Business School Ranking

FT Global MBA Ranking gives MBA Aspirants the guideline for selecting some of the best business schools in the world. One factor that applicants weigh in before favouring one Business School over the other is the Post-MBA Salary.  Financial Times MBA Ranking uses Weighted Salary – a metric that measures the average Alumnus Salary, 3 Years after graduation, converted to US$ equivalent after calculating adjustments for variations between sectors.

Stanford MBA Alumni beats Harvard MBA in terms of Weighted Salary Ranking. One big entrant in the top five list is the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, which has a weighted Salary of $171188. Although it has been a forgettable year for IIMA in overall ranking, the school dropping 10 places from 16th to 26th, it has maintained its position in the top 5 list for Weighted Salary.

Apart from IIMA, London Business School, Insead, IMD and IESE, the rest of the top 20 ranking has been dominated by US schools, perhaps showing why US still remains one of the most sought after MBA destinations...

Financial Times Global Business School Rankings for the year 2013 has been announced. Harvard has finally taken over the reins from Stanford Graduate School of Business and Wharton.  There has been a slight shift in the ranking. In 2012, Stanford took the spot from London Business School, while in 2013, Harvard has displaced London Business School to 4th rank.

As with the theme of 2012, in 2013, Asian Business Schools have dominated the top 100 Global MBA Rankings. CUHK Business School, which was not featured in the top 100 ranking in 2012, has taken 27th place, making it one of the many Business Schools from China to have taken the top 100 spots. Other Chinese Schools to have been featured in the top 100 list include:

Business School Name                           Current Rank     Three Year Average Rank
Hong Kong UST Business School                       ...

Kellogg’s performance over the last year have fluctuated both ways – a large improvement in one ranking, and lower declines in the other three. BusinessWeek and US News both registered a 1-place slide, from 5 to 4 and 4 to 3 respectively. The Economist saw a two places slide from 18 to 20. However, Financial Times was the only publication that showed marked improvement in ranking from 21 to 16, for Kellogg. Overall, Kellogg has maintained a good position among the best Business Schools. Only time will tell whether the minor slides are just hiccups and not the start of a trend.



Average Rank: 11.25

Note: All the below data includes 2-year, 1-Year, MMM and JD-MBA taken together

Kellogg MBA Class Profile – Nationality



Kellogg MBA Salary - 2012

Overall annual median salary:  $117,800

Kellogg MBA Jobs 2012 - By Sector

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For Ross MBA, the rankings have fluctuated across publications. Both Economist and FT have ranked Ross in the 20s and Businessweek at 8. With FT ranking, Ross has fallen from 24 to 29. The Economist saw the school’s ranking rise from 30 in 2011 to 24 this year. Similarly, US News saw a marginal rise in the ranking from 14 to 13. Businessweek though, saw a drop of one place from 7 in 2011 to 8 in 2012. These extreme fluctuations make it difficult to assess Ross’ standings as a whole. Similarly, it is impossible to predict if Ross is on an upswing, or a downswing.



Average Rank: 24.67

Ross MBA Class Profile – Nationality



Ross MBA Class Profile - Undergraduate Degree




Ross MBA Employment Profile

Ross MBA Salary - 2012
Salary range :  $30,000 - -$145,000

Ross MBA Jobs...

Except for Businessweek, all the other reputed MBA rankings have ranked Columbia Business School in the top 10 over the past 2 years. Businessweek in fact had ranked Columbia at 9th place last year, but 2012 saw the school slide down to 14. Financial Times and the Economist both gave identical ranks during 2012 and 2011 – 5 and 7 respectively.  US News saw the rise of ranking from 9 to 8 over the last one year. These results show that the Columbia MBA is on the upswing and we need to wait for next year to see if this New York based Business School can maintain the momentum.




Average Rank: 8

Columbia MBA Class Profile – Nationality




Columbia MBA Class Profile - Pre-MBA Experience


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The INSEAD MBA with its diverse class profile, international faculty and three campuses is ranked among the top Business Schools in the world. Although all the top Business School ranking publications have rated INSEAD highly, it seems to be dropping a notch over the past year. The Economist ranks it a surprisingly low 19, the same over the past two years. The Businessweek Non-US MBA rankings see it slip from No. 1 to the No. 2 spot behind London Business School over the last year. The Financial Times’ Global MBA Rankings see INSEAD move from #5 to #4 and then back down to #6 over the last three years.




















INSEAD MBA Average Rank: 9

INSEAD MBA Class Profile - Nationality




INSEAD MBA Class Profile - Pre-MBA Experience

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The Financial Times European MBA Ranking for 2012 has been released.  IE Business School has taken the top spot, followed by HEC Paris and London Business School. The FT ranking is different from other rankings as it also provides MBA aspirants with the three Year Average ranks, which is an important metric to measure consistency. If you consider the three-year average rank, HEC Paris is ranked number one, followed by a tie between London Business School and Insead, with the third position taken by IE Business School.

Methodology: Financial Times European MBA ranking is based on evaluating four FT rankings: Full-time MBA, Executive MBA, Masters in Management and Non-Degree Executive Education Programs.  Equal weightage is given to each of the four rankings.

Do keep in mind that if a Business School does not participate in any of the four rankings, the scores will be deducted accordingly. If you want to evaluate the Full-time MBA program, consider only the Full-time MBA ranking in Column-5.  For the Full-time MBA programs, London Business School takes the top spot, followed by Insead and IE Business School.

To see the summary of the Financial Times top 20 MBA programs, see the table below. For details,...

According to the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking, SDA Bocconi has earned a 3-Year average rank of 36, becoming the only Business School from Italy to be featured in the top 40 Global MBA programs.

To prove the international appeal of the program, Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s ranking for the Best International Business School 2012-13 featured SDA Bocconi at 16th place in the world.

The international Business School ranking was based on Student Survey Rank, Employer Survey Rank, Intellectual Capital Rank, Teaching Quality, Career Services, Leadership Skills, Caliber of Classmates and Critical Thinking.

Reflecting on SDA Bocconi’s ranking, Alberto Grando, Dean of SDA Bocconi said “It is a great achievement that rewards the efforts we put into our program and our School. We hope that the innovations that we are introducing will allow our students to succeed in the always competitive global marketplace.”

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BusinessWeek Part Time MBA rankings for 2012 have been announced. Elon’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business has continued to retain the top spot. UCLA Anderson School of Management took the second place while Tepper School of Business retained the third place.  An interesting trend seen this year is that all the top 10 positions remained unchanged from the previous year.

The costliest program from the top 10 Part Time MBA programs is the one offered by Ross School of Business at a range of $95,000-$105,000 and the most affordable one is provided by College of Business at University of Nevada, Reno at $21000. If you compare the GMAT requirement for the top 10 schools, Reno has the lowest GMAT requirement with the class average at 550 while the highest average is tied between Anderson School of Management and Haas School of Business at 690. Most Part Time MBA programs offer Financial Aid to the class covering 10 to 40% of the participants.

Evaluate the Summary of the Top 10 Part Time MBA Rankings below or you can visit BW for details

The Business Week Full-time MBA rankings are finally out. The rankings are based on a comprehensive evaluation of 236 FT MBA programs. The top 10 in 2012 looks very similar to that of 2011.  There are just two new entrants, Cornell and Darden MBA. While Darden was already on the verge of the top ten lists last year (was ranked #11), Johnson has been the biggest mover, jumping six places to #7.

Columbia and Haas MBA were knocked out of the top ten ranking this year. They are now ranked at 13th and 14th position respectively. While the Stanford Full-time MBA program has moved up to 4th. The top three (Booth, Harvard and Wharton) have held their positions for the third consecutive year. Among the three, Harvard has the highest average salary of $138,164 for the Financial Services Sector, an average that grew to $200,000, 10 to 20 years after graduating.

Evaluate the Summary of the Top 10 Full-time MBA Rankings below or you can visit BW for details.

After working for a decade in management roles, executives often have to decide whether to update their knowledge in management. Although the desire to pursue management education is high, executives are unwilling to give up their jobs. The reasons for this may range from family commitments to the desire to continue in a job that they love.

Thankfully, executives looking to add an edge to their careers have a wide range of world-class management programs available. The Best EMBA programs incorporate global learning experiences with cross-continental courses, and flexible classroom schedule. To enter the top ranked Executive MBA courses candidates should have 10+ years of excellent career progression, with a decent GMAT score. Many top schools waiver GMAT score if the profile is strong.

10 Best EMBA programs

1) TRIUM Executive MBA

The Trium Executive MBA program is taught over three world-class colleges: HEC - Paris, LSE – London and NYU Stern – New York. The course is divided into six on-site modules over 17 months and has an executive-friendly format that only requires a total of...

The Economist ranking 2012-13 for Full-time MBA Program has been released.  The return of Chicago Booth as the best Full-time MBA program has been the biggest surprise. Booth MBA is known for its Quant focus but to top the Economist Full-time MBA program, you need more than one strong point. The Four Business School ranking evaluation factors include: open new career opportunities (35%); personal development/educational experience (35%); increasing salary (20%); and the potential to network (10%).

The split up of each evaluation factors are as follows:

Open New Career Opportunities (35%)

a) Diversity of Recruiters (25%)
b) Assessment of Career Services (25%)
c) Jobs Found through Career Service (25%)
d) Student Assessment (25%)

Personal Development/Educational Experience (35%)

a) Faculty Quality

Ratio of Faculty to Students – 5%
Percentage of Faculty with PHD – 10%
Faculty Rating by Students – 10%

b) Student Quality

Average GMAT Score – 18.75%
Average Length of Work Experience – 6.25%

c) Student Diversity...

In the past couple of weeks we’ve been following Business Week’s admissions forum heated debate on the fall of Wharton’s MBA rating from 3rd place in 2009 to 5th place in 2010. We believe that the reason for the decrease can be explained by their mediocre recruiting statistics. Only 65.8% of Wharton students were employed by graduation in 2009. This is not a very encouraging number. However, does this mean that Wharton has become a worse choice for you? Not necessarily. While it was a rough year for finance oriented business schools, we believe that recruiting numbers will come back as the economy improves. The volatility of ratings is not a new phenomenon and quick changes over short periods of time have happened before. For example, Stanford GSB was ranked 7th by FT in 2004, 3rd in 2006, 6th in 2009 and 4th in 2010. Does this mean that the quality of a Stanford education or the opportunities it offers students changed over these years?

We at ZoomInterviews don’t think so.

However, doubts expressed by many applicants about the quality of Wharton programs deserve a separate discussion about the place of rankings in the admission process.

According to the...