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Moore School gets top ranking for 18th consecutive year


March 30, 2007. The Moore School's graduate program in international business is the top-ranked public university program in the nation and No. 2 among all institutions, according to U.S. News & World Report.

This marks the 18th consecutive year that the University of South Carolina program has been ranked either No. 1 or No. 2. The only public university ranked in the top five in graduate international business, the University of South Carolina outpaced the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), Columbia University, Harvard, Duke (Fuqua), New York University, the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross), UCLA, and the University of California-Berkeley (Haas). The Moore School ranked 55th overall for graduate business education.

The ranking appeared in the 2008 issue of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools," which goes on the newsstands April 2nd.

"We are very pleased to continue our excellent ranking in U.S. News & World Report," said Joel A. Smith III, dean.  "Once again, our outstanding faculty, staff, and students made this happen."

Thunderbird Graduate School (Garvin) of Arizona led the rankings. Wharton ranked third, Columbia and Duke tied at fourth, the University of Michigan was sixth, Harvard and NYU tied at seventh, UCLA was 9th, and UC-Berkeley 10th.

To calculate the specialty rankings —such as international business-magazine researchers asked for expert opinion from business school deans, program heads, and senior faculty about program quality, and also surveyed professionals who hire new graduates. Researchers also gathered statistical indicators that measure the quality of the school's faculty, research, and students. These data came from surveys of more than 1,200 programs and some 12,500 academics and professionals that were conducted in the fall of 2006. 

In August 2006, the Moore School was ranked No. 1 in undergraduate international business for the tenth year by U.S. News in its annual survey, "America's Best Colleges Guide."

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The International MBA was featured in an article published in the U.S. News 2006 "Best Graduate Schools" Guidebook. Download the PDF.