Is Haas Business School (UCBerkeley) generally considered a top 10 MBA program? How do views differ on east/west coasts?

It seems that views on business school programs differ based on where you're from. From what I have encountered (currently living on the east coast) is that primarily on Californians regard Haas as a really competitive program. Others think that it is decent, but not a peer to Kellogg, Chicago, Columbia, Duke, Dartmouth, etc. What do you think?

Is this the general vibe you have heard of too? What schools are Haas' peers? Is Haas generally known as a top 10 program?

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Forbes does not list it in its top ten. They have it at 15th It's Five-year total compensation after graduation, minus the sum of tuition and forgone compensation is about 100K - by comparison, Tuck (at Dartmouth) is 134KI think it's clearly a great school and great for anyone who would have an opportunity to be accepted and attend. Sources: forbes.com/2003/09/24/cz_bschool_topus_1... .

I would consider it one of the top 10, but I agree that the views change based on where you live. I think Haas is more highly regarded out on the west coast than on the east coast. In my opinion, business schools really teach you the same skills/knowledge.

The only difference is the alumni networks and brand/reputation. Consequently, if you live on the west coast, there will be more alumni from Haas and consequently, the brand name of Haas is much stronger there vs. on the east coast. Given that the two primary occupations that MBAs pursue are in consulting and banking (both of which are geographically concentrated on the east coast), the reputation/brand is skewed toward east coast MBA schools since majority of mba grads on west coast stay out west.

That said, you should look at the public rankings to get a sense of how Haas stacks up against other top-tier programs. Below are a few rankings I found on the web: TOP TEN U.S. Harvard Columbia Chicago Dartmouth (Tuck) Yale Penn.(Wharton) Stanford UNC (Kenan-Flagler) N'Western (Kellogg) Virginia (Darden) 1 Northwestern 2 Chicago 3 Pennsylvania 4 Stanford 5 Harvard 6 Michigan 7 Cornell 8 Columbia 9 MIT 10 Dartmouth 11 Duke 12 Virginia 13 NYU 14 UCLA 15 Carnegie Mellon 16 UNC Chapel-ll 17 UC Berkeley 18 Indiana 19 Texas - Austin 20 Emory 21 Purdue 22 Yale 23 Washington U.24 Notre Dame 25 Georgetown 26 Babson 27 Southern California 28 Maryland 29 Rochester 30 Vanderbilt 1. Harvard 2.

Stanford 3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4. MIT 5.

Northwestern (Kellogg) 6. University of Chicago 7. Columbia 8.

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