University at Buffalo School of Management

Buffalo Business Spring 2015 School cracks top 40 in Bloomberg Businessweek, climbs in U.S. News The School of Management fared exceptionally well in two rankings this past fall. In November, the school vaulted 18 places in Bloomberg Businessweek's ranking of the nation's best full- time MBA programs, coming in at No. 39, the highest the school has been ranked since the ranking began in 1988. Among public universities, the School of Management is No. 16 and, in the employer satisfaction component of the survey, the school landed impressively at No. 19. "In addition to reflecting our student satisfaction, this ranking is a ringing endorsement from recruiters," said Arjang A. Assad, dean of the School of Management. "It shows that we are producing graduates who possess the skills and attributes most valued by businesses throughout the world." The rankings are based on student satisfaction (45 per- cent), corporate recruiter satisfaction (45 percent) and an in- tellectual capital rating (10 percent) based on the number of articles published by each school's facul- ty in 20 publications. Bloomberg Businessweek also ranks the top non-U.S. schools. The School of Management was the only school in the Buffalo Niagara region to make the list. In another ranking, U.S. News and World Report in Sep- tember again ranked the School of Management as one of the country's best undergraduate business programs in the 2015 edition of "America's Best Colleges." The school tied for No. 79, up seven places from last year and higher Startups than any other business school in the State University of New York system. The ranking was culled from a list of more than 700 schools accredited by AACSB International, positioning the school in the top 15 percent of accredited undergraduate business programs. Based on a survey to deans and senior faculty at accredited schools, the ranking asks participants to rate the quality of all programs they are familiar with on a scale of 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished). University-wide, UB was ranked one of the best colleges for veterans at No. 23 by U.S. News. x Survey says… Last fall, we surveyed Buffalo Business readers online to strategically assess whether we are bringing you what you look for in an alumni magazine. Hundreds of you respond- ed, and we are so grateful for your feedback. Here are some highlights of the results: WHO REPLIED About 52 percent of respondents were BS grads, 42 percent were MBA and MS grads and the remaining 6 per- cent were doctoral grads, current students and grads of our other programs. The biggest age group to reply at 21 percent was the 54-62 range, but the distribution was relatively standard on either side of that range. WHAT YOU SAID By far, readers prioritized two sections of the maga- zine: School of Management news/success and cover stories/ articles about timely business topics with faculty, alumni and school connections. We were thrilled, then, to learn that these are the same two areas with which you were most satisfied. You also gave high importance and satisfaction ratings to alumni stories, alumni bios and Class Notes, with ratings in the 65 percent range. It was gratifying to learn that nearly 68 percent of you read all or most of Buffalo Business. (For the 28 percent of you who were "skimmers," we still love you.) Not surprisingly, 86 percent of SCHOOL NEWS/SUCCESS STORIES Very or extremely important .......... 82% Very or extremely satisfied ............. 71% COVER STORIES/ARTICLES Very or extremely important ......... 75% Very or extremely satisfied........... 70% Dean Arjang Assad celebrates the School of Management's top 40 Bloomberg Businessweek MBA ranking with students, faculty and staff at a reception in the Alfiero Center. Photo: Douglas Levere

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