Financial Times  Rankings 2002   
Jones School: The  Best in Texas! 
The Financial  Times released its 2002 rankings of the world's hundred  best business schools on January 21, 2002. Rice's Jesse H. Jones Graduate School  of Management is the highest ranked business school in Texas and in the region.  The Jones School is steadily climbing in the rankings. Our overall ranking is  24th in the U.S. (56 U.S. schools), compared to a ranking of 35 (of 51 U.S.  schools) in 2001. Our 2002 world ranking is 38, compared to 55 last year.
The Financial  Times uses 22 categories to determine the rankings. The rank of a school  is determined by its performance in three broad areas: the career progression  accrued from the MBA-particularly its purchasing power in the marketplace (55  %); diversity of experience (20%), and the schools research qualities (25%).  
Texas 	Texas  and Region 	
Finance  Program 	Women  Faculty and Students 	
Value  for Money  Salary Percentage Increase  International Mobility of Alumni	 Aims  Achieved     	
Faculty  with Doctorates 	U.S.  Placement Success 	
International  Students  International Board Members		


 
TEXAS	 	
 Jones,  Rice 	24	
 McCombs, UT, Austin 	26	
 Cox, SMU 	31	
 Texas A&M 	54  	


 
TEXAS  AND REGION	 	
Jones	24	
McCombs	26	
Olin, Washington  University	27	
Cox	31	
Arizona  State	34	
Tulane	40	
Brigham  Young	44	
University  of Arizona	48	
Texas  A & M	54	


The Finance  Program was once again cited as one of the top 10 programs in the world.
WORLD'S  TOP FINANCE PROGRAMS	
Chicago  GSB	
Stern,  New York University	
Wharton,  University of Pennsylvania	
Columbia  GSB	
Simon,  University of Rochester	
Yale  School of Management	
Jones,  Rice University	
University  of Notre Dame	
Rotman,  University of Toronto	
London  Business School	


The  Jones School was ranked 4th among the top 10 schools (2nd among private business  schools) in the U.S. for women faculty and women students (3rd among privates).  The school tied for a 43rd ranking in the U.S., 25th among American private  business schools, and tied for 81st in the world for the Percentage of Women  Board Members.
WOMEN  FACULTY (Jones tied for 11th in the world)	
Thunderbird	
University  of California, Irvine	
University  of Arizona	
Jones	
Goizueta,  Emory University	
Olin,  Babson	
Pamplin,  Virginia Tech	
University  of Michigan 	
Johnson,  Cornell University	
McDonough,  Georgetown University	


WOMEN  STUDENTS (Jones tied for 15th in the world)	
Katz,  University of Pittsburgh	
William  & Mary University	
Fisher,  Ohio State University	
Jones	
Stanford  GSB	
Harvard	
University  of California, Davis	
Columbia	
Stern	
Terry,  University of Georgia 	


The  School tied for 12th in the U.S. for Value for Money and tied for 37th in the  world. Among private business schools, the Jones school ranked 6th in the U.S.
In the category Salary Percentage  Increase Jones ranked 13th in the U.S. and 15th in the world. Among private  business schools it ranked 11th. The ranking for Salary Today is 27th in the  U.S., 28th in the world, and 17th among private business schools in the U.S.  Weighted Salary was 24th in the U.S., 30th in the world, and 17th among private  schools.
The International Mobility  of Its Alumni, based on 1998 graduates, gave Jones a tied for 19th ranking in  the U.S., a tied for 13th place among American private business schools, and  a tied for 59th in the world. 
VALUE  FOR MONEY 	
Katz	
Owen,  Vanderbilt University	
Fuqua,  Duke University	
Brigham  Young University	
William  & Mary	
Jones	
Chicago	
Simon	
Boston  University	
Wharton	


For Aims Achieved, the Jones School was 20th in the U.S., and  29th in the world. Among private U.S. schools it ranked 10th. 
AIMS  ACHIEVED	
Harvard	
Chicago	
Johnson	
Stanford	
Brigham  Young	
Wake  Forest	
Georgetown	
Goizueta	
William  & Mary	
Jones	


The Percentage  of Jones School Faculty with Doctorates tied the School for 21st in the U.S.  and tied for 26th in the world. Among private American schools, the Jones School  tied for 12th. The School was ranked 69th in Faculty Research, up from 75th  last year.

The  Jones School is 25th in the U.S. for Placement Success, 15th among American  privates, and 30th in the world. For Career Progress we are ranked 31st in the  U.S., 21st among American privates, 56th in the world. In the category Employed  at Three Months the Jones School ranked 39th in the U.S., 23rd among private  American schools, and 70th in the world.

International  Students, tied for 30th in the U.S., tied for 23rd among American privates,  tied for 69th in the world. The Percentage of International Board Members earned  the School a tied for 36th rank in the U.S., tied it for a 22nd ranking among  American private business schools, and tied it for a 75th place in the world.  For the Percentage of International Faculty the Jones School was tied for 50th  in the U.S., was 29th among American private schools, and tied for 93rd in the  world.
Questions, comments about  these rankings, contact Debra J. Thomas, Director of Public Relations, 713-348-4363,  dthomas@rice.edu .