Kelley ranked 16th overall in Bloomberg Businessweek rankings

The IU Kelley School of Business has advanced in Bloomberg Businessweek’s rankings, now placing the school at 16th overall.

The school is currently ranked second among Big Ten schools and fifth among related programs at public universities.

To effectively rank the programs, Bloomberg Businessweek uses nine specific measures. Part of these measures include surveys of senior business majors and employers as well as median starting salaries for graduates. The number of graduates in grad school programs is also taken into consideration. Calculation of academic quality, such as combining SAT scores, class size in business courses, number of students with internships and the amount of hours devoted to course work, is factored into the report as well, according to the press release.

Kelley School of Business Undergraduate Program Director Kathleen Robbins said although there is no direct way to track how accolades such as the rankings attract prospective students to the school, it is certainly a factor to some extent.
“It’s an important piece of the search process for students sometimes,” she said.

— Michael Majchrowicz