The Graduate School of Business at Stanford University has beaten rival Harvard in the battle to be named top business school in the U.S. In a ranking released Wednesday, the university was ranked No. 1 for undergraduate programs and No. 2 overall by "U.S. News & World Report. MBA programs were assessed according to factors including recruiter assessment , placement success and mean starting salary and bonus . Fewer Americans are heading to graduate school overall , with first-time enrollment shrinking by about one percent between fall 2012 and 2013 .
The Graduate School of Business at Stanford University has beaten rival Harvard in the battle to be named top business school in the U.S. Last year the two famous institutions had been in a three-way tie for top stop with Wharton School ​at the University of Pennsylvania . MBA programs were assessed according to factors including recruiter assessment , placement success and mean starting salary and bonus . Fewer Americans are heading to graduate school overall , with first-time enrollment shrinking by about one percent between fall 2012 and 2013 .