Report Ranks the Top MBA Programs for 2019

Here are the top 25 MBA programs, according to WalletHub.

Please see the report's charts for full numerical ranking data.

1. Stanford University
2. Harvard University
3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
4. University of Chicago (Booth)
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
6. University of California--Berkeley (Haas)
7. Northwestern University (Kellogg)
8. University of Southern California (Marshall)
9. Columbia University
10. Yale University
11. University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Ross)
12. University of Washington (Foster)
13. Duke University (Fuqua)
14. New York University (Stern)
15. University of Virginia (Darden)
16. Dartmouth College (Tuck)
17. Indiana University (Kelley)
18. University of California--Los Angeles (Anderson)
19. University of Wisconsin--Madison
20. Georgetown University (McDonough)
21. Cornell University (Johnson)
22. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
23. Rice University (Jones)
24. University of Florida (Warrington)
25. Brigham Young University (Marriott)

Following the ranked 92 MBA programs are seven very helpful categories that list the Highest and Lowest:

- Base salary for graduates of these programs.

- Employment rate.

- Total tuition and fees.

- Average GMAT scores.

- GPA scores

- Gender diversity

- Average years of work

Some highest/lowest highlights:

- Stanford University has the highest average base salary, $145,559, which is 2.7 times higher than at Northern Arizona University (Franke), which has the lowest at $53,778.

- Iowa State University and University of Louisville both have the highest employment rate (share of class that accepted offers within three months after graduation) at 100 percent, which is 1.7 times higher than at University of San Diego and University of Delaware (Lerner), which have the lowest at 60 percent.

- Iowa State University has the lowest total tuition and fees, $12,914, which is 6.1 times lower than at Columbia University, which has the highest at $79,209.

- Stanford University, Columbia University, University of Miami, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and Northwestern University (Kellogg), all have the highest average GMAT score (732), which is 1.5 times higher than at Howard University, which has the lowest at 485.

- CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College (Zicklin) has the highest gender diversity, which is 1.5 times higher than at Texas A&M University-College Station (Mays).

- University of Kentucky (Gatton) has the fewest average years of work experience, 1.2, which is 5.5 fewer than at University of Maryland-College Park (Smith), which has the most at 6.6.

Thus, if you're on the hunt for a graduate program or just wondering about them, this WalletHub survey report will be one-stop shopping in an easy-to-read, well-illustrated, thoroughly researched format. I may even take a deeper look. The third time could be the charm for me.