Chat Transcript: Undergraduate Ranking

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DChristy: What was the tipping point for Notre Dame?

LouisBW: Judging from the student survey, I think the tipping point for Notre Dame was the fact that a lot of students really like the school's values. And the big, active alumni base helping them find jobs didn't hurt, either.

ccameron: Will the online list show data supporting the changes in rank for the various universities?

LouisBW: It will. All you need to do is take a look at the rankings for 2009 and 2010. The tables are structured identically. If you compare individual schools on individual measures, you can easily see if a school went down on academic quality, up on the student survey, etc.

lscruggs: What are the top 10 rankings for salaries after graduation?

GeoffBW: 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2. Carnegie Mellon

3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

4. Georgetown University

5. New York University

6. University of Michigan

7. Washington (Olin)

8. Virginia (McIntire)

9. Northeastern University

10. Fordham University

Debbie_B: Where is St. Louis University (St. Louis Undergraduate Profile) ranked?

GeoffBW: St. Louis University was eliminated from the ranking because of a low recruiter response rate.

vdawgit: What were the top 10 public undergraduate business schools?

LouisBW: 1. Virginia (McIntire)

2. UC Berkeley (Haas)

3. University of Michigan (Ross)

4. Texas (McCombs)

5. North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)

6. Miami of Ohio

7. Indiana (Kelley) (Kelley Undergraduate Profile)

8. William & Mary (Mason) (Mason Undergraduate Profile)

9. Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Illinois Undergraduate Profile)

10. Penn State

ccameron: Does the online list provide supporting data to reflect the reasons for changes in the ranking?

GeoffBW: Yes. All of the data points used in the ranking will be available in the table on the Web site.

lsteven2_2: How do you calculate the number of students with internships?

LouisBW: We ask them. In our student survey, we ask if students have ever had a business internship. If we get an adequate response rate from that school, we'll report the percentage of respondents with an internship.

kitten: What schools moved up the most in your rankings from 2009 and why?

GeoffBW: It depends on how you look at it. Loyola Maryland (Loyola Maryland Undergraduate Profile) wasn't ranked last year and it is 45 this year, so that's a pretty good jump. But DePaul (DePaul Undergraduate Profile) has the biggest jump for a school that made the cut both years. In 2009 it was ranked 71, and in 2010 it is ranked 40. I would attribute that to its strong showing on the recruiter survey (18th overall).

hefnerjm: Where is University of Arkansas (Walton)?

LouisBW: In Pittsburgh? Just kidding. It's in beautiful downtown Fayetteville.

lasttrymba: What is your e-mail address, so we can send our specific school information request?

GeoffBW: geoff_gloeckler@businessweek.com (I'm regretting this already.)

FrancescaBW: You're a brave man, Geoff. On that note, Louis and Geoff, please send us your last comments because it's time to wrap up the chat.

GeoffBW: This was obviously a tough year for students and schools. Hang in there. Things will get better. (They have to, right?)

LouisBW: I'll second that comment.

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