The best MBA education comes only from the best business schools. Below are brief profiles of the top three business schools in the United States for the year 2008. Read on to make an informed decision on your MBA.
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Chicago Booth was founded in 1898 and boasts of an effective, discipline-based approach to learning. The university is also the alma mater of many respected, effective, and confident businessmen and businesswomen. Among them are several Nobel laureates. Of these Nobel laureates, the first is James Kilts who turned Oscar Mayer, Gillette, Kraft, and Nabisco into large companies. To apply to Chicago Booth, visit the official website and request for an application form. Program options are full-time, evening, and weekend classes, along with executive, PhD, and MBA programs.
Harvard Business School (HBS) was founded in 1908, making it one of the oldest MBA schools in the US. Throughout its history, HBS was able to maintain the effectiveness and quality of its management education. To date, there are 42, 012 living MBA Alumni from HBS and its deans included John H. McArthur and Jay O. Light. McArthur has been the Senior Advisor to the President of The World Bank since 1996. Current dean, Light, on the other hand, became a Director of Investment and Financial Policies of the Ford Foundation. To apply to HBS, visit the official website and use the online application program.
Kellogg School of Management [NorthwesternUniversity]
The Kellogg School of Management was founded in 1908 and has since been the alma mater of business leaders of varying cultural backgrounds. Today, Kellogg offers full-time, part-time, and executive MBA programs as well as executive education, doctoral programs, and undergraduate programs. To apply to the Kellogg School of Management, visit the official website and apply online. Remember to download the application form appropriate to the MBA program of your choice and check out the admission requirements.
