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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)

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: <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><th valign="top" width="200">Criteria</th><th valign="top" width="200">Harvard Business School  </th><th valign="top" width="200">Stanford Business School </th></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Location</td><td valign="top" width="200">Boston, Massachusetts</td><td valign="top" width="200">Philadelphia, USA</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Average Starting Salary</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 175,000 (INR 1.47 Cr)</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 182,500 (INR 1.54 Cr)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Sign-On Bonus</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 30,000 (INR 25 L)</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 30,000 (INR 25 L)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Acceptance Rate (Class 2026)</td><td valign="top" width="200">9.43%</td><td valign="top" width="200">5.8%</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">First-Year Tuition (MBA)</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 76,410 (INR 64.5 L)</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 82,455 (INR 69.6 L)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Top Companies Hiring</td><td valign="top" width="200"><!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->JP Morgan Chase<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Nike<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Glossier<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->L'Oréal</td><td valign="top" width="200"><!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Ab Bernstein<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Activision Blizzard<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Adobe Inc.<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Alixpartners<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Alpine Investors </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Ranking (QS World 2025)</td><td valign="top" width="200">#3</td><td valign="top" width="200">#2</td></tr></tbody></table> (USD 1 = INR 84.47)