Most MBA programs have some kind of club for married MBAs. At Columbia, the school's Joint Venture organization runs the school's programs for spouses and significant others. And Notre Dame's student-run Family Life Committee aims to include spouses in campus activities as much as possible. Some B-schools also offer clubs for gay and bisexual students. Open for Business, a club at Michigan, works to encourage prospective MBAs to consider the school because of its accepting atmosphere.
Few rankings consider how active the school is in fostering relationships during B-school.
That puts the onus on prospective MBAs to pump current students for information if they want the skinny. That's what one Venezuelan married couple living in Mexico City did. We didn't know where to apply. After talking with MBA couples from different schools, the duo, both 25 years old, decided to apply to the University of California at Los Angeles' Graduate School of Management, as well as UC-Berkeley's Haas School of Business. They also submitted applications at New York University's Stern School of Business and the Darden School at the University of Virginia.