If you’re currently evaluating MBA programs, we recommend you head over to the recently re-released Washington Foster MBA Rankings Calculator to inform your process. The calculator creates a personalized MBA program ranking for each user, by allowing them to prioritize the metrics that matter most. The data underlying the calculator comes from business school rankings by Poets & Quants, Businessweek, Financial Times, Forbes, and the U.S. Department of Education.
Andrea Bowers, Director of Marketing Analytics at Foster, and a driving force behind the creation of the calculator, explained to Poets & Quants that most prospective students use the calculator three times. They are able to hone in on the factors that are most important to them as they create their own school list reflective of their priorities and goals. And they can create a ranking of all the schools by selecting the max prioritization for all of the metrics.