List of M7 business schools

The M7 business schools is a group of business schools recognized as having strong MBA programs, ^{[1] [2] [3]} that are often highly-ranked in US MBA rankings. ^[4] The deans of the M7 business schools are a part of the Graduate Business Curriculum Roundtable, ^[5] as well as deans of other business schools. ^[6] The Graduate Business Curriculum Roundtable host multiple events per year to discuss news and insights. ^{[7] [8]}

M7 business schools

School name	Host institution	Location	Acceptance rate	Image	Degree programs offered	Year founded
Chicago Booth School of Business	University of Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	32.6% [9]		MBA, EMBA, PhD	1898 [10]
Columbia Business School	Columbia University	New York City, New York	22.4 [9]		MPhil, MS, MBA, EMBA, PhD	1916 [11]
Harvard Business School	Harvard University	Boston, Massachusetts	13.2% [12]		MBA, PhD, DBA	1908 [13]
Kellogg School of Management	Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois	32.3 [12]		MBA, EMBA, MMM, JD-MBA, PhD	1908 [14]
MIT Sloan School of Management	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, Massachusetts	17.8% [12]		MBA, EMBA, LGO, PhD	1914
Stanford Graduate School of Business	Stanford University	Stanford, California	8.4% [12]		MBA, MSx, PhD	1925 [15]
Wharton School	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	24.8% [12]		BS Econ, MBA, EMBA, PhD	1881 [16]

Related programs at M7 Schools

• Stanford offers a joint MBA and MS in Computer Science program, ^[17] MBA and MS in Electrical Engineering, E-IPER/MBA, JD/MBA, and MPP/MBA ^[18]
• Harvard offers joint degree programs with Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Medical School. ^[19]
• MIT offers a Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program, a dual degree MBA and SM in engineering. ^[20]
• Wharton has joint degree programs with Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies ^[21] and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. ^[22]
• Columbia offers several dual degree programs, including MBA/MPH, MBA/MS, and MBA/JD. ^[23]
• Chicago Booth offers a joint MBA/MA in International Relations and other interdisciplinary degrees. ^[24]
• Kellogg offers unique dual degree programs such as the MMM (MBA + MSDI) with the Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering and JD-MBA with Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. ^[25]

See also

• List of United States graduate business school rankings
• List of Ivy League business schools

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