Rankings and Other Distinctions

Year after year, the Simon School consistently ranks high on the lists of top b-school programs. These rankings include:

Bloomberg Businessweek

Simon was ranked among the top 30 US business schools in 9 out of 13 surveys since this biennial ranking was established in 1986.

Simon was ranked No. 43 overall in the January 2011 ranking.

Simon was ranked by corporate recruiters, January 2011:

• No. 3 in Teamwork
• No. 3 in Accounting
• No. 5 for Analytical Skills
• No. 6 for Operations
• No. 8 for Innovative Curriculum
• No. 13 in Finance
• No. 16 for Competing Globally 
• No. 1 for return on investment among private US business schools, January 2011
• No. 7 for return on investment among US business schools, January 2011

U.S. News & World Report

March 2012

• No. 37 among the top B-schools
• No. 14 in Finance
• No. 20 in Accounting
• No. 41 in Part-Time MBA

Financial Times of London

Ranked annually among the top 30 US business schools since 1999.

• No. 49 among the top B-schools in the world in the January 2012 survey
• No. 4 in the world for Economics 
• No. 3 in the world for Finance
• No. 7 in the world for Accounting
• No. 22 among US business schools
• Read full article and report on Financial Times Web Site

Entrepreneur Magazine

Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools

• Simon was ranked among the top 15 graduate schools in the area of Finance.

The Simon Graduate School of Business has been accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business-International (AACSB) since 1966.

Distinctions

• The Simon School is one of the most international business schools in the United States: Simon alumni hail from 83 different countries.
• 464 Simon School graduates are presidents of leading companies.
• 208 Simon School graduates are CEOS of leading companies.
• 178 Simon School graduates are CFOs of leading companies.
• 81 percent of 2009 Simon School students were placed 90 days after graduation.
• The Simon School was rated No. 7 for return on investment by Bloomberg BusinessWeek in 2011.
• Attracting and advancing women is a Simon School priority. Women comprise 50 percent of our MS class and 30 percent of our full-time MBA students.
• Simon School faculty continue to make their mark as founders and editors of some of the world’s most highly acclaimed business publications, including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Monetary Economics and the Journal of Accounting and Economics.
• The Simon School’s Frame, Analyze, and Communicate (FACt) curriculum equips students with vital skills to help them solve unstructured problems and present workable solutions.
• Simon School Dean Mark Zupan has 875 personal meetings with students each year.