The Top Ph.D. Business Schools

Stanford Graduate School of Business

• The "Chronicle of Higher Education" rated the Ph.D. program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business as the number one school in faculty scholarly productivity in 2007. Stanford GSB conducts information sessions around the nation and in Canada for prospective students. The school received 588 applications in 2009 with 17 enrolling in the program. The Ph.D. degree can be earned in as little as four years. Students can choose among seven fields of study: economic analysis, accounting, finance, organizational behavior, political economics, and operations, information and technology. The GMAT or the GRE is required depending on the field of study to which a student is applying.

  Ph.D. Program
  Stanford Graduate School of Business
  Stanford University
  518 Memorial Way Stanford
  CA 94305-5015
  650-723-2831
  gsb.stanford.edu

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

• The Haas School Ph.D. program at Berkeley, a leading research university, is highly selective and only accepts 14 to 16 students per year. In 2009, overall enrollment was 82 students. The low enrollment allows students to build close research partnerships with professors in their areas of study. Faculty include Economics Nobel Prize winner Oliver Williamson. Haas fields of study include business and public policy, finance, marketing, accounting, management of organizations, operations management and real estate. Most students complete the program in four to five years. The GMAT or the GRE is accepted for admission.

  Haas School of Business
  PhD Program
  2220 Piedmont Avenue
  545 Student Services Building
  University of California at Berkeley
  Berkeley, CA 94720-1900
  haas.berkeley.edu

Columbia University

• The doctoral program at the Ivy League Columbia Business School in New York City gives students access to the multitude of resources in the world's financial center. Fields of study include accounting, finance and economics, management, marketing, and decision, risk and operations. Faculty include Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics. Admission is competitive and only 18 students out of 894 applicants were accepted to the program in 2010. Columbia's program has a strong mathematical emphasis and applicants must meet math prerequisites before beginning coursework. Students are required to submit GMAT or GRE scores. While there is no separate application for financial aid, students become automatically eligible for fellowships upon admission and can also apply for assistantships, tuition exemption and dissertation research support.

  Columbia Business School
  Uris Hall
  3022 Broadway
  New York, NY 10027-6902
  212-854-5553
  gsb.columbia.edu