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2025 has been a tumultuous year for U.S. business schools. Still recovering from the disruptions of COVID-19, schools now face campus protests, faculty and staff concerns about funding, and growing uncertainty around international student enrollment and retention. At the same time, the MBA landscape is shifting. Applicants are more ROI-conscious than ever and are increasingly […]
Students often ask me, “What makes a great law school application?” I like to flip the question—because it’s just as important to ask, “What makes a law school great?” At Top Tier Admissions, we guide our students to look beyond prestige and focus on the true value of a law school program—during the application process, […]
The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School has claimed the top spot in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report MBA rankings, breaking last year’s tie with Stanford Graduate School of Business. Stanford now shares second place with Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, followed by Chicago Booth and MIT Sloan rounding out the Top 5. Kellogg […]
Law school applications to nearly 200 law schools nationwide are up 20.5% compared with last year, as the Wall Street Journal reported this month. Each year the American Bar Association releases information on the most recent batch of law students in the U.S. In 2024, the incoming class was ~39,600 students, 4.8% larger than the incoming […]
The Financial Times has released its highly anticipated 2025 MBA rankings, and the results include one stunning shake-up. For the first time ever, Harvard Business School has dropped to 13th place, marking its lowest ranking in history. Meanwhile, Stanford Graduate School of Business is entirely absent from the list due to insufficient alumni responses. MBA […]
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