America's Best Business Schools

2015

Stanford#1 Stanford5-year MBA gain: $89,100Pre-MBA salary (class of 2010): $86,0002014 salary (class of 2010): $255,000Stanford Graduate School of Business is Forbes top business school for the second straight time. Good luck getting in. The school's 7% acceptance rate is the lowest in the world.

Harvard#2 Harvard5-year MBA gain: $83,500Pre-MBA salary: $85,0002014 salary: $239,000Harvard is the most expensive business school with tuition and fees totaling $139,186 for the class of 2016. The school's alumni list is a who's who of the rich and powerful including George W. Bush, Jamie Dimon, Robert Kraft, Sheryl Sandberg and Bill Ackman..

Northwestern (Kellogg)#3 Northwestern (Kellogg)5-year MBA gain: $72,700Pre-MBA salary: $72,0002014 salary: $188,000Forty-two percent of the class of 2014 went into consulting, the most of any school. The top four hiring firms were all consultancies: McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Bain and Deloitte.

Columbia#4 Columbia5-year MBA gain: $71,100Pre-MBA salary: $77,0002014 salary: $208,000Columbia Business School is celebrating its centennial this year. The school's dean Glenn Hubbard is a former economic adviser to George W. Bush. The school's star professor is Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics. McKinsey hired 51 Columbia grads from the class of 2014.

Dartmouth (Tuck)#5 Dartmouth (Tuck)5-year MBA gain: $68,400Pre-MBA salary: $78,0002014 salary: $190,000Tuck's 71% alumni donation rate last year was the highest in the world. Among those in the 2014 class seeking employment, 98% accepted a job within 3 months of graduation, the most of any business school.

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