The Graduate Management Admission Council made an announcement recently that the number of GMAT tests taken, dropped from 263,979 in 2010 to 258,192 in 2011, which portrays the decline in applicants to graduate business programs. It is possible that the decline in applications is linked to the job market.

There is a very competitive job market facing M.B.A.'s when they graduate which leads many students to pay particular close attention to the employment data that their prospective schools report.

Below are the ten schools that reported the highest job placement rates for full-time 2011 M.B.A. graduates three months after graduation:

10. Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)

Full-time students employed three months after graduating: 93.6%

U.S. News B-School Rank: 9

 

9. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)

Full-time students employed three months after graduating: 93.8%

U.S. News B-School Rank: 22

 

8. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)

Full-time students employed three months after graduating: 93.8%

U.S. News B-School Rank: 4

 

7. Emory University (Goizueta) (GA)

Full-time students employed three months after graduating: 94.0%

U.S. News B-School Rank: 19

 

6. Northeastern University (MA)

Full-time students employed three months after graduating: 95.1%

U.S. News B-School Rank: 56

 

5. Georgia Institute of Technology

Full-time students employed three months after graduating: 95.1%

U.S. News B-School Rank: 32

 

4. Temple University (Fox) (PA)

Full-time students employed three months after graduating: 95.3%

U.S. News B-School Rank: 52

 

3. Iowa State University

Full-time students employed three months after graduating: 96.7%

U.S. News B-School Rank: 64

 

2. Ohio State University (Fisher)

Full-time students employed three months after graduating: 97.6%

U.S. News B-School Rank: 25

 

1. Tulane University (Freeman) (LA)

Full-time students employed three months after graduating: 98.1%

U.S. News B-School Rank: 43

 

For a list of the ten most popular business schools, click here.

Find out the ten business schools that lead to the MOST debt, HERE.