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The ³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Denver's Daniels College of Business.

There's a three-way tie for No. 1 on the best-MBA-programs list:Ìý,Ìý, and ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Pennsylvania-Wharton. In the mountain West,ÌýÌýand Brigham Young ³Ô¹ÏÍø 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,ÌýÌýin Fort Collins ranks No. 31, while CU-Leeds comes in at No. 39, DU-Daniels at No. 77, theÌýÌýat No. 101, and the ³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 ³Ô¹ÏÍø-Global Campus ranks No. 82, and UCCS takes No. 82.

Colorado Christian ³Ô¹ÏÍø 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:Ìýmharden@bizjournals.com. Phone: 303-803-9227.