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North America

Recruitment demand in North America in 2010/11 has grown by 9% year on year, especially in financial services, manufacturing and consulting. Given the large number of MBA employers in the USA, this has helped a number of the top business schools in North America to join the Top 200 list this year.

School name Country Regional Ranksort icon Base salary dollars Students in class Gmat score Avg work experience (years) Year
Harvard Business School United States 1 112500 908 725 4 2010
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania United States 2 110000 862 713 5 2010
The Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University United States 3 11125 427 700 5 2010
Stanford University Graduate School of Business United States 4 118793 370 726 4 2010
Columbia Business School, Columbia University United States 5 106246 737 709 5 2010
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business United States 6 102525 550 710 5 2010
Sloan School of Management, Massachusett Institute of Technology United States 7 100540 746 710 5 2010
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley United States 8 107451 545 710 5 2010
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business United States 9 98720 486 700 5 2010
The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University United States 10 102056 425 700 5 2010
UCLA Anderson School of Management United States 11 95922 360 711 5 2010
NYU Stern School of Business United States 12 100448 392 708 5 2010
Yale School of Management, Yale University United States 13 98324 223 718 5 2010
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth United States 14 105198 255 713 5 2010
Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario Canada 15 89841 133 660 4 2010
Boston University United States 16 93725 170 680 5 2010
Thunderbird School of Global Management United States 17 82493 516 587 6 2010
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Canada 18 85454 263 654 4 2010
Queens School of Business Canada 19 77352 119 661 5 2010
Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina United States 20 95000 287 686 5 2010
University of Virginia Darden School of Business United States 21 100839 333 600 4 2010
HEC Montreal Canada 22 72098 108 625 7 2010
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California United States 23 92375 222 685 5 2010
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University United States 24 89144 209 664 5 2010
Goizueta Business School, Emory University United States 25 92371 170 676 5 2010
McCombs School of Business, Univ. of Texas at Austin United States 26 95221 261 680 5 2010
McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University United States 27 89276 258 678 5 2010
Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina United States 28 72400 81 638 3 2010
Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University Canada 29 87500 56 650 5 2010
S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University United States 30 97190 274 682 5 2010
Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia Canada 31 73000 108 642 6 2010
Schulich School of Business, York University Canada 31 87000 320 660 5 2010
University of Alberta, Alberta MBA Programs Canada 33 70780 83 608 5 2010
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University United States 34 93723 201 680 4 2010
Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame United States 35 86172 134 677 5 2010
Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management United States 36 86234 186 672 5 2010
University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin School of Business United States 37 83484 118 675 5 2010
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Illinois MBA United States 38 87828 102 640 4 2010
Krannert School of Management, Purdue University United States 39 0 143 661 3 2010
University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management United States 40 90197 71 663 5 2010
Georgia Tech College of Management United States 41 86296 69 681 4 2010
Mason School of Business, College of William & Mary United States 42 74103 98 615 4 2010
Texas A&M University-Mays Business School United States 43 86000 63 646 5 2010
Babson College United States 44 82100 153 624 5 2010
Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washingt United States 45 84123 114 681 6 2010
Southern Methodist University, Cox School of Business United States 46 0 90 642 4 2010
School of Business, George Washington University United States 47 75163 123 640 4 2010
Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis United States 48 87000 148 654 5 2010
Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego United States 49 80000 58 683 5 2010
Max M. Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University United States 50 84545 147 677 4 2010
Graduate School of Business, Wake Forest University United States 51 81992 68 658 4 2010
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University Canada 52 65800 194 620 3 2010
Freeman School of Business, Tulane University United States 53 84900 91 654 5 2010
University of California- Davis, Graduate School of Management United States 54 96294 60 675 4 2010
Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland United States 55 86640 153 670 4 2010
University of Victoria - Gustavson School of Business Canada 56 0 54 578 2 2010
University of Calgary, Haskayne School of Business Canada 56 90242 53 610 5 2010
University of San Diego United States 58 66000 34 658 4 2010
School of Business Administration, University of Miami United States 59 59203 88 638 2 2010
Florida International University, Graduate School of Business United States 60 61778 91 560 3 2010
University of Rochester Simon School United States 61 72744 123 682 4 2010
North Carolina State University, Raleigh United States 62 0 42 616 4 2010
American University Kogod School of Business United States 63 69668 59 580 4 2010
The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University United States 64 83456 99 640 5 2010
the Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, DePaul University United States 65 57881 52 623 4 2010
California Lutheran University Graduate School of Business United States 66 0 80 550 6 2010
The Fox School of Business, Temple University United States 67 62627 74 640 5 2010
Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business United States 68 75204 26 600 5 2010
Monterey Institute of International Studies United States 68 0 71 544 4 2010
Brandeis International Business School United States 70 0 70 600 4 2010
Claremont Graduate University - Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management United States 70 54695 41 642 3 2010
Fordham Graduate School of Business Administration United States 70 78875 127 609 5 2010
Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business Canada 73 0 16 600 3 2010
Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University United States 74 80023 106 615 3 2010
The Carroll School of Management, Boston College United States 75 85924 106 662 4 2010
University of Massachusetts Boston MBA Program United States 76 0 42 587 4 2010
The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine United States 77 75236 83 668 5 2010
Hult International Business School United States 78 89966 356 610 7 2010
Rice University, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business United States 79 91068 109 667 4 2010
W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University United States 80 86256 84 672 5 2010

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