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In their March 9th issue, BusinessWeek published their list of the top undergraduate business schools for 2009. For the first time since the inception of their ranking in 2006, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School has been dethroned as #1, to be replaced by University of Virginia’s McIntire School. In ranking the programs, BusinessWeek used a multitude of measures, including surveys of 85,000 senior business majors, nearly 600 corporate recruiters, median starting salaries for graduates, and the number of graduates each school send to top MBA programs, among other factors.

According to the article, schools that ranked high or moved up on the list from previous rankings, have put a more intense focus on guiding students in their career search. Top schools, Virginia and Notre Dame, have been able to tap a strong alumni network and create innovative ways to build student-recruiter relationships. The story goes on to explain how, regardless of ranking, the tougher job market continues to challenge students across the nation to consider other avenues upon graduation. It was not surprising to see that of the graduating seniors surveyed, 54% had not received job offers as of January (up 10% from 2008). Within the commentary, Roger Jenkins, Dean of the Farmer School at my alma mater, shared a few suggestions on how to deal with graduating in the uncertain job market. Visit the full article for the complete ranking and details on how each school made the cut.

BusinessWeek’s Top 20

University of Virginia (McIntire)
Notre Dame (Mendoza)
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
University of Michigan (Ross)
Brigham Young University (Marriott)
UC Berkeley (Haas)
MIT (Sloan)
Cornell University
Emory University (Goizueta)
University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
Villanova University
Richmond (Robins)
UNC at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
Wake Forest (Calloway)
New York University (Stern)
Washington University (Olin)
Boston College (Carroll)
Miami University (Farmer)
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
Indiana University (Kelley)

MBA Specialty Rankings (businessweek.com)
World’s Best Colleges: Top Engineering and IT Universities (usnews.com)
MBA: University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton and London Business School top rankings (telegraph.co.uk)

This month, Business Week published its annual list of the best company’s to launch your career. As expected the “Big 4″ all ranked in the top five, however many companies have made big moves forward by catering to the desires of Gen-Y. Signing bonuses, exceptional training, extended vacation, and quick advancement, have all become common place tactics to lure top notch candidates straight from school. Visit the full article for a complete listing of the top 50 and details on how each company made the cut.