Sneak Peak PQs Best Undergraduate B-Schools -

Sneak Peak: PQs Best Undergraduate B-Schools by: Nathan Allen on December 04, 2018 | 0 Comments Comments 3,813 Views December 4, 2018For the third straight year,  PoetsQuants will publish its annual ranking of the Best Undergraduate Business Schools. This year, a total 0f 88 schools will be ranked — more than any previous year. The rankings will be published in entirety next Wednesday morning (December 12) at midnight Eastern Time.In addition to the rankings, in-depth profiles on all 88 schools to be ranked as well as five schools that submitted school survey data but did not meet the minimum alumni response rate to be included. A wealth of proprietary data based on the school and alumni surveys — including average SAT scores, employment data, acceptance rates, and average high school GPAs — will also be published.As always,  PQ will make available all the data used in its ranking as well as additional information such as the schools schools enrolling th e most U.S. minorities, international students, and first-generation college students. After the rankings go live, a series of stories will explore which schools leave students in the most debt and which ones offer the most generous scholarship grants.FOUR NEW SCHOOLS WILL BE IN THIS YEARS TOP TENLast year, the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School topped the list. Wharton was followed by Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School, the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce, the University of Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business, and Georgetown Universitys McDonough School of Business, respectively.  This years list features four new schools in the top ten. One school — Boston Colleges Carroll School of Management — is being ranked for the first time and debuted in the top ten.  (see the 2017 rankings here).PoetsQuants  Best Undergraduate Business Schools ranking is based on three key categories — admissions standards, the co llege experience, and career outcomes. Each category is weighted equally in the methodology (see How We Crunched The Numbers).  This year, just as we did in the previous two years, admissions standards are broken down by business school acceptance rates (30%), average SATs (35%), and percentage of students graduating in the top 10% of their high school class (35%).The college and business school experience is based entirely on responses to our extensive alumni survey. This year, however, we included results from last years survey to increase the sample size and boost the statistical validity of the results. Alumni results from this year were weighted 75%, while last years were given the remaining 25% weight. That was the only significant change in our methodology this year.BUSINESS REMAINS THE MOST POPULAR UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR IN THE U.S.The final third of the ranking is determined by career outcomes. The percentage of students with full-time employment within three months of gradu ation is given a 50% weight, while annual salary and signing bonus average is given a 30% weight and the percentage of students completing a business-related internship before graduation is weighted 20%.Business still remains the most popular major in the U.S. According to the most recent data (updated last March) from the National Center for Education Statistics, 372,000 business degrees were awarded during the 2015-2016 academic year. The next highest category was health professions and related categories, which awarded 229,000 during the same academic year.Of course, no ranking is perfect and a college decision should not be made on a ranking alone.  PQ publishes a wealth of data-based insights on the schools   and in-depth school profiles so readers may use this information as a launching place to explore and target their best choices for a quality business education. When the rankings are published next week, take the time to go through the stories and data to begin or aid the college search.THESE SCHOOLS WILL BE ON THE TOP TEN NEXT WEEKIn no order, here are this years top ten schoolsBoston College Carroll School of ManagementUniversity of California-Berkeley Haas School of BusinessCornell University Dyson School of Applied Economics and ManagementUniversity of Michigan Ross School of BusinessUniversity of Pennsylvania Wharton SchoolUniversity of Texas-Austin McCombs School of BusinessWashington University in St. Louis Olin Business SchoolUniversity of Virginia McIntire School of CommerceNew York University Stern School of BusinessVillanova University School of BusinessDONT MISS: BUSINESS SCHOOLS WITH THE BEST UNDERGRADUATE FINANCE PROGRAMS or 10 UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOLS TO WATCH IN 2018 Page 1 of 11