(College Station)—The MBA Program at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School is tied for 14th among public schools in U.S. News & World Report’s 2008 “Top Business Schools” rankings. Additionally, Mays is tied for 29th overall and moved into the top spot for MBA placement.
In last year’s rankings, Mays was 14th among public schools, 31st overall and was ranked second in MBA placement.
Mays led the nation for the percentage of students—98.3 percent—who were employed within three months of graduation. This is an improvement over last year’s second-place rating, when 96.6 percent of the MBAs who sought work had a position three months after finishing their degrees. For the second consecutive year, Mays’ MBA program was ranked second most affordable public program in the United States.
“The continued success of the Mays MBA Program is a result of the hard work of our faculty, staff, students and alumni, as well as the excellent support and leadership provided by our dean, Jerry Strawser,” said MBA Director Kelli Kilpatrick. “This is a fine example of what a great team can accomplish by working together for a common goal.”
U.S. News & World Report surveys 400 MBA programs for its annual listings of the top business programs. Rankings for the magazine are based on a number of factors including placement, student selectivity and peer and recruiter assessments.
Mays’ MBA program is highly ranked in terms of the return on investment of its graduates, coming in ninth among public schools in Forbes. The London-based Financial Times also gives Mays the top spot (tied) among U.S. public programs for its MBA placement, and similarly ranks Mays second in terms of value-for-money. The Princeton Review counts Mays among the top 10 best-administered programs and among the top 10 in terms of facilities and student competitiveness. 