U of Chicago tied for first place in the ‘U.S. News’ rankings of M.B.A. programs this year. (U of Chicago) The decision by some top law schools to exit the U.S. News & World Report rankings hasn’t led to anything similar among business schools (yet), but if it did, many admissions officers would welcome it, according to Manhattan Prep/Kaplan’s 2022 business school admissions officers survey. Among the admissions officers surveyed at 117 full-time M.B.A. programs across the United States, 37 percent believe that “business school rankings have lost some of their prestige over the last couple of years,” and 29 percent disagree with that point of view; the remaining 34 percent didn’t express one view or the other. Additionally, 34 percent of business school admissions officers “think it would be a positive development, for both business schools and applicants, for business school rankings to no longer exist,” while 30 percent disagree; the remaining 36 percent didn’t express one view or the other. These evolving views on the rankings come at a time of significant change in the M.B.A. admissions landscape, with business schools looking for ways to boost their application numbers and many continuing to remain test optional, a […]
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