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 TimesOthersSample Size27 lists since 198713 lists since 198815 rankingsInsufficientMethodology•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 ratioN/AAnalysisLess variance and thus greater reliabilityStudent polls can be easily gamedMany facets measured uncorrelated to rankingsEconomist and Forbes excludedOverallFinanceAccountingMarketingManagementEntrepreneurshipInformation SystemsInternational BusinessSupply Chain/
LogisticsProduction/
OperationsNon-ProfitStanford GSB155322109752Harvard HBS21115414784Wharton31224682104Booth4248111714MIT Sloan56261612311311Kellogg69201511211265Berkeley Haas77151085147173Columbia GSB84127922596Tuck921156Darden107NYU Stern113891516769Michigan Ross1197637134936Yale132613231Duke Fuqua13155911176UCLA Anderson158201217171513Cornell Johnson162118141715McCombs171111885151515UNC Kenan-Flager182110152217Washington Olin192613Tepper2017262Goizueta21Indiana Kelley2110182091111USC 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
2014201320122014201420132012PQIndexFTEconomistBWForbesLondon Business School11001344INSEAD299.72552IMD398.44691IE Business School497.251125IESE Business School595.732814Oxford (Said)990.0113176Cambridge (Judge)692.772268HEC-Paris891.4911220ESADE1089.11071918SDA Bocconi792.01414143HKUST1188.46281811Cranfield School of gmt1285.822231310CEIBS1383.98391717National University Singapore1482.01545229York (Schulich)1478.331162421Warwick Business School1674.11212NR7Manchester Business School1767.020NR2613City University (Cass)1866.822231310Rotterdam Business School1963.5182725NRLancaster School of Mgmt2059.33838NR12Mannheim Business School2157.0301316NRPQIndexFTEconomistBWForbesLondon Business School11001143INSEAD298.222210IMD396.79814IE Business School593.935520IESE Business School495.783141Oxford (Said)791.1511622Cambridge (Judge)1269.6NR7813HEC-Paris890.6159202ESADE692.2610186SDA Bocconi1087.11622319HKUST987.31841126Cranfield School of gmt1564.3NR211018CEIBS1861.3NR61738National University Singapore2158.5NR20943York (Schulich)1184.61328218Warwick Business School1365.3NR14724Manchester Business School1464.8191513NRCity University (Cass)1662.5NR231617Rotterdam Business School1761.51718NR25Lancaster School of Mgmt2252.9NR371245Mannheim Business School1960.11236NR16PQLondon Business School1INSEAD2IMD5IE Business School4IESE Business School3Oxford (Said)8Cambridge (Judge)12HEC-Paris6ESADE7SDA Bocconi10HKUST17Cranfield School of gmt15CEIBS18National University Singapore22York (Schulich)9Warwick Business School16Manchester Business School13City University (Cass)14Rotterdam Business School19Lancaster School of Mgmt20Mannheim Business School23Source: Poets and Quants, Toga Analysis* Mobile User : Scroll/swipe left & right to view entire table
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