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The University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business ranks No. 80 on U.S. News' overall roster of the nation's best graduate business programs.

CU/Leeds is the highest-ranked Colorado program on the list, released Monday, and the only one in the top 100.

Also listed among the best business programs, with its rank not published, is the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business.

There's a three-way tie for No. 1 on the best-MBA-programs list: , , and University of Pennsylvania-Wharton. In the mountain West,  and Brigham Young University rank highest, tied at No. 27.

U.S. News surveyed 453 accredited U.S. master's programs in business. Schools were ranked by a formula that includes peer and recruiter assessment, mean starting salary and employment rates for graduates, test scores and GPA and acceptance rate.

On a separate ranking of the best part-time MBA programs for working people,  in Fort Collins ranks No. 31, while CU-Leeds comes in at No. 39, DU-Daniels at No. 77, the  at No. 101, and the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS) at No. 154.

On a separate ranking of the best online programs, DU-Daniels comes in at No. 36, Colorado State University-Global Campus ranks No. 82, and UCCS takes No. 82.

Colorado Christian University in Lakewood and CU Denver are on the "rank not published" list for online MBA programs.

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Mark Harden directs print and digital news content for the Denver Business Journal, contributes to the "17th & Lincoln" blog and compiles the daily "Afternoon Edition" email. Email: mharden@bizjournals.com. Phone: 303-803-9227.