by several rankings publications for its programs, including the Rice MBA, Rice MBA for Executives and Rice MBA for Professionals. For more information on Rice MBA programs, visit http://business.rice.edu.
To view the complete Bloomberg Businessweek rankings and methodology information, visit www.businessweek.com/14/rankings.
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The MBA for Professionals program was ranked 7th in the same survey.
Pretty many factors are taken into account for the estimation but eventually the most significant one is employers who hire graduates from the school.