The M7 business schools form an informal network of business schools recognized as having elite MBA programs, [1] regarded as among the most prestigious in the US. [2] They are regularly highly placed in global rankings of MBA programs. The deans of the M7 schools meet twice a year to share news and insights. [3] [4]
School name | Host institution | Location | Acceptance rate | Image | Degree programs offered | Year founded |
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Stanford Graduate School of Business | Stanford University | Stanford, California | 9% [5] | MBA, MSx, PhD | 1925 [6] | |
Harvard Business School | Harvard University | Boston, Massachusetts | 14% [7] | MBA, PhD, DBA | 1908 [8] | |
Kellogg School of Management | Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois | 33% [9] | MBA, EMBA, MMM, JD-MBA, PhD | 1908 [10] | |
Chicago Booth School of Business | University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois | 30% [11] | MBA, EMBA, PhD | 1898 [12] | |
MIT Sloan School of Management | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 15% [13] | MBA, EMBA, LGO, PhD | 1914 | |
Columbia Business School | Columbia University | New York City, New York | 22% [14] | MPhil, MS, MBA, EMBA, PhD | 1916 [15] | |
Wharton School | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 23% [16] | BS Econ, MBA, EMBA, PhD | 1881 [17] |
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