FT MBA Salary Ranking: Chinese Schools Dominate % Salary Increase but Can't BEAT United States with Weighted Salary

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.


 
When you look at the percentage increase in Salary, schools from China, India, Brazil and Spain takes the top spots. CEIBS and HKSUT seem to offer the best combination of Weighted Salary and percentage Increase in Salary, followed by ISB and IESE taking the 6th and 8th places respectively.  When you consider just the % Increase in Salary, Peking University: Guanghua takes the top place.  The top 5 spots are taken by Chinese Business Schools, followed by schools from India, Singapore, Spain and Brazil.