Is Stanford Graduate School of Business better than Harvard?
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Despite being considered the best B-Schools in the world, Stanford Graduate School of Business ranks #2, and Harvard Business School ranks at #1 according to the rankings released by the QS World ranking body for the year 2025. If the consideration is employability, according to the employment report 2023 published by HBS, 86% of the students who were seeking employment received an offer letter, on the other hand 97.2% of the students seeking employment received an offer letter from Stanford GSB:
The table compares these two best Business schools in depth:
Criteria
Harvard Business School
Stanford Business School
Location
Boston, Massachusetts
Philadelphia, USA
Average Starting Salary
USD 175,000 (INR 1.47 Cr)
USD 182,500 (INR 1.54 Cr)
Sign-On Bonus
USD 30,000 (INR 25 L)
USD 30,000 (INR 25 L)
Acceptance Rate (Class 2026)
9.43%
5.8%
First-Year Tuition (MBA)
USD 76,410 (INR 64.5 L)
USD 82,455 (INR 69.6 L)
Top Companies Hiring
· JP Morgan Chase
· Nike
· Glossier
· L'Oréal
· Ab Bernstein
· Activision Blizzard
· Adobe Inc.
· Alixpartners
· Alpine Investors
Ranking (QS World 2025)
#3
#2
(USD 1 = INR 84.47)
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