Study Names Wharton Top B-School in Research Productivity

Wharton is the top business school in the country in terms of research productivity, according to an annual survey by the School of Management at the University of Texas in Dallas.

This is the third year in a row that Wharton has topped UT Dallas' b-school productivity rankings.

This year's top five schools are:

The University of Pennsylvania - Wharton
New York University - Stern
Harvard Business School
The University of Chicago GSB
Duke University - Fuqua

UT Dallas itself ranked 32nd in the overall rankings, which consider research productivity in all areas of business. It ranked 5th in research on Information Systems and 7th in research on Operations Management.

Source: "Business School Research Productivity Rankings Put Wharton on Top." Press Release, School of Business, the University of Texas at Dallas (Richardson, Texas), March 27, 2007.

Ross Application Numbers Rise By a Third

The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business received almost one-third more MBA applications this year than it did in 2005-2006, according to an article in the School's newspaper.

This year's application volume was 31 per cent higher than last year's. The quality of applications increased as well, with the average GMAT score for all applicants and for accepted applicants rising by several points.