Cox School of Business - Rankings

Rankings

The Cox School of Business is consistently recognized as a leader in business education by publications such as BusinessWeek, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. The Cox BBA program ranks among the top 20 nationally in BusinessWeek's 2008 rankings and its MBA program ranks in the top 15 nationally. Major publications such as BusinessWeek, Financial Times, Forbes, U.S. News & World Report, and The Wall Street Journal release business school rankings based on their own unique methodology and criteria, ranging from career advancement and return on investment to recruiter satisfaction and program reputation.

SMU Cox houses a nationally/Worldwide-ranked MBA program as well as a BBA honors program and extensive Executive Education offerings. The MBA program is consistently ranked in the Top 100 Worldwide by the Financial Times and The Economist. It ranked #12 in the Bloomberg national ranking 2010 ahead of Cornell, Dartmouth, NYU and other quality MBA programs. The school rose to #11 in the world in 2008, up from #18 in BusinessWeek's EMBA ranking in 2003. This puts SMU Cox ahead of quality programs such as NYU Stern, Cornell, and Purdue. The Cox Professional MBA (PMBA) Program offers an opportunity for students to earn their MBA degree while maintaining full-time employment. Financial Times in 2008 also ranks Cox EMBA #5 in the world for top salaries in industry. U.S. News & World Report in 2008 ranks the Cox PMBA #9 in the nation, the only program in Texas named in the category.

The Cox School is also one of only eight programs (the others being Harvard Business School, Stanford Business School, UCLA Anderson School of Management, University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, NYU Stern School of Business, University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and the MIT Sloan School of Management) to rank in the top 30 for research impact in information systems, marketing, strategy, finance, and economics.

• 1st The Economist ranks the Cox School #1 in the United States for "Potential to Network".
• 1st In the 2003 BusinessWeek ranking of the top 25 Executive MBA programs in the world, SMU Cox was listed #1 for entrepreneurship course offerings.
• 5th In 2005, Entrepreneur magazine ranked the Caruth Institute #5 among the top 100 entrepreneurship programs in the nation, as ranked by program directors, faculty & alumni.
• 5th BusinessWeek ranks Cox #5 for Global Business as "Best Subjects" in the world, as surveyed by EMBA alumni.
• Top 5 Five Cox School of Business departments were recognized among the nation's top business schools for research productivity based on more than 1.5 million scholarly citations. Only seven schools ranked in the top 30 in all five categories: SMU Cox, Harvard, Stanford, University of Chicago, MIT, NYU, and UCLA.
• 6th BusinessWeek ranks SMU Cox #6 for highest SAT scores.
• 6th BusinessWeek ranks Cox #6 for Marketing as "Best Subjects" in the world, as surveyed by EMBA alumni.
• 7th The Economist ranks the Cox School #7 in the world for "Potential to Network".
• 9th U.S. News & World Report currently ranks The Cox Professional MBA program (PMBA) 9th in the nation
• 9th The Princeton Review ranks Cox #9 for best professors, based on interest and accessibility.
• 10th The Cox Professional MBA program (PMBA) is ranked is currently ranked #10 for return on investment by Forbes.
• 10th Forbes ranks Cox #10 in the nation for ROI, the only program in Texas and the South on the list.
• Top 10 Financial Times also names Cox among the top 10 in the U.S. for enrolling the most experienced students and for highest salaries five years after graduation.
• 12th U.S. News & World Report ranks Cox #12 in the nation, the highest ranked program in Texas named in the category.
• 13th U.S. News & World Report ranks Cox #13 in the nation.
• 13th BusinessWeek ranks Cox #13 in the U.S., praising faculty members for real-world experience brought to the classroom.
• 15th Financial Times ranks Cox #15 in the U.S.
• 16th BusinessWeek ranks Cox #16 worldwide praising faculty members for real-world experience brought to the classroom.
• 20th BusinessWeek ranks SMU Cox #20 for sending the most undergraduates to top MBA programs.
• Top 25 Hispanic Trends names Cox one of the 25 best business schools for Hispanic MBAs.
• 29th The Wall Street Journal ranks Cox #29 regional, and students are commended by recruiters for their ambition and people skills.