Is a Georgetown MBA considered prestigious?

[Anonymous]

I personally consider a Georgetown BA and also a JD at the law center to be fairly prestigious credentials. But I don’t know anything about the GU MBA. How it is perceived locally and also in other major cities for those planning to relocate?

[Anonymous]

There are probably rankings you could google.

[Anonymous]

It's a lower T25.

[Anonymous]

I would call it "solid."

[Anonymous]

It’s fine.

[Anonymous]

it’s ok

[Anonymous]

As above. It has a solid/fine reputation. Not top 10 but there is respectable name recognition.

My Georgetown McDonough school MBA is a bit riffraff compared to my management consultant colleagues that came from Bain/McKinsey/BCG, but it is an adequate signal to get the job done.

[Anonymous]

In and of itself, no

It’s really best for working professionals in dc who need to check a box to move up in their org

[Anonymous]

US News ranks Georgetown's MBA program at #24 in a tie with Rice University's Jones MBA program and higher than Vanderbilt and Notre Dame.

US News ranks about 496 MBA programs so #24 Georgetown is among the top 5% of all US MBA programs.

Virginia-Darden--an outstanding MBA program--is ranked at #14.

UNC is ranked #22.

Attending an M-7 (Top 7) MBA program or a Top 10 MBA program is most important for those individuals seeking to switch employers and/or industries.

MBA programs are expensive regarding COA and opportunity cost (such as lost income).

[Anonymous]

The M-7 group of MBA programs are the most prestigious (Harvard, Penn-Wharton, Stanford, Chicago-Booth, Northwestern-Kellogg, MIT-Sloan, & Columbia Business School). Next most prestigious are Dartmouth-Tuck, NYU-Stern, Michigan-Ross, UC-Berkeley, Virginia-Darden, & Duke-Fuqua. Yale SOM is getting attention as well.

The current 2023-2024 US News Best MBA Program rankings are:

1) Chicago-Booth
2) Northwestern-Kellogg
3) U Penn-Wharton
4) MIT-Sloan
5) Harvard

6) Dartmouth-Tuck
6) Stanford-GSB
8) Michigan-Ross
8) Yale-SOM
10) NYU-Stern

11) Columbia Business School
11) UCal-Berkeley
11) Duke-Fuqua
14) Virginia-Darden

15) Cornell-Johnson
15) USC
17) Emory
18) CMU-Tepper
19) UCLA
20) U Texas at Austin
20) U Washington-Foster

22) Indiana-Kelley
22) UNC
24) Georgetown-McDonough
24) Rice-Jones

26) Georgia Tech
27) U Texas at Dallas
27) U Rochester-Simon
27) Vanderbilt-Owen
30) Notre Dame

31) U Georgia-Terry
31) U Minnesota
33) Michigan State U
33) SMU-Cox
35) ASU-Carey
35) BYU
37) Penn State
37) WashUStL-Olin
37) UC-Irvine
40) U Florida
40) U Wisconsin

42) U Maryland

45) William & Mary

Even though US News currently ranks Chicago & Northwestern as the top 2 MBA programs, most consider Harvard, Stanford, & Penn-Wharton to be the top 3 MBA programs with Chicago & Northwestern rounding out the top 5 MBA programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In and of itself, no

It’s really best for working professionals in dc who need to check a box to move up in their org

A lot of feds, military and DC-based consultants pursue advanced degrees for free. Georgetown is the best MBA in the region, so that’s where many go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would call it "solid."

Is it even difficult to get into? I’ve never heard anywhere say they got rejected from GU’s MBA program or were ever worried about the possibility of being rejected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The M-7 group of MBA programs are the most prestigious (Harvard, Penn-Wharton, Stanford, Chicago-Booth, Northwestern-Kellogg, MIT-Sloan, & Columbia Business School). Next most prestigious are Dartmouth-Tuck, NYU-Stern, Michigan-Ross, UC-Berkeley, Virginia-Darden, & Duke-Fuqua. Yale SOM is getting attention as well.

The current 2023-2024 US News Best MBA Program rankings are:

1) Chicago-Booth
2) Northwestern-Kellogg
3) U Penn-Wharton
4) MIT-Sloan
5) Harvard

6) Dartmouth-Tuck
6) Stanford-GSB
8) Michigan-Ross
8) Yale-SOM
10) NYU-Stern

11) Columbia Business School
11) UCal-Berkeley
11) Duke-Fuqua
14) Virginia-Darden

15) Cornell-Johnson
15) USC
17) Emory
18) CMU-Tepper
19) UCLA
20) U Texas at Austin
20) U Washington-Foster

22) Indiana-Kelley
22) UNC
24) Georgetown-McDonough
24) Rice-Jones

26) Georgia Tech
27) U Texas at Dallas
27) U Rochester-Simon
27) Vanderbilt-Owen
30) Notre Dame

31) U Georgia-Terry
31) U Minnesota
33) Michigan State U
33) SMU-Cox
35) ASU-Carey
35) BYU
37) Penn State
37) WashUStL-Olin
37) UC-Irvine
40) U Florida
40) U Wisconsin

42) U Maryland

45) William & Mary

Even though US News currently ranks Chicago & Northwestern as the top 2 MBA programs, most consider Harvard, Stanford, & Penn-Wharton to be the top 3 MBA programs with Chicago & Northwestern rounding out the top 5 MBA programs.

FWIW, I have problems with the USNWR MBA ranking for 2023-2024.
My top 10 take:
1) U Penn-Wharton, Harvard, Stanford [different strengths and approaches but the best of the best]
4) MIT-Sloan
5) Chicago-Booth
6) Northwestern-Kellogg
7) Columbia, Yale-SOM
9) NYU-Stern, Michigan-Ross

[Anonymous]

No, I would not consider it prestigious. It's a second-tier school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In and of itself, no

It’s really best for working professionals in dc who need to check a box to move up in their org

A lot of feds, military and DC-based consultants pursue advanced degrees for free. Georgetown is the best MBA in the region, so that’s where many go.

Right - that was my point