What are the “Top Business Schools” in the country?

Posted by Jim Stroud

October 3, 2006

The lead in The Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive ranking of America’s top National business schools seesawed again this year, with the University of Michigan reclaiming the No. 1 spot from Dartmouth College.

Michigan and Dartmouth are clearly the schools to beat, with Dartmouth having achieved a first-place finish in three of the Journal’s six annual rankings and Michigan now having scored two wins. (The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School is the only school that has succeeded in beating Dartmouth and Michigan.)

Our other two rankings produced some surprises, as two less prominent newcomers placed first in the Regional and International categories. Arizona’s Thunderbird moves up from No. 4 last year in the ranking of regional U.S. schools, while ESADE in Barcelona, Spain, leads a group of European, North American and Central American schools in the International ranking.

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