Founded in 1924, The Ross School of Business is the business school of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, consistently ranked as one of the top leading business schools in the world by major publications such as U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, etc. It offers executive education, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs. The BBA program has been ranked within the top three nationally by U.S. News & World Report. The M.B.A. degree program is placed among the very best in the world by a number of international league tables.

Rankings:

- According to the US News 2010 rankings of the best U.S. undergraduate business programs, the school is placed in the Top 5 in the following business specialties: Management (No. 1), Marketing (No. 2), Production/operations management (No. 3), Finance (No. 4) and International business (No. 4). It is rated the fourth-best overall BBA program.

- 13th nationally in the U.S. News Graduate Business School Rankings 2010.

- 23rd globally in the ranking of Top 100 full-time global MBA programs (Financial Times 2009), moving up from 27th in 2008.

- 22nd internationally in the ranking of World's Top 100 MBA programs by Economist Intelligence Unit 2008.

- The Wall Street Journal has placed Ross among the best business schools in the country since 2002, and specifically ranked the EMBA Program 6th in the world in 2008.

- Ranked 1st in BusinessWeek Specialty Rankings for Operations/Production (2008).

- 6th among World Top Executive MBA programs (Wall Street Journal 2008).

- In 2008 BusinessWeek ranked the full-time MBA program 5th best in the country. The Ross School is one of only 4 business schools placed in the Top 10 all 11 times that BusinessWeek has conducted its biennial rankings since 1988. It is also rated highly in the specialty areas of marketing, finance and general management.

- 12th in the EIU Global Top 100 MBA ranking 2007.

- 2nd among the top 100 global business schools that demonstrate leadership in incorporating issues of social and environmental stewardship into their curricula and research (Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2007).

- 9th in the ranking of Top 100 Full Time MBA programs (EIU 2006).

* Suggested Reading: Top MBA Programs in Michigan

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