{"71979":{"#nid":"71979","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Business School Performs Well in Recent Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Management recently rose in rankings of Forbes (for top MBA programs) and U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report (for undergraduate business programs) while winning recognition in Fortune Small Business as one of \u0022America\u0027s Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E Georgia Tech\u0027s business school jumped 11 spots in Forbes magazine\u0027s MBA rankings, rising to 34th (15th among public universities). Forbes bases its rankings, which are issued every two years, on graduates\u0027 return on investment, meaning compensation five years after graduation minus tuition and forgone salary during school.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022We\u0027re pleased that our considerable jump in the rankings reflects the overall trajectory of our business school,\u0022 says Georgia Tech College of Management Dean Steve Salbu. \u0022We\u0027re working hard on many fronts to take our College to the next level of prestige and educational achievement, becoming the world\u0027s preeminent business school for management and technology.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E In its first-time rankings of \u0022America\u0027s Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs,\u0022 Fortune Small Business listed Georgia Tech College of Management among the 26 top schools for MBAs and among the 24 best for double major\/cross disciplinary students (i.e. business and engineering). The magazine, which is including the rankings in its September issue, didn\u0027t assign a specific order (1st, 2nd, etc.) to schools listed.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report ranked Georgia Tech\u0027s undergraduate business program 33rd in the nation, up two spots from last year. In specialty areas, the magazine ranked the business school eighth in Quantitative Analysis, 10th for Production and Operations Management, and 15th for Management Information Systems.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E Earlier this year, Georgia Tech College of Management jumped nine spots in U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s annual rankings of the nation\u0027s top full-time MBA programs, rising from 34th to 25th (10th among public universities). \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Management Ranks 15th Among Public Universities"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech College of Management recently rose in rankings of Forbes (for top MBA programs) and U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report (for undergraduate business programs) while winning recognition in Fortune Small Business as one of \u0022America\u0027s Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs.\u0022","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Recognition Given by Three National Publications"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2007-08-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:05","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1072","name":"Business"},{"id":"2301","name":"entrepreneur"},{"id":"1052","name":"Management"},{"id":"2304","name":"management information systems"},{"id":"1209","name":"MBA"},{"id":"2303","name":"production and operations management"},{"id":"2302","name":"quantitative analysis"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBrad Dixon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Management\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brad.dixon@mgt.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Brad Dixon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-3943\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["brad.dixon@mgt.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}