Forbes Consider this the most capitalist of the surveys. It takes tuition costs, compares them to a graduate’s eventual expected salary, and computes return on investment. “We saw all those rankings out there and decided we needed to put a particularly Forbesian touch on it,” says senior writer Kurt Badenhausen. Again, few surprises here — Harvard was number one in 2002.

AmericaEconomia Published annually in this Spanish-language magazine based in Chile, this survey rates business schools in Latin America only. In 2002, its best school was Mexico’s Monterrey Tech.
writes frequently about business issues for american way. his work also appears in southwest spirit, operations & fulfillment, and other magazines.

david plunkert

is an award-winning illustrator/designer and a co-founder of spur in baltimore. more of his work can be viewed online at www.spurdesign.com.