MBA Rankings by speciality

Hi all,
I noticed that a number of you are interested in the rankings section of this blog. While it is okay to look at the overall rankings of college, you get good value for the money you spend in your mba program if you focus on the best colleges in your specialisation. Please find below a list of programs ranked by thier specialisation.
Please note: This is 2004 data from US News and world report. There might be slight changes in subsequent years.

Popular MBA rankings

The most popular MBA rankings is given below:

1. Business week
2. U.S.News and world report
3. Financial times
4. Wall street journal
5. Which MBA?
6. The insiders guide to Top 10 MBA's
7. The MBA advantage.

All of these bodies vary in the criteria for ranking the MBA programs. So be careful about using the rankings as such. Choose the ranking that best reflects what you are looking for.

A guide to business week's rankings

Assessment Criteria Derived from BusinessWeek's Top-Thirty Schools

• Evaluations by corporate recruiters
• An assessment of intellectual capital
• Annual tuition
• Applicant acceptance rate
• Enrollments of female, international, and minority students
• Pre- and post-MBA pay
• Percentage of students with job offers at graduation
• Average work experience prior to the MBA
• Recruiter ratings for students on ethics, teamwork, and analytical skills
• Percentage of increase in competition = post-MBA pay/pre-MBA pay
• Return on investment = (post MBA pay - pre-MBA pay/tuition
• Years to payback =[( 2 x tuition) + (1.5 x pre-MBA pay)]/post-MBA pay-
pre-MBA pay)

Source: Morris B. Holbrook, "Gratitude in Graduate MBA Attitudes: Re-examining the BusinessWeek Poll," Journal of Education in Business (September 2004). (The last three criteria were suggested in B. Hindo, "An MBA: Is it Still Worth It?" BusinessWeek (October 21, 2002), pp. 104-106.)