MBA Rankings

U.S. News is considered by deans of top tier MBA programs as the most valid MBA ranking due to its greater objectivity and reliability over time

U.S NewsBusiness WeekFinancial TimesOthers
Sample Size27 lists since 198713 lists since 198815 rankingsInsufficient
Methodology•Average GMAT
•Average GPA
•Average Starting Salary
•Survey of Recruiters and MBA Deans
•45%: Student Poll
•45%: Recruiters Survey
•10%: Compilation of Articles Written by Professors
•Measures facets empirically irrelevant
•Favor more international schools
•Favor schools with high female ratio
N/A
AnalysisLess variance and thus greater reliabilityStudent polls can be easily gamedMany facets measured uncorrelated to rankingsEconomist and Forbes excluded
OverallFinanceAccountingMarketingManagementEntrepreneurshipInformation SystemsInternational BusinessSupply Chain/
Logistics
Production/
Operations
Non-Profit
Stanford GSB155322109752
Harvard HBS21115414784
Wharton31224682104
Booth4248111714
MIT Sloan56261612311311
Kellogg69201511211265
Berkeley Haas77151085147173
Columbia GSB84127922596
Tuck921156
Darden107
NYU Stern113891516769
Michigan Ross1197637134936
Yale132613231
Duke Fuqua13155911176
UCLA Anderson158201217171513
Cornell Johnson162118141715
McCombs171111885151515
UNC Kenan-Flager182110152217
Washington Olin192613
Tepper2017262
Goizueta21
Indiana Kelley2110182091111
USC Marshall259211010

MBA Graduates Averages Salary Increase (in USD) for First Post-MBA Job for Every Ranking Position Improvement

$908.03

US News

$605.27

Business week

$377.58

Financial times

Source: Dawn Iacobbuci – Senior Associate Dean of Vanderbilt Owen School of Management

A composite index constructed from available MBA rankings for non-US MBA programs and their last 3 years’ fluctuation are used to rank them

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PQIndexFTEconomistBWForbes
London Business School11001344
INSEAD299.72552
IMD398.44691
IE Business School497.251125
IESE Business School595.732814
Oxford (Said)990.0113176
Cambridge (Judge)692.772268
HEC-Paris891.4911220
ESADE1089.11071918
SDA Bocconi792.01414143
HKUST1188.46281811
Cranfield School of gmt1285.822231310
CEIBS1383.98391717
National University Singapore1482.01545229
York (Schulich)1478.331162421
Warwick Business School1674.11212NR7
Manchester Business School1767.020NR2613
City University (Cass)1866.822231310
Rotterdam Business School1963.5182725NR
Lancaster School of Mgmt2059.33838NR12
Mannheim Business School2157.0301316NR
PQIndexFTEconomistBWForbes
London Business School11001143
INSEAD298.222210
IMD396.79814
IE Business School593.935520
IESE Business School495.783141
Oxford (Said)791.1511622
Cambridge (Judge)1269.6NR7813
HEC-Paris890.6159202
ESADE692.2610186
SDA Bocconi1087.11622319
HKUST987.31841126
Cranfield School of gmt1564.3NR211018
CEIBS1861.3NR61738
National University Singapore2158.5NR20943
York (Schulich)1184.61328218
Warwick Business School1365.3NR14724
Manchester Business School1464.8191513NR
City University (Cass)1662.5NR231617
Rotterdam Business School1761.51718NR25
Lancaster School of Mgmt2252.9NR371245
Mannheim Business School1960.11236NR16
PQ
London Business School1
INSEAD2
IMD5
IE Business School4
IESE Business School3
Oxford (Said)8
Cambridge (Judge)12
HEC-Paris6
ESADE7
SDA Bocconi10
HKUST17
Cranfield School of gmt15
CEIBS18
National University Singapore22
York (Schulich)9
Warwick Business School16
Manchester Business School13
City University (Cass)14
Rotterdam Business School19
Lancaster School of Mgmt20
Mannheim Business School23
Source: Poets and Quants, Toga Analysis
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