Leading The Way
 | Ranked in the top one-third in the category |
| — | Ranked in the middle one-third |
 | Ranked in the bottom one-third |
How the 25 executive M.B.A. programs in The Wall Street Journal survey rank. Overall rank is based on a weighted combination of student rank, corporate rank and management skills rank. Each of those three categories, in turn, is based on a number of elements, some of which are shown here.
| 1 | Northwestern University (Kellogg) 1 | 16 | 2 | 21 | M | T | M | M | 8.51 | M | 16 | 129700 |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 2 | 25 | 1 | 24 | T | T | T | B | 8.92 | M | 8 | 150870 |
| 3 | Thunderbird School of Global Management | 2 | 8 | 4 | T | T | T | T | 7.39 | M | 7 | 77000 |
| 4 | University of Southern California (Marshall) | 3 | 11 | 1 | T | T | T | T | 7.72 | B | 10 | 92000 |
| 5 | University of North Carolina (Kenan Flagler) | 1 | 14 | 2 | T | T | T | T | 7.96 | T | 5 | 79800 |
| 6 | University of Michigan (Ross) | 6 | 5 | 7 | T | T | T | T | 8.17 | M | 10 | 125000 |
| 7 | Cornell University (Johnson) | 7 | 6 | 6 | T | T | M | T | 7.63 | T | 8 | 127800 |
| 8 | Columbia University (NY Program) 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | T | T | T | T | 7.89 | T | N/A | 139800 |
| 9 | University of Chicago 3 | 12 | 3 | 14 | M | T | M | T | 8.49 | T | N | 127000 |
| 10 | Duke University (Fuqua) 4 | 19 | 4 | 23 | M | M | M | M | 7.86 | T | 11 | 135500 |
| 11 | Emory University (Goizueta) | 4 | 23 | 3 | T | T | T | T | 7.17 | M | 12 | 93000 |
| 12 | University of California-Berkeley (Haas) - Columbia (Joint Program) | 10 | 7 | 17 | T | T | T | T | 7.95 | T | N/A | 140000 |
| 13 | Columbia - London Business School (EMBA Global) | 9 | 16 | 8 | T | T | M | T | 7.92 | T | N/A | 132840 |
| 14 | New York University (Stern) | 21 | 10 | 16 | M | M | B | T | 7.65 | M | 9 | 133000 |
| 15 | University of Texas - Austin (McCombs) | 13 | 12 | 13 | T | M | T | T | 7.88 | T | 7 | 70000 |
| 16 | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | 11 | 21 | 10 | T | M | T | T | 7.39 | B | 8 | 79170 |
| 17 | University of California-Los Angeles (Anderson) | 17 | 13 | 20 | M | M | T | M | 7.58 | T | 8 | 100000 |
| 18 | ESADE | 8 | 37 | 9 | M | M | M | M | 6.13 | M | 8 | 72203 |
| 19 | Vanderbilt University (Owen) | 20 | 19 | 12 | M | T | B | M | 7.5 | M | 12 | 45700 |
| 20 | Rutgers University | 14 | 22 | 15 | B | M | B | M | 7.19 | M | 7 | 53000 |
| 21 | Ohio State University (Fisher) | 26 | 15 | 25 | B | B | M | T | 7.33 | B | 9 | 68500 |
| 22 | Purdue University (Krannert) | 24 | 17 | 28 | M | M | T | T | 7.23 | B | 6 | 75000 |
| 23 | IPADE | 22 | 36 | 11 | B | B | B | B | 6.29 | B | 7 | 55000 |
| 24 | IESE | 15 | 34 | 22 | T | M | B | B | 6.8 | T | 6 | 126435 |
| 25 | University of Western Ontario (Richard Ivey) | 23 | 31 | 18 | M | M | M | B | 7.88 | M | 10 | 77486 |
| 26 | Fordham University | 18 | 33 | 26 | B | B | T | M | 6.33 | B | 6 | 80000 |
Note: 37 schools that were eligible for ranking; Program quality, faculty quality, classmate quality, career service access and immediate relevance of coursework ratings were based student survey responses; schools and scores were divided into thirds. Average management experience and costs provided by schools.
1 Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management's ratings include seven programs: Regional, North America, Miami, Kellogg-HKUST, Kellogg-WHU, Kellogg-Recanti, and Kellogg-Schulich.
2 University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business ratings include Philadelphia and San Francisco campuses.
3 Duke University's Fuqua School of Business ratings include Cross Continent, Global Executive and Weekend Executive programs.
4 University of Chicago's ratings include Chicago, Singapore and Europe campuses.
5 Columbia programs with London Business School and University of California-Berkeley's Haas School of Business are rated separately as courses are split 50-50.
6 Overall corporate impression is one of a number of questions that make up the overall corporate ranking.
Source: The Wall Street Journal surveys of E.M.B.A. students and corporate executive development executives; surveys developed with the help of Management Research Group and administered by Critcal Insights.
A correction: The Wall Street Journal Executive M.B.A. Rankings published Sept. 30 in The Journal Report failed to include the University of Texas/Austin, which should have been listed as 15th.
1 Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management's ratings include seven programs: Regional, North America, Miami, Kellogg-HKUST, Kellogg-WHU, Kellogg-Recanti, and Kellogg-Schulich.
2 University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business ratings include Philadelphia and San Francisco campuses.
3 Duke University's Fuqua School of Business ratings include Cross Continent, Global Executive and Weekend Executive programs.
4 University of Chicago's ratings include Chicago, Singapore and Europe campuses.
5 Columbia programs with London Business School and University of California-Berkeley's Haas School of Business are rated separately as courses are split 50-50.
6 Overall corporate impression is one of a number of questions that make up the overall corporate ranking.
Source: The Wall Street Journal surveys of E.M.B.A. students and corporate executive development executives; surveys developed with the help of Management Research Group and administered by Critcal Insights.
A correction: The Wall Street Journal Executive M.B.A. Rankings published Sept. 30 in The Journal Report failed to include the University of Texas/Austin, which should have been listed as 15th.
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