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BYU business school at top

Heard Harvard is interested in becoming the BYU of the East.

Outstanding!!! Where is Thunderbird? they fell from #1 to #11. Did they lose to Appalachian State too?

Is there any payola involved in these rankings?

If the U is second-to-none and such a great MBA program that cannot be properly assessed by national rankings because they are "special" then why is the placement % way below leading schools, and why is their average salaries so low that it is embarrassing to see them printed? At least their graduates are "special", even if they get poor jobs.

nice rankings if you want to be in this grouping. all the rankings says is that you are strong if you want to stay and work in utah... not a huge feat consdering competition among byu and utah. same with the other schools on this list.

Nice article Wendy! As a student of the Marriott School, I feel this is a well deserved accolade. I've had nothing but good experiences with many aspects of the Marriott School.

This feedback comes from employers. How is that weak? Your grammar is weak, but that's another topic for another day. I would say these rankings are much more meaningful than you realize. The opinions of the people who do the hiring are the opinions that matter.

The rep from Utah said there are more entrepreneurial opportunities at the U of U. Maybe that's true. If so, she's right that the rankings don't measure the quality of their program as accurately. But the rankings do represent the reputation of a school's program. Being at the top of this list is a huge feat, if for no other reason than that.

BYU is #1. They don't trash themselves with useless drinking and they are producing the best businessmen in the nation! I'm a proud alumnus!

if you are trying to discredit BYU for being named #1! I mean how many of you want to attend a school who is in the bottom 40! Get a life! Congrats BYU!

My alma mater, BYU, finally has a college in the top national rankings and its... business? How I wish it were in arts or letters or sciences rather than in making money.

But although Brigham would probably be dismayed I think he would also understand. We Mormons have always seemed to excel at Babylon.

This is a regional ranking. Repeat: REGIONAL. The headline and first paragraph are a bit misleading. Crowing about this is crowing about being the best of the second tier. Hooray! BYU is second tier!!

Attention BYU students and alumni: The article reports that BYU is the #1 REGIONAL school. It still comes nowhere close to high-caliber schools like Wharton, Kellogg, HBS, Stanford, etc. Make sure that in your excitement you tell everyone that BYU is the #1 Regional school, not just #1.

JBH: Good point. It would have been much more rewarding to see our proud university at the top in Finger Painting or Poetry, rather than in something as useless as building a more fiscally sound society, or "Babylon," as you put it. Let me break it down for you: "Making money" = "Providing a needed product or service at a net benefit for both parties." It is a shameful mantle, but I'll carry it if need be. By the way, I'd like to know how the sciences and arts are faring in those societies that do not benefit from the contributions and consequent cultural freedoms provided by strong leaders in business. Pick up a globe. Find those countries from which the greatest discoveries in sciences are springing. Now, how is the business environment in those same countries? Uh-huh. Thought so. Thank us later, after you've spent the grant we provided with our profits. -Proud Marriott graduate.

Sure, it may be regional. But by some of the tone I'm sensing here...you'd think they're being compared to College of Eastern Utah and Southern Utah. Somehow the REGION includes Ohio State, Wake Forest, Indiana, Florida, etc. I'd be curious to know what "region" means.

This is a regional ranking. Repeat: REGIONAL. The headline and first paragraph are a bit misleading. Crowing about this is crowing about being the best of the second tier. Hooray! BYU is second tier!!

JBH and Cameron: Get off your high hobby horses! Shameful mantle? Babylon? I hope you two will enjoy the solitude of your pristine little kingdoms.

"REGIONAL" means programs with fewer than 400 students graduating per year. It is not a geographic term. It simply means a smaller school.

Strong. What is your basis for saying Harvard wants to be the BYU of the East? Surely not this MBA ranking. Harvard is in the International Classification. They graduated 900 MBA's this year, who's average salary was over $120,000, 35% greater than BYU graduates. They are in entirely different leagues. But kudo's to BYU for being the top of their league. -kk

CJB: Somehow I sense JBH and Cameron's "pristine little kingdoms" aren't going to have the solitude you imply. I think you're in the minority here. Anyone who's had had a high school economics class will recognize the validity of Cameron's argument. Don't assume that spirituality and fiscal success are mutually exclusive. There's plenty of people brethren with great seats to general conference who were successful businessmen.

Note to all the faultfinders... BYU is in the process of expanding the Tanner building--a 50% increase in square footage, and a $35 million project--and it will soon be able to significantly increase the amount of students admitted to the program. Unfortunately, some have displayed their ignorance here by harping on the #1 "Regional" ranking. For those who can't see past their own biases, classifications are based on the total number of students graduated. With the increase in space, BYU plans on expanding the program, thus increasing its graduate numbers. Soon the Marriot school will be right next to the other National programs. BYU's business school and law school are certainly the best in the state, and among the top in the western region. Awesome!