(Davis, CA) -- The UC Davis Graduate School of Management has been ranked among the top 50 business schools in the nation by U.S.News & World Report, the 14th consecutive year the magazine has included the UC Davis MBA program in its annual America’s Best Graduate Schools survey.
The magazine's latest rankings released April 23, 2009, places the UC Davis MBA program among the top 25 business schools at public universities and 40th overall, up from 44th last year.
"We have always invested in the fundamentals—high-quality faculty, top students and a rich learning experience only a small school can provide,” said Nicole Woolsey Biggart, dean of the management school. “I'm grateful that our excellence has been honored for 14 straight years. This is truly phenomenal recognition."
The UC Davis Graduate School of Management has been ranked in the top 50 every year since 1996, and continues to be the youngest business school within a public institution ever ranked by the magazine. With 120 full-time students, UC Davis is the smallest MBA program ranked among the top 40.
The UC Davis MBA program also remains one of the country's most selective. Less than 25 percent of applicants to the Daytime MBA program are accepted—the 18th most competitive in the nation. UC Davis MBA students enter with an average Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score ranked among the top 35 schools.
UC Davis is one of only 35 business schools to be ranked in the top 50 for 13 consecutive years.
U.S.News & World Report: Top 50 for 14 consective years. One of the nation's most selective MBA programs. About 25 percent of applicants to the Daytime MBA program are accepted—the 18th most competitive in the country.
The Financial Times' Global MBA 2008 survey ranks the Graduate School of Management #2 in the field of Organizational Behavior. The UC Davis MBA program ranks 28th among U.S. programs and 58th in the world.
The Economist 2009 Which MBA ranks the UC Davis MBA program among the top 35 in the U.S. and among the top 60 in the world in its global business school survey. Recognized as No. 13 in the world for the diversity of recruiters and range of industry sectors that have provided career opportunites for our graduates.
Faculty Quality: 23rd Worldwide, 9th in North America
Student Quality: 27th in North America
Diversity of Recruiters: 13th Worldwide
Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2009–2010: The Aspen Institute's Center for Business Education ranks the UC Davis MBA program among the best in the world for integrating issues of social and environmental stewardship into curricula and research.
Top 30 Worldwide
Top 8 Small Business Schools Worldwide
For-Profit Impact: 14th Worldwide
Relevant Courses: 27th Worldwide
Student Exposure: 32nd Worldwide
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Forbes' “Best Business Schools” ranks the UC Davis Working Professional MBA program 16th among part-time MBA programs nationwide based on graduates' five-year return on investment.
The UC Davis Graduate School of Management offers an interactive and collaborative learning environment distinguished by world-class faculty members renowned for their research and teaching, highly selective admissions, innovative and entrepreneurial students, and prime locations in Northern California’s economic hubs. Established in 1981, the school provides management education to 120 full-time MBA and more than 420 Working Professional MBA students on the UC Davis campus, in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area.
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