Manhattan Prep/Kaplan Survey: Many Business Schools Say the MBA Rankings Have Lost Prestige and Would Welcome its Demise
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Monday, January 23, 2023
The decision by some top law schools to exit the rankings hasn’t led to anything similar among business schools (yet) , but if it did, many admissions officers would welcome it, according to Manhattan Prep/Kaplan’s 2022 business school admissions officers survey*.
Key Points:
- The decision by some top law schools to exit the rankings hasn’t led to anything similar among business schools (yet) , but if it did, many admissions officers would welcome it, according to Manhattan Prep/Kaplan’s 2022 business school admissions officers survey*.
- Additionally, 34 percent of business schools “think it would be a positive development, for both business schools and applicants, for business school rankings to no longer exist,” while 30 percent disagree; the remaining 36 percent didn’t express one view or the other.
- It also comes at a time when some business schools and colleges have come under fire for reporting false data to game the rankings, hurting the system’s credibility.
- Business schools have accepted that somewhat, but many of today's prospective students seem to have a more critical eye than previous prospects.