Headhunters ranked the top 30 business schools. Harvard isn\'t even in the top 20

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Harvard may boast one of the most famous business schools in the world, but not to recruiters.

The headhunters scored Ivy League university poorly on the Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools ranking of full-time MBA programs.

Recruiters scored 30 leading business schools on a scale from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest). They compared the schools on their ability to produce diverse and high-quality candidates, the creativity of their graduates, and how well their students are trained compared to peers from other schools.

They also assessed the value of each school's brand, its reputation for entrepreneurship, and how driven and entrepreneurial its students are.

We took the average score for each school across all six metrics to create an overall ranking of the top 30 business schools. Here they are:

1. Stanford University

1. Stanford University — **Average score:** 4.27

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

2. Georgetown University (McDonough)

2. Georgetown University (McDonough) — **Average score:** 4.16

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

3. Yale University

3. Yale University — **Average score:** 4.10

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

4. Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)

4. Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) — **Average score:** 4.09

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

5. INSEAD

5. INSEAD — **Average score:** 4.08

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

6. University of California at Berkeley (Haas)

6. University of California at Berkeley (Haas) — **Average score:** 4.08

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

7. University of Washington (Foster)

7. University of Washington (Foster) — **Average score:** 4.07

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

8. IESE Business School

8. IESE Business School — **Average score:** 4.02

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

9. MIT (Sloan)

9. MIT (Sloan) — **Average score:** 4.00

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

10. Rice University (Jones)

10. Rice University (Jones) — **Average score:** 3.99

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

11. University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)

11. University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) — **Average score:** 3.93

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

12. Cornell University (Johnson)

12. Cornell University (Johnson) — **Average score:** 3.92

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

13. University of Chicago (Booth)

13. University of Chicago (Booth) — **Average score:** 3.92

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

14. Columbia University

14. Columbia University — **Average score:** 3.92

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

15. University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)

15. University of Texas at Austin (McCombs) — **Average score:** 3.92

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

16. IMD

16. IMD — **Average score:** 3.91

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

17. Brigham Young University (Marriott)

17. Brigham Young University (Marriott) — **Average score:** 3.88

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

18. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

18. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) — **Average score:** 3.86

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

19. University of Virginia (Darden)

19. University of Virginia (Darden) — **Average score:** 3.86

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

20. University of Southern California (Marshall)

20. University of Southern California (Marshall) — **Average score:** 3.85

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

21. Harvard University

21. Harvard University — **Average score:** 3.85

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

22. Duke University (Fuqua)

22. Duke University (Fuqua) — **Average score:** 3.85

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

23. Vanderbilt University (Owen)

23. Vanderbilt University (Owen) — **Average score:** 3.83

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

24. University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)

24. University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson) — **Average score:** 3.83

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

25. Northwestern University (Kellogg)

25. Northwestern University (Kellogg) — **Average score:** 3.83

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

26. London Business School

26. London Business School — **Average score:** 3.77

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

27. New York University (Stern)

27. New York University (Stern) — **Average score:** 3.71

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

28. Emory University (Goizueta)

28. Emory University (Goizueta) — **Average score:** 3.68

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

29. University of Michigan (Ross)

29. University of Michigan (Ross) — **Average score:** 3.67

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*

30. Dartmouth College (Tuck)

30. Dartmouth College (Tuck) — **Average score:** 3.63

*Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools*