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Ranked #1 in the World for Business School Rankings

Since its founding in 1946, Thunderbird has been synonymous with global leadership in business education.

This leadership is recognized by major publications around the world, which have consistently named Thunderbird as a leader in global business education. The following is a list of our current rankings.

Rankings

MBA Rankings

#1 "International" Full-time MBA
         #2 - University of South Carolina (Moore)
         #3 - University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
         #4 - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross)
         #5 - Columbia University (NY)
U.S. News & World Report 2010 (14th consecutive #1 ranking)

#1 "Best in International Business" Full-time MBA
         #2 - University of South Carolina (Moore)
         #3 - Georgetown University (McDonough)
         #4 - INSEAD
         #5 - George Washington University
Financial Times 2010

#3 "Best Executive MBA Programs"
The Wall Street Journal 2008

#7 Distance-learning MBA
Economist Intelligence Unit 2008

#7 Greatest Opportunity for Minority Students
Princeton Review's "The Best 301 Business Schools: 2010 Edition"

#9 "The Best Business Schools of the World" (Full-time MBAs outside of Latin America)
AmericaEconomia 2009

#10 "Top 10 for Corporate Social Responsibility"
Financial Times 2010

#10 "Competing Globally" Full-time MBA
BusinessWeek 2008

#12 Executive MBA in the United States
Financial Times 2009

#18 "Return on Investment" Full-time MBA
BusinessWeek 2008

Executive Education Rankings

#1 "International Location" Open Enrollment Programs
Financial Times 2009

#1 "Partner Schools" Custom Programs
Financial Times 2009

#2 "Faculty Diversity" Custom & Open Enrollment Programs
Financial Times 2009

#3 "Course Design" Open Enrollment Programs
Financial Times 2009

#5 “Top Open Enrollment European Schools”
Financial Times 2009

#7 “Top Open Enrollment U.S. Schools”
Financial Times 2009

#9 “Quality of Participants” Open Enrollment Programs
Financial Times 2009

#10 "Faculty" Open Enrollment Programs
Financial Times 2009

#11 Open Enrollment Programs
(One of the 12 elite providers in the world) 
Financial Times 2009

#12 "Faculty" Custom Programs
Financial Times 2009

#13 Custom Programs
BusinessWeek 2009

#16 Custom & Open Enrollment Programs
Financial Times 2009

#20 Open Enrollment Programs
BusinessWeek 2009

#24 Custom Programs
Financial Times 2009


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