U.S. News Methodology for Full-Time MBA ProgramsThe U.S. News full-time MBA ranking was based on survey of 471 master’s programs in business administration accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. A weighted average of eight indicators was used including: Quality Assessment (40 percent) made up of two surveys: one of business school deans and directors of accredited MBA programs (25 percent of this measure) and a second survey of corporate recruiters and company contacts who hired MBA graduates (15 percent of this measure); Placement Success (35 percent) which included starting salary and bonus (40 percent of this measure), employment rates at graduation (20 percent of this measure) and employment rates at three months (40 percent of this measure); and, Student Selectivity (25 percent) based on GMAT and GRE scores (65 percent of this measure), average undergraduate grade-point average (30 percent of this measure), and proportion of applicants who were accepted (5 percent of this measure). The full rankings report can be found at www.usnews.com/grad.
About The Paul Merage School of Business at UC IrvineThe Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine offers four dynamic MBA programs – plus PhD, specialty masters and undergraduate business degrees – that graduate world-ready business leaders with the exceptional ability to grow their organizations through strategic innovation, analytical decision-making, information technology and collaborative execution. While the Merage School is relatively young, it has quickly grown to consistently rank among the top five percent of all business programs worldwide through exceptional student recruitment, world-class faculty, a strong alumni network, and close relationships with both individual business executives and global corporations. Additional information is available at merage.uci.edu.###