No. 7: Columbia Business School
New York

2006 Rank: 10

Tuition and Fees: $94,104

Applicants Accepted: 15%

Pre-MBA/Post-MBA Pay in $ Thousands: 75.0/110.0

In Brief: Finance focus and access to Wall Street are pluses—or used to be before the investment banking industry collapsed.

No. 6: Stanford University
Graduate School of Business

Palo Alto, Calif.

2006 Rank: 6
Tuition and Fees: $97,842
Applicants Accepted: 8%
Pre-MBA/Post-MBA Pay in $ Thousands: 75.0/125.0
In Brief: Small classes and sense of community in the heart of Silicon Valley are hard to beat.