Table RW 12-1 Business School Ranking Surveys

School 1992 Rank BW Ranking Cost Starting

BW USN&WR By By Firms Salary
Students
Northwest 1 4 3 1 37,600 70,200
ern
Chicago 2 6 10 4 38,500 68,600
Harvard 3 2 12 3 37,100 84,960
Wharton 4 3 15 2 37,600 72,200
Michigan 5 7 9 6 37,200 58,110
Dartmout 6 10 1 12 37,500 74,260
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Stanford 7 1 5 7 38,480 82,860
Indiana 8 18 6 8 24,600 49,070
Columbia 9 8 18 5 38,000 66,620
North 10 16 8 11 17,360 55,500
Carolina
Virginia 11 11 2 15 28,500 65,280
Duke 12 9 7 14 37,000 59,870
MIT 13 5 14 10 39,000 73,000
Cornell 14 12 4 17 37,000 59,940
NYU 15 17 16 13 36,100 56,730
UCLA 16 14 11 16 22,500 64,540
Carnegie- 17 15 23 9 37,200 56,980
Mellon
Berkeley 18 13 13 19 15,400 65,500
Vanderbilt 19 19 19 20 35,000 47,320

Washingt 20 20 24 18 33,500 48,200

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Table RW11-2 Selected Data for 50 Metropolitan Areas

Area State Region Pop (x Single (x Age Sales EBI Eating Auto
1000) 1000)
Salem OR PA 286.4 25.6 34.2 1,928,316 28,947 216,166 319,221
Rockford IL NC 285.6 26.4 33.8 2,257,983 35,334 220,669 440,350
Evansville IN NC 280.2 28.6 34.5 2,110,287 29,197 224,795 179,264
Fayettevill NC SA 278.1 18.3 27.6 1,719,843 26,590 164,397 450,351
e
Erie PA MA 275.4 26.3 33.3 1,788,155 29,682 182,161 387,164
Lorain- OH NC 272.5 20.4 33.1 1,712,808 31,041 149,020 248,501
Elyria
Provo- UT MN 271.7 9 22.5 1,173,520 30,441 90,884 408,123
Orem
Fort FL SA 267.3 24.4 40.9 2,066,935 30,024 185,405 377,386
Pierce
Brownsvill TX SC 267.2 12.3 27.6 1,442,992 19,881 128,964 515,363
e-
Harlingen
Reno NV MN 266.1 29.9 33.9 2,584,652 32,561 211,024 400,512
Poughkee NY MA 265.1 20.7 33.8 2,261,077 44,063 174,207 304,383
psie
Binghamt NY MA 264.1 26.1 34.3 1,905,840 31,276 169,295 344,267
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Killeen- TX SC 262.6 18 27.5 1,398,926 27,301 127,669 374,750
Temple
New CT NE 257.6 22.1 32.9 1,839,535 39,019 210,759 392,641
London-
Norwich
Vancouve WA PA 250.2 20.9 33.1 1,392,459 34,132 170,967 294,343
r
Charlesto WV SA 249.9 26.4 36.7 1,825,939 26,982 1,721,594 390,643
n
South IN NC 249.5 25.1 33.3 1,988,189 30,211 205,020 266,560
Bend-
Mishawak
a
Huntsville AL SC 248.2 23.3 32.3 1,938,007 35,828 185,320 376,236
Springfiel MO NC 248.2 24.7 33.1 2,111,044 27,465 178,733 410,634
d
Savannah GA SA 247.5 23.2 32.3 1,912,718 27,537 197,581 313,408
Portland ME NE 247.4 24.7 34.1 3,058,969 34,729 301,664 474,168
Columbus GA SA 246.7 21.3 30.5 1,686,624 24,366 170,745 323,467

Tallahass FL SA 241.8 24.3 29.7 1,850,854 27,203 196,719 348,439

ee
Johnstow PA MA 238.2 23.7 37.6 1,315,957 23,617 112,797 296,473
n
Duluth MN NC 237.1 27.5 36.1 1,786,197 25,546 154,514 543,951
Santa CA PA 234.5 20.7 33.2 1,899,989 38,972 234,696 259,757
Cruz
Anchorag AK PA 232.4 19.8 29.8 2,518,807 46,573 419,996 390,938
e
Boulder- CO MN 230 24.2 31.7 2,012,188 37,543 222,162 365,778
Longmont
Lubbock TX SC 226.5 21.5 29.3 2,025,939 26,553 204,994 357,671
Kalamazo MI NC 226.1 21.3 31.4 1,799,240 33,068 184,597 487,152
o
Hickory- NC SA 226 19.6 35 1,563,932 28,795 142,331 413,278
Morganto
n
Roanoke VA SA 225 24.2 36.8 2,090,618 29,611 179,906 266,968
Niagara NY MA 220.7 22.6 35 1,462,303 30,540 137,316 457,468
Falls
Bradento FL SA 220.5 26.1 43.5 1,671,344 26,626 190,590 430,663
n
Galveston TX SC 219.8 20.4 32.8 1,587,897 30,652 171,136 373,363
-Texas
City
Lincoln NE NC 217.6 23.6 31.1 1,579,558 33,698 172,109 355,544
Boise ID MN 210.9 19 32.1 1,550,437 33,548 172,069 298,075
Lafayette LA SC 209.9 18 29.8 1,667,771 26,508 176,663 288,170
Gainesvill FL SA 208.9 22.5 29.4 1,658,143 23,460 168,526 282,377
e
Ocala FL SA 206.4 19.4 40.4 1,482,843 23,116 144,218 305,251
Bremerto WA PA 199.4 16.4 32.1 1,178,139 34,372 117,136 297,804
n
Biloxi- MS SC 198.5 17.6 31.6 1,180,632 24,294 135,468 551,037
Gulfport
Green WI NC 197.4 18 31.8 1,758,825 34,218 161,551 263,043
Bay
Fort CO MN 196.4 17.4 31.2 1,430,687 30,815 190,590 204,079
Collins-
Loveland
St. Cloud MN NC 196 13.9 28.7 2,613,718 30,257 118,871 477,988
Brazoria TX SC 194.3 12.3 31.1 1,135,072 36,422 90,314 168,512
Yakima WA PA 191.7 15.3 31.8 1,233,242 25,603 132,055 246,556
Springfiel IL NC 191.4 22.8 34.7 1,513,666 34,403 134,863 223,719
d
Waco TX SC 191.2 18.6 31.5 1,430,358 25,958 137,323 366,036
Chico CA PA 190.1 19.3 34.2 1,139,717 24,138 125,090 441,586