CareerJournal.com and CollegeJournal.com post rankings of top business schools

The Fifth Annual Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive Survey of Corporate Recruiters today announced that a trio of familiar business schools are in the winnerís circle of this yearís business-school rankings.

In the new survey reportóposted on CareerJournal.com and CollegeJournal.comótwo of last yearís No. 1 schools are repeat winners: Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. (in the Regional competition), and Switzerlandís International Institute for Management Development, or IMD (in the International contest). And after a two-year hiatus, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., placed first once again, this time in the National ranking.

The survey is unique because it rates business schools solely according to the opinions of approximately 2,800 corporate recruiters. The survey ranks schools by how well they and their graduates meet corporate talent requirements.

ìThe study is a reflection of how appealing a business school is to recruitersóthe buyers of M.B.A. talent,î says Tony Lee, publisher of CareerJournal.com.

Quality of graduatesónot just quantityóalso emerged as a bigger issue in this yearís survey. Some schools, particularly in the Regional group, dropped in rank partly because of the uneven quality of their graduates.

Visit CareerJournal.com or CollegeJournal.com to read the complete report, including rankings, profiles of top schools, a business-school search tool, an interactive chart comparing the top schools and M.B.A. pay tables. Plus, hear a pod cast interview with Ronald Alsop, author of the new book, ìThe Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools 2006î (Random House Reference), on the reasons behind the decline in applications to full-time M.B.A. programs and the outlook for a turnaround. In addition, join a discussion about the b-school rankings.