Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te Kura Kaupapa Pakihi o te Whare Wānanga o Stanford kua eke ki runga ake i te hoa whakataetae o Harvard i roto i te pakanga kia whakaingoatia hei kura pakihi nui rawa atu i te US mo nga paetahi. Ko nga umanga taumaha e rua me te Wharton School i te Whare Waananga o Pennsylvania i tohatoha i te waahi tuatahi i te rarangi o te tau kua hipa i whakaritea e U.S. News & World Report. I tēnei wā, ko te whakarōpūtanga o ngā Kura Tuarua Pai rawa o te tau 2016 i whakarewahia i te Rātū, kua whakanohoia a Stanford ki runga ake i a ia anō, ka whai mai a Harvard, kātahi ko Wharton. Ka whai wāhi ngā ākonga paetahi o Te Whare Wānanga o Stanford ki te 'Wacky Walk' i mua i te tīmatanga o te hākari whakawātea: Kua patua e Te Kura Tuarua o te Pakihi o Stanford te whakataetae o Harvard, ā, kua tapaina ko te kura pakihi pai rawa atu i te U.S. mō ngā paetahi. I kii te Kaiwhakahaere Rautaki Raraunga a Robert Morse ki a DailyMail ko nga kaute mo nga kura e toru o runga he tino rite tonu engari he pai ake te kaute a Stamford i roto i nga waahanga maha tae atu ki nga GPA o te kura tuatahi, nga kaute whakauru me te maha o nga paetahi o te tau 2014 i mahi i roto i nga marama e toru. I raro ake i te ripanga o ngā whare e tuku ana i ngā hōtaka MBA he nekehanga nui. Ko te Kura Pakihi o Mays i Texas A&M University i piki ake i te 10 nga waahi ki te No. 27, kei reira e taurite ana me etahi atu kura e rua. Ko te kura pakihi o Wake Forest University, i taurite i te No. 58 i te raarangi o te tau kua hipa, i peke ki te taatai mo te No. 45. I roto i ngā hōtaka MBA wā-wā, ko te Whare Wānanga o California-Berkeley's Haas School of Business i mau anō i te wāhi Nama 1, i whai ake i te Booth School of Business i te Whare Wānanga o Chicago i te wāhi tuarua me te Kellogg School of Management i Northwestern University i te tuatoru. Mo te U.S. News Best Business Schools rankings, i tirotirohia nga kaupapa rangatira 464 katoa i roto i te umanga i whakamanahia e te Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International i te ngahuru o te tau 2014 me te timatanga o te tau 2015. E 385 katoa nga whakautu. Ko nga akonga o te Kura Pakihi o Harvard e whakanui ana i a raatau huihuinga tohu i Boston, Massachusetts: Kua whiua te kaupapa MBA o te kura ki te tuarua...
Kua hinga te Kura Kaupapa Pakihi o te Whare Wānanga o Stanford i tana hoa whakataetae a Harvard i roto i te pakanga kia whakaingoatia hei kura pakihi nui rawa atu i te US. I te tau kua hipa ko nga whare rongonui e rua i roto i te toru-ara mo te mutu tuatahi ki te Wharton School i te Whare Wānanga o Pennsylvania. I aromatawaitia ngā hōtaka MBA e ai ki ngā take tae atu ki te aromatawai kaituku, te angitu o te whakanoho me te utu tīmatanga me te bonus. He iti ake te tokomaha o nga Amerikana e haere ana ki te kura paetahi, me te rerenga tuatahi o te rerenga tuatahi e tata ana ki te kotahi ōrau i waenganui i te ngahuru 2012 me te 2013.