Forbes ranks University of Tennessee MBA Program 9th
Tuesday August 21, 2007
Forbes has ranked the University of Tennessee (UT) College of Business Administration's full-time MBA program 9th among the nation's top-tier public programs.
Knoxville, Tenn. -- Forbes has ranked the University of Tennessee (UT) College of Business Administration's full-time MBA program 9th among the nation's top-tier public programs. UT was ahead of programs at universities such as Vanderbilt, Georgetown, Indiana and Wake Forest.
This is the first time that the program has been ranked by Forbes in the magazine’s "Best Business Schools" list.
Forbes' rankings were compiled by contacting 2002 MBA graduates and evaluating the return they've received on their academic investment. The Forbes survey noted that UT's MBA graduates are being recruited by major corporations worldwide, including Dell, Dollar General, Cummins, Nissan and Brunswick Boat Group.
Forbes joins a list of organizations that rank UT's full-time MBA program among the best in the country. The program is ranked 21st among public universities by the Financial Times and 10th in the U.S. among regional universities by the Wall Street Journal. The university’s supply chain management/logistics curriculum is ranked 8th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
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