Georgia Tech College of Management is ranked 29^th (11^th among public universities) in U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings of the nation’s top full-time MBA programs.

The magazine, which will publish the 2009 rankings in a special edition guidebook titled “America’s Best Graduate Schools” on April 7, surveyed all 425 master’s programs in business accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

This year, Georgia Tech rose in two specialty categories: 13^th in Production/Operations (up from 14th last year) and 16th in Supply Chain/Logistics (up from 19th last year)

Last year, Georgia Tech was ranked 25^th overall, having risen from 34^th the previous year.

The only other Georgia schools on the magazine’s current top 50 full-time MBA list are Emory University (24^th, down from 18^th last year), and the University of Georgia (49^th, down from 46^th).