Duke University, one of the top ranking university of USA, is the parent institute of Faqua School of Bsuiness. Johnson Graduate School of Business is a part of Cornell University which is an Ivy league institute. A comparative analysis of their MBA program is provided below to help international students.
| The Fuqua School of Business | Johnson Graduate School of Management | |
|---|---|---|
| CtVgo0 | # 11 Financial Times 2025 # 9 Financial Times 2021 # 16 Financial Times 2020 | # 13 Financial Times 2025 # 15 Financial Times 2021 # 23 Financial Times 2020 |
| Programs | +BcTMq -3 uAFC26 -1 | +BcTMq -8 |
| Cost to Study | 4fro2k + zNMGDV - 15178 j5deyA | 78XRnV 122460 [xcXOsd] 4fro2k + zNMGDV - 15246 j5deyA |
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| ranking | # 13 sQv06Y Business by US News 2025 # 15 sQv06Y Business by Times Higher Education 2025 # 50 sQv06Y Business by QS World University 2025 | # 18 sQv06Y Business by Times Higher Education 2025 # 37 sQv06Y Business by QS World University 2025 |
| application | - | #1535 bJZm1W # 282 hPqZrl # 18 7Aoied |
| sjq1dk | Duolingo - 125/160IELTS - 7/9TOEFL - 90/120 | Duolingo - 120/160IELTS - 7/9TOEFL - 100/120 |
| cost to study | Mr9Uej | Mr9Uej119994 |
| documents required | F4a/y1 | F4a/y1 |
| application dates | Sep 4, 2026 (Early Action Application Deadline for 2027 Intake) Sep 30, 2026 (Round 1 Application Deadline for 2027 Intake) Jan 8, 2027 (Round 2 Application Deadline for 2027 Intake) | Apr 7, 2026 (Application Dedaline for Round 3 2026 Intake) Sep 17, 2026 (Application Dedaline for Round 1 2026 Intake) Jan 8, 2027 (Application Dedaline for Round 2 2027 Intake) |
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Although Cornell University (parent institute of Johnson Graduate School of Management) is part of Ivy League, MBA program from Duke Faqua has a bigger brand value. Both of their student communities consist of approx 40% of international students but has Faqua School of Business has a much better reputation amongst study abroad aspirants.
One of the reasons of this is higher ranking of Duke Faqua than Johnson Graduate School of Management. Other reason is placement opportunities. Duke Faqua welcomes more companies for recruitment of its MBA graduates than Cornell Johnson. Approx. 95% of its graduates get employment within 3 months whereas only 93% of Cornell’s MBA graduates get employment within this time period.
Duke Faqua and Cornell Johnson are located in North Calorina and New York respectively. NY has comparatively colder weather than NC especially from December to March. So living conditions for international students are much more favourable for international students enrolled in Duke Faqua.
Hence, considering all the above factors it could be concluded that Duke Faqua is better business school of USA than Cornell Johnson for MBA.
