Haas students and alumni again gave their school the highest average score, a 4.68 on a 5.0. Noticeably, this is .15 of a point less than the 2015 survey, which included students and alumni who were not part of the 2017 survey. That said, Stanford tied Haas for top honors, despite losing .07 of a point in satisfaction over the past two years. Overall , 24 of 27 schools cited by P&Q saw its collective score for culture and classmates decline over the past two years. IE Business endured the worst of it, falling from 4.69 to 4.25 since 2015, with Indiana, Yale, Cornell, Columbia, and North Carolina also tumbling by a statistically significant .20 of a point or more. By the same token, HEC Paris has gained traction with its students and alumni, as its score rose by .30 of a point to 4.52.