Berkeley MBA now ranked #5
UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business moved up to the top 5 of the WSJ’s annual ranking of MBA programs for 2006.
The annual ranking results from polls of corporate recruiters rating M.B.A. programs on 21 criteria, including things like students’ problem-solving skills, the likelihood of finding “stars” at the schools, content of the school’s core curriculum and commitment to corporate responsibility.
The faculty and students have worked hard over the past few years to drive this ranking up and I’m so proud to be a part of the program.
Update: The WSJ’s latest ranking for 2007 moved Berkeley up to #2 .

October 14th, 2006 at 10:11 am
[...] On the heals of the Berkeley MBA’s rise in the WSJ ranking (to #5), the Haas School’s ranking moved up from #17 last year to #8 in the annual BusinessWeek ranking. “The combination of a small class, exceptional faculty, and a collegial atmosphere impressed students.” … ” Recruiters, meanwhile, were wowed by the quality of the grads.” – BusinessWeek [...]