Fuqua Rises To No. 5 in Business Week Rankings: "Takes B-school world by storm."

Duke University's Fuqua School of Business has risen to No. 5 on BusinessWeek's list of the best graduate schools of business in the United States-up from its No. 7 ranking in the last survey in 1998 and No. 11 in 1996.

Released online September 21 and in its printed magazine version with a cover date of Oct. 2, the survey cited Fuqua's popularity with corporate recruiters and high ratings by its MBA students as chief reasons for the higher ranking.

BusinessWeek said: "The Durham (N.C.) school has taken the B-school world by storm, climbing six spots since 1994 with steady improvements to its program and brand. The school also got a small boost from our intellectual capital ranking. Grads gave its placement office the highest score in the surveys while recruiters lauded the school's program as the most improved."

"We are so proud that the significant improvements we have made across all areas of Fuqua are being recognized in this way," said Dean Rex D. Adams. "We are the youngest of the Top 10 business schools and are in competition with the very best in the country, so we are very, very happy.

"However, we must keep this and other news media rankings in their proper perspective," Adams said. "We do not let them be the major motivation behind progress at Fuqua-but a snapshot of how we are doing in our quest to be the best business school in the world."

The BusinessWeek survey is based mainly on two opinion surveys. Students who graduated from Fuqua last May were quizzed about all aspects of their educational experiences. Second, corporate recruiters who hire the graduates of Fuqua and other schools were asked their opinions of each school.

"We are passionate about serving the needs of our students and the corporations that hire them," Adams said, "so it is an A+ grade, indeed."


09/21/2000