UB School of Management Rises in Ranking of Top Business Schools
By Fred O. Williams
The University at Buffalo School of Management rose a notch among the top regional business schools in the U.S. in 2007, as ranked by the Wall Street Journal.
The School of Management came in at No. 9 on the newspaper’s list of MBA programs, up from 10 a year ago.
The ranking, which appeared Monday, is based on feedback from corporate recruiters who hire graduates of MBA programs.
UB concentrates on providing students with communication and leadership skills that recruiters prize, School of Management Dean John M. Thomas said.
“We’ve really focused on helping them build intangible assets to help them launch their careers,” he said.
Corporate recruiters name things like teamwork, ethics and communication skills among their most sought-after qualities, besides the analytical skills that are a staple of MBA programs.
The top-ranked regional program was Utah’s Brigham Young University. UB came in behind Emory University’s Goizueta School at No. 8, and ahead of No. 10 University of Maryland.
“It looks like it was pretty competitive this year to stay in the top 10,” Thomas said. Three of last year’s top-ranked schools fell further down in the list.
The Wall Street Journal lists regional schools, which tend to draw recruiters from nearby, separately from national and international programs.
Dartmouth College’s Tuck School was first on the newspaper’s list of national programs, while ESADE in Barcelona, Spain, topped the international rankings.
In a survey by UB, graduates of the MBA program in 2006 reported receiving salaries of $28,000 to $103,448, with an average of $55,149. Fifty-three percent of graduates found jobs in Western New York.
There were 133 graduates of the full-time MBA program in the class of 2006. Among the top employers of UB’s MBA grads were accounting firms Ernst & Young and Deloitte, and the banking company Citigroup.
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Originally published by NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER.
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