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USC holds top public university spot in international business for
15th consecutive year, according to U.S. News
rankings
The University of South Carolina’s graduate program in
international business is the top-ranked public university program in the
country and No. 2 among all institutions, according to U.S. News &
World Report.
The ranking marks the 15th consecutive year that
the program at the Moore School of Business has been ranked either No. 1
or 2. The only public university ranked in the top five, USC outpaced
Columbia University, Harvard University, Duke University, the University of Pennsylvania and New York University.
The ranking
appears in the book, "America’s Best Graduate
Schools," which will be on newsstands April 5 and in an upcoming edition
of U.S. News & World Report. All the rankings will be available
online April 2 at www.usnews.com.
In 2002, the Moore School of Business enhanced its
graduate international business program and changed the name to the
International Master of Business Administration or IMBA. It was formerly
known as the Master in International Business Studies or MIBS.
Joel Smith, dean of the Moore School of Business, said
the elite U.S. News ranking affirms the university’s continued
commitment to its international business program.
"The Moore School has placed one or two in the
U.S.News & World Report for graduate international business
since these rankings were first published, " said Smith. "Maintaining this
lofty perch over 15 years is further testimony to the outstanding
contributions of the faculty and staff of the Moore School. Their service to the school
is greatly appreciated, and we are pleased to see that performance
reflected in this ranking."
Thunderbird Graduate School of Arizona topped the rankings at No.1. The
other public universities ranked are the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (No. 6), UCLA (No. 9) and the the University of
Southern
California
(No. 10).
Last August, the Moore School was ranked No. 1 in undergraduate
international business education by U.S. News in its 2003 annual
survey, "America’s Best Colleges Guide,"
the seventh year the school has received the distinction. Its overall
undergraduate program had climbed four spots to No. 39. In January, the
Financial Times of London ranked the MBA programs 36th among the world’s top 100 business
schools, up from 45th in 2003.
U.S. News rankings are based on objective measures, such as
entering students’ test scores and placement success, and expert opinion,
drawn from inside and outside academia, about program quality, faculty and research. For the international
business ranking, U.S.News & World Report asked business school
deans and program heads to vote for up to 10 schools offering the best
programs in each area. The 10 schools receiving the most votes appear in
the ranking.
Every spring since 1987, the magazine has published
graduate program rankings. The annual "
America
’s
Best Graduate Schools" report began in 1990. Business, law, education,
engineering, medicine (including public health and nursing) and public
affairs programs are new. Other rankings are from previous years.
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