2011 u.s.news ranking of the best b-schools 62 comments usnewsshot analys** of the latest rankings in which stanford edges out harvard for first place who’s the b-school king of finance?by john a.byrne 2011 u.s.news&world report ranking for b-school finance departments school&2011 rank 2010 u.s.news rank difference 1.pennsylvania(wharton)philadelphia,pa 1—– 2.chicago(booth)chicago,il 2—– 3.new york university(stern)new york,ny 3—– 4.stanford graduate school of business palo alto,ca 5+1 5.columbia business school new york,ny 4-1 6.mit(sloan)cambridge,ma 6—– 7.california-berkeley(haas)berkeley,ca 7—– 8.california-los angeles(anderson)los angeles,ca 7-1 9.harvard business school boston,ma 7-2 10.northwestern(kellogg)evanston,il 7-3