Wharton Tops U.S. News Ranking

No Surprise: Wharton Tops U.S. News Undergrad Biz Rankings Again by: Nathan Allen on September 10, 2019 | 0 Comments Comments 19,255 Views September 10, 2019A University of Pennsylvania Wharton School recent graduate celebrates. Courtesy photoYou know the tired clichà ©. Death, taxes, and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania topping the U.S. News ranking of undergraduate business programs. For nearly the entirety of the past decade, Whartons undergraduate business program has topped the U.S. Newss ranking of undergraduate business programs. Essentially a popularity contest, the ranking is based solely on responses from deans and senior faculty members through a one-to-five scaled peer assessment survey. The U.S. News takes the average one-to-five score, combines it with each schools score from the previous year, and puts out the ranking.Whartons reputation score of 4.8 (again, on the five-point scale) was better than all other schools. And once again, MITs Sloan School of Management followed with a 4.7. There was one slight change compared to last year in that the University of California-Berkeleys Haas School slipped one spot to a tie for third with the University of Michigans Ross School of Business. This, however, was the exact same placement the schools had two years ago. Carnegie Mellon Universitys Tepper School and the University of Texas McCombs School each climbed one spot to share a three-way tie for fifth place with New York Universitys Stern School.There wasnt any change for the rest of this years top ten. The University of North Carolinas Kenan-Flagler Business School tied for eighth again with the University of Virginias McIntire School and Cornell University and Indiana University both tied for 10th. The University of Notre Dame and University of Southern California both slipped two spots from 10th last year to 12th this year. Meanwhile, Washington University in St. Louis climbed two spots to share the 12th spot with Notre Da me and USC.THIS YEARS TOP WINNERS AND LOSERSScores were generally better this year compared to last year, which could suggest a more favorable reputation of business schools among their peers. While Whartons 4.8 was the same as last year, MIT Sloans score increased one point from 4.6 to 4.7. Michigan also climbed a tenth of a point from 4.5 to 4.6. Overall last year, 14 schools had a score of 4.0 or higher. This year, that number climbed to 18.While there wasnt much shuffling among the top-10 schools, there was significant movement further down the list. The University of Wisconsin climbed three spots, landing back in the top 15 after dropping three spots to 18th last year. After dropping six spots to 30th place last year, the University of Florida boomeranged eight spots, up to 22nd this year. Texas AM University also continues its recent ascent, also climbing eight spots from 30th to 22nd — up nine spots from two years ago.Within the top 75, Rutgers Business School in New B runswick and Clemson University in South Carolina had the largest climbs this year, each climbing 13 places to 66th place. A slew of schools had climbs of 12 places including the University of Tennessee, University of Oklahoma, University of Connecticut, Northeastern University, and Bentley University, all of which went from 62nd to 50th.At the other end, the Air Force Academy outside of Colorado Springs plummeted 22 spots to 66th place. Temple University had a 17-position drop for the second year in a row. After placing 45th two years ago, the school, which was kicked out of the U.S. News Online MBA ranking for falsifying data, is now in 79th place. This years ranking also wasnt great for Texas Christian University and Loyola Marymount University — both of which dropped 21 spots to 90th place this year.All of this should be taken with a grain of salt, however. While TCU and Loyola Marymount both dropped 21 spots, their actual raw score of 3.1 didnt change, meaning schools co uld actually perform as well as they have in years past, but drop positions based on other schools earning better grades from their peers. In all, 504 schools were ranked, but only 465 received scores. The lowest reputation score was 2.0, which led to a 38-school tie for 428th place.(See the next pages for rankings for the top 100 schools.) Page 1 of 512345 »