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The ] degree has become one of the most popular masters' degrees. As more universities started offering the degree, differences in the quality of schools, faculty, and course offerings became evident. Naturally, establishing some criteria of quality is needed to differentiate among MBA programs, especially for prospective students trying to decide on where to apply. As MBA programs proliferated, a variety of publications began providing information on them. Some of these consisted of compilations of information gathered from the universities offering the degree, usually published in book form. Eventually periodicals began publishing articles describing various MBA schools and ranking them according to some perceived quality criteria. The most prominent of these are '']'', '']'' and '']''. '']'' magazine also published MBA program rankings.

Different methods of varying validity were used to arrive at rankings of MBA programs. In 1977 ''The Carter Report'' published rankings of MBA programs based on the number of academic articles published by faculty. Periodicals based their rankings on interviews with company recruiters who hired MBA graduates, surveys of MBA schools' deans, polls of students or faculty, and a variety of other means. The defunct ''MBA Magazine'' asked deans to vote on the best programs. The methods of obtaining ranks often changed from year to year. Initially, rankings included only a small number of universities consisting of the largest and best known ] and state schools.

The ranking of MBA programs has been discussed in articles and on academic Web sites.<ref>
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Critics of ranking methodologies maintain that any published rankings should be viewed with caution for the following reasons:<ref name="MRN">
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*Rankings limit the population size to a small number of MBA programs and ignore the majority of schools, many with excellent offerings.
*The ranking methods may be subject to biases and statistically flawed methodologies (especially for methods relying on subjective interviews of hiring managers).
*The same list of well-known schools appears in each ranking with some variation in ranks, so a school ranked as number 1 in one list may be number 3 in another list.
*Rankings tend to concentrate on the school itself, but some schools offer MBA programs of different qualities (e.g. a school may use highly reputable faculty to teach a daytime program, and use adjunct faculty in its evening program).
*A high rank in a national publication tends to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

One study found that objectively ranking MBA programs by a combination of graduates' starting salaries and average student ] score can reasonably duplicate the top 20 list of the national publications. The study concluded that a truly objective ranking would be individualized to the needs of each prospective student.<ref name="MRN"> </ref>
<ref>The public-service web site uses this approach, allowing students and researchers to rank a large population of MBA programs based on a wide range of criteria and combinations.</ref>

==References==
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*http://rankings.ft.com/rankings/mba/rankings.html
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