Academic honors in Harvard Business School

Academic honors in Harvard Business School

The top academic honor at HBS is the Baker Scholar designation (High Distinction), given that the top 5% of the graduating MBA class. In a typical year a Baker Scholar will have achieved "1s" in approximately 70-75% of their credits. Students receiving honors (top 20%), both in their first and second years are awarded the MBA degree with Distinction.

The student who receives the highest ratings in each year of the scholarship program is awarded Henry Ford II and is known as the Ford Scholar. Normally, the student who attains this honor achieves the highest grade available in each of the eleven MBA classes during the first year of the program. Other academic distinctions include the Thomas M. and Edna E. Award Wolfe, given to recognize academic excellence (generally to the student with the highest grade in the class) and the Loeb prize given for the most outstanding performance in finance.

Until 2005, HBS also awarded the Siebel Scholarship to each of the top five students in the first year of the program. However, for reasons that were announced this was recently withdrawn.