Harvard University

Business School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Rank Category Name #2 Best Business Schools

Specialties Locked in Accounting #4 in Entrepreneurship #9 in Finance Locked in Information Systems #6 in International #1 in Management #5 in Marketing #4 in Nonprofit #8 in Production / Operations Locked in Supply Chain / Logistics

Business School Overview

Graduate students at Harvard Business School get a hands-on education through the case method, which poses true-to-life problems students must tackle in teams. The experiential learning extends to field study teams, in which small groups of students evaluate existing organizations, and immersion trips, intense weeks of study in another country over winter breaks.

HBS students can complete an M.B.A. or doctoral degree, or can take executive education classes. (After completing an M.B.A., HBS graduates can take many executive education courses at a 30 percent discount.) HBS students can also enroll in joint degree programs in conjunction with Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Graduate business school students may live on campus in Cambridge, Mass. Students can also research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

To supplement their education, students can assume leadership positions in more than 70 clubs. The annual HBS Show, a live musical theatre production put on by M.B.A. students, adds some levity into the rigorous course schedule.

There are close to 70,000 graduates of HBS, scores of whom have gone on to lead major corporations. Some of the particularly notable alumni include James Dimon, president and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Meg Whitman, former president and CEO of eBay; and Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and CEO of General Electric.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	March 31
Application deadline (international students)	March 31
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)	N/A

Academics

Departments/concentrations

accounting not-for-profit management arts administration production/operations management consulting organizational behavior e-commerce portfolio management economics public administration entrepreneurship public policy finance real estate general management sports business health care administration supply chain management/logistics human resources management quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research international business tax leadership technology manufacturing and technology management other marketing

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	1,840
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $48,600 per year
Required fees	$7,604 per year

Salary

Average base salary	$114,896
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	78.6% - High

* Business School Overview details based on 2010 data