The drop resulted from changes to Bloomberg Businessweek’s ranking criteria, according to an IU press
release.
The Kelley School of Business’ graduate business program ranks ninth among programs at public universities and continues to rank third among programs at Big Ten universities, according to the release.
The survey included 177 schools, according to the release. The survey was based on responses from 13,500 students, 18,540 alumni from the classes of 2007 to 2009 and 1,460 corporate recruiters.
This marked the first time since 1988 that Bloomberg Businessweek has surveyed alumni, according to the release. 30 percent of the overall rankings were based on responses from alumni.
Kelley School Dean Idalene Kesner said the inclusion of responses from alumni who graduated six to eight years ago doesn’t take into account recent changes to the graduate business program.
“We’ve had many positive changes to the MBA experience over the last eight years, including our award-winning personal branding workshop that students go through before classes start,” Kesner said. “We’ve also added more global opportunities and more individualized options for hands-on experience through our career-focused academies.”
Last year, the survey dropped its measure of return on investment, according to the release. Last year, the Kelley School of Business had the highest return on investment of the top 20 MBA programs ranked overall.
Ashleigh Sherman
