Education and Skills

The 25 best business schools for networking

Dylan Roach
Graphic Design intern, Business Insider

Business school is just as much about making professional connections as it is about getting a business education.

Online grad school guide GraduatePrograms.com surveyed over 13,000 current and former business school students about their programs to find which places offer the strongest networks — schools where students have strong peer, faculty, and alumni networking connections and opportunities, even after graduating.

Students ranked their schools on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being a perfect score. The scores for each school were averaged together and then ranked accordingly.

These are the best business schools for networking:

151014-Best business schools for networking

This article is published in collaboration with Business Insider. Publication does not imply endorsement of views by the World Economic Forum.

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Author: Melissa Stanger is the Lists and Rankings Associate Editor at Business Insider. Dylan is currently a Graphic Designer for Business Insider.

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