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What are some good graduate schools?
I would like to get my masters degree. Either in a school in PA, MD, DC, VA, or NC. What are some good schools for Business Administration and/or Sports Management? Could you also rank them as extremely hard, very hard, hard...etc as to how difficult it is to get accepted. thanks!
US News and BusinessWeek both rank business schools. You can go to their web sites to see the rankings.
I would rank MBA programs in the PA to VA region as follows:
1. Wharton (University of Pennsylvania). Very prestigious, extremely difficult to get into. Many think it is the best MBA in the world. It is certainly in the top five.
2. University of Virginia. Prestigious & difficult to get in. Not top ten -- but top 15.
3. University of Maryland. Ranked between 25-30
4. Georgetown. Ranked between 25-30 -- not quite as good as Maryland.
5. Penn State -- ranked, but not as good as Maryland or Georgetown.
6&7. GW and American -- both are ranked, but lower than the others.
There are no other MBA programs in this region that I, personally, would recommend.
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