Student-based rankings?

[editor_gradprograms]

According to MBAstudents across the country, the top ten best overall programs are as follows:

1. Rice
2. Dartmouth
3. UNC Chapel Hill
4. Cornell
5. UVA
6. Purdue - West Lafayette
7. Penn State
8. Ohio State
9. UC Berkeley
10. Harvard

However, Drexel topped the charts for best career support, Notre Dame for quality of network, Thunderbird School of Global Management for financial aid, and ESADE for social life.

Thoughts on these student review-based rankings?

Source: https://www.graduateprograms.com/top-business-programs/

[Jim@StratusPrep]

mmm. I think I would trust the recruiters - they are the people who are going to help pay your loans off...

[CriticalSquareMBA]

Not only should you trust recruiters more heavily, you're referencing a survey that has incredible inherent bias.

If you're interested in what students think, Businessweek rankings are probably best because they include the perspective of recruiters as well. At Critical Square, we generally reference US News because they look at a wider set of criteria.

Remember - when you're looking at lists and rankings, make sure you understand what's being included!

Bhavik