All three of UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business’ MBA programs placed among the top 10 schools in the 2014 U.S. News & World Report ranking. The Evening & Weekend MBA Program ranked #1 again among part-time program, the Full-time MBA Program ranked #7 among full-time programs for the seventh year in a row and the Berkeley MBA for Executives tied for #9, up from #10 last year, among executive MBA programs.
Among specialty rankings, also based on the peer assessment poll, Haas ranked:
- #4 in nonprofit (#4 in 2013)
- #5 in entrepreneurship (#6 in 2013)
- #8 in finance (#8 in 2013)
- #8 in international (#9 in 2013)
- #8 in management (#7 in 2013)
- #11 in marketing (#9 in 2013)
- #14 in accounting
In the full-time MBA ranking, Haas again rated 4.6 out of 5 in the peer assessment, which is based on a poll of business school deans and MBA directors. In the recruiter assessment Haas rose to 4.2, up from 4.1 last year.
The 63 full-time MBA rankings are derived from a peer survey of business school deans and directors of accredited MBA programs as well as a survey of corporate recruiters. Placement success as measured by average starting salary and bonus and employment rates at graduation and three months later.
The part-time ranking is derived 50% from peer assessment (business school deans and MBA program directors); 15% from average GMAT/GRE; 5% from average undergraduate GPA; 15% from work experience; and 15% from the percentages of overall MBA enrollment that is part-time.
The EMBA ranking is part of the specialty rankings and based entirely on a peer assessment poll by business school deans and MBA program directors.