2011 BusinessWeek Ranking of The World’s Best B-Schools for Open Enrollment Executive Education
| Rank & School | 2009 Rank | Difference |
| 1. Harvard Business School | 1 | — |
| 2. IESE Business School | 9 | +7 |
| 3. INSEAD | 2 | -1 |
| 4. Columbia Business School | 12 | +8 |
| 5. ESADE | 11 | +6 |
| 6. Center for Creative Leadership | 5 | -1 |
| 7. Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 7 | — |
| 8. Stanford University | 3 | -5 |
| 9. Duke University (Fuqua) | 18 | +9 |
| 10. IE Business School | 14 | +4 |
| 11. IMD | 4 | -7 |
| 12. Northwestern (Kellogg) | 13 | +1 |
| 13. Chicago (Booth) | 15 | +2 |
| 14. London Business School | 6 | -8 |
| 15. Michigan (Ross) | 8 | -7 |
| 16. Ashridge Business School | 8 | -8 |
| 17. Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | NR | +4* |
| 18. Notre Dame (Mendoza) | NR | +3* |
| 19. MIT (Sloan) | 10 | -9 |
| 20. Thunderbird | 20 | — |
Source: BusinessWeek An asterisk indicates a minimum rise in places because the school had been unranked in 2009 when BW last ranked executive education programs.
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