2011 U.S. News Ranking of the Best B-Schools62 CommentsUSNewsshotAnalysis of the latest rankings in which Stanford edges out Harvard for first placeWho’s the B-School King of Finance by John A. Byrne2011 U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT RANKING FOR B-SCHOOL FINANCE DEPARTMENTSSchool & 2011 Rank 2010 U.S. News Rank Difference1. Pennsylvania (Wharton) Philadelphia, PA 1 —–2. Chicago (Booth) Chicago, IL 2 —–3. New York University (Stern) New York, NY 3 —–4. Stanford Graduate School of Business Palo Alto, CA 5 +15. Columbia Business School New York, NY 4 -16. MIT (Sloan) Cambridge, MA 6 —–7. California-Berkeley (Haas) Berkeley, CA 7 —–8. California-Los Angeles (Anderson) Los Angeles, CA 7 -19. Harvard Business School Boston, MA 7 -210. Northwestern (Kellogg) Evanston, IL 7 -3