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Rank 2018
Rank 2017
Rank 2016
3-year rank
Business School
Country
Full time MBA 2018
MBA sal ($)[1]
MBA sal inc (%)[2]
Executive MBA 2018[3]
EMBA Sal ($)[3]
EMBA sal inc (%)[3]
Masters in Management 2018
MiM Sal ($)
MiM sal inc (%)
Open ExecEd '18
Custom ExecEd '18
Female faculty (%)[4]
International faculty (%)[4]
Faculty with doctorate (%)[4]
1 10 1 1 London Business SchoolFeatured business school UK 2 167,89713,330 10917 9 (3) (9) 243,250 (307,840) (253,454) 68 (76) (72) 3 89,8014,539 63 6 3 24 82 991
2 20 2 2 HEC ParisFeatured business school France 6 135,8583,785 1056 4 (1) 322,043 (342,970) 68 (60) 2 96,2492,896 72 7 4 20 70 1000
3 50 3 4 InseadFeatured business school France / Singapore / UAE 1 177,1579,500 10510 8 (2) 279,102 (365,736) 45 (54) - - - 4 5 18 96 962
4 40 5 4 University of St Gallen Switzerland 15 115,8793,982 642 26 174584 49 1 108,6215,828 54 14 18 16 75 1000
5 70 8 7 Iese Business SchoolFeatured business school Spain / US 3 148,480884 1267 5 270281 67 - - - 3 1 29 83 1000
6 6 6 6 Università BocconiFeatured business school Italy 9 120,151 117 42 166218 42 6 77,452 61 14 6 39 34 98
7 100 9 9 IMD Business School Switzerland 7 156,9082,397 792 13 273654 50 - - - 1 2 17 98 1000
8 230 18 16 Essec Business School France 28 102,201 48 23 161349 49 4 93,4614,394 63 10 7 34 56 990
9 90 10 9 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus UniversityFeatured business school Netherlands 11 121,538913 8810 29 (21) 130,646 (204,309) 52 (60) 8 78,922326 45 28 31 24 55 1000
10 120 11 11 University of Oxford: SaïdFeatured business school UK 8 145,5376,302 9912 11 254160 63 - - - 2 11 22 65 1000
11 130 12 12 ESCP EuropeFeatured business school FR / GB / DE / ES / IT / PL - - - 6 238908 65 5 80,3462,131 49 17 8 38 78 991
12 150 22 16 Warwick Business SchoolFeatured business school UK 12 110,2642,438 773 12 170236 87 18 57,9902,980 85 - 20 34 77 1000
13 110 13 12 University of Cambridge: Judge UK 4 162,1432,319 1007 14 228190 72 - - - 13 19 19 71 982
14 140 14 14 Edhec Business School France 21 107,5055,997 792 40 117763 46 16 68,866158 44 17 12 40 53 922
15 80 6 10 Esade Business SchoolFeatured business school Spain 5 143,5422,585 1193 - - - 10 81,6156,746 65 9 13 36 40 931
16 150 26 19 City University: CassFeatured business school UK 13 121,9645,146 805 17 188723 78 27 64,2096,992 73 - 28 24 81 951
17 300 30 26 Cranfield School of ManagementFeatured business school UK 16 121,5802,193 725 33 135586 63 44 55,4081,233 53 16 14 33 45 923
18 150 19 17 Mannheim Business SchoolFeatured business school Germany 16 118,2604,431 685 (23)** (25) 161,349 (197,454) 49 (42) 13 89,4254,053 49 - 16 35 28 850
19 200 16 18 Imperial College Business SchoolFeatured business school UK 14 118,3245,459 684 19 162056 66 14 67,4771,201 49 - 34 28 95 1000
20 30 4 9 IE Business SchoolFeatured business school Spain - -was 168,923 -was 108 7 271488 60 9 79,78411,405 69 11 - 40 65 980
21 220 20 21 EMLyon Business School France / Morocco / China 30 92,5172,175 595 32 133680 39 33 65,2701,789 37 32 22 33 52 972
22 190 15 19 Vlerick Business School Belgium 34 87,65910,301 648 41 135455 61 34 67,0414,408 47 20 23 29 34 950
23 240 29 25 University College Dublin: Smurfit Ireland 26 102,64310,451 638 35 138219 53 7 68,400505 45 24 - 35 50 1000
24 180 21 21 ESMT BerlinFeatured business school Germany 24 106,5811,779 5711 20 185011 48 - - - 5 9 22 78 1000
25 270 28 27 Stockholm School of Economics Sweden / Russia / Latvia - - - 35 129540 49 11 75,7929,938 49 11 17 25 35 990
26 210 17 21 Grenoble Ecole de Management France / Russia / Georgia 33 87,27414,322 760 30 135114 87 36 60,200824 45 33 34 43 46 911
27 370 32 32 WHU – Otto Beisheim School of ManagementFeatured business school Germany 26 112,794 54 15 217801 58 15 101,3044,868 47 29 - 23 30 1000
28 260 23 26 Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics Portugal 22 113,4704,972 7513 54 122248 47 24 53,2956,703 55 25 21 36 43 950
29 280 27 28 Eada Business School BarcelonaFeatured business school Spain 36 92,0253,789 782 56 94628 54 29 62,6812,884 62 23 27 28 56 781
30 250 23 26 Nova School of Business and Economics Portugal 22 113,4704,972 7513 54 122248 47 24 56,427360 60 27 30 35 30 1000
31 290 23 28 Tias Business School, Tilburg University Netherlands 35 88,6231,987 5112 44 133769 45 41 56,2661,795 45 30 33 28 47 891
32 310 37 33 Henley Business School UK - - - 28 153158 56 63 47,4746,978 70 8 25 49 54 870
33 510 35 40 Copenhagen Business SchoolFeatured business school Denmark 31 91,8071,133 448 27 185337 57 31 70,3441,379 47 - - 31 39 959
34 320 31 32 Aalto University Finland - - - 46 146346 33 38 61,491128 48 22 23 32 27 970
35 400 33 36 Kedge Business School France / China - - - 18 197480 92 38 56,8352,479 39 36 43 31 52 960
36 350 55 42 Frankfurt School of Finance and Management Germany - - - 46 147515 41 22 93,0604,837 33 35 39 18 26 982
37 330 35 35 BI Norwegian Business School Norway - - - 50* (16) 142,596 (224,006) 37 (102) 74 64,9781,360 34 36 32 30 28 805
38 390 39 39 Alliance Manchester Business SchoolFeatured business school UK 10 125,2435,292 9810 - - - 62 53,98810,233 53 - 14 36 45 911
39 340 34 36 University of Strathclyde Business SchoolFeatured business school UK 29 91,8146,291 869 34 168153 76 68 52,3412,614 58 - - 35 97 792
39 350 38 37 NHH Norwegian School of Economics Norway - - - 48 133536 48 60 67,173371 39 21 42 26 33 972
41 440 43 43 WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Austria - - - 22 166841 47 12 67,6953,310 40 - - 39 30 960
42 410 42 42 Politecnico di Milano School of ManagementFeatured business school Italy 38 74,3601,562 5815 53 120907 52 82 45,8693,135 52 38 40 37 10 792
43 640 45 51 Kozminski UniversityFeatured business school Poland - - - 38 184613 55 17 74,576 67 - - 38 17 861
44 420 45 44 HEC Lausanne Switzerland - - - 39 144057 40 22 71,0383,672 58 - - 25 82 1000
45 460 50 47 Neoma Business School France - - - 37 131602 51 34 58,300206 42 - - 45 64 989
46 600 60 55 Audencia Business School France - - - - - - 32 68,9571,093 51 40 25 48 48 861
47 470 49 48 Durham University Business SchoolFeatured business school UK 18 104,30615 11843 - - - 56 55,3901,084 58 - - 34 65 970
48 450 48 47 Lancaster University Management School UK 19 104,10610,114 956 - - - 50 46,5782,430 60 - - 33 59 950
49 420 44 45 Antwerp Management School Belgium - - - 43 161016 34 37 61,524360 44 - - 32 37 980
50 480 50 49 University of Edinburgh Business School UK 20 113,42010,616 7912 - - - 54 59,4906,746 55 - - 41 63 951
51 380 41 43 Nyenrode Business Universiteit Netherlands - -was 76,100 -was 58 - - - 52 66,9061,564 53 26 41 25 15 950
52 570 64 58 St Petersburg University GSOM Russia - - - 52 128676 44 20 59,0851,150 69 - - 53 4 944
53 480 40 47 HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management Germany 37 86,492176 621 - - - 27 94,8264,221 45 - - 12 16 964
54 500 52 52 Ashridge Executive Education at Hult UK - - - - - - - - - 19 10 38 55 620
55 510 47 51 Toulouse Business School France / Spain / Morocco - - - 49 115493 46 40 58,72089 38 - - 47 48 933
56 530 63 57 Rennes School of Business France - - - 44 104400 22 44 56,3321,643 37 - - 36 92 921
57 580 57 57 Skema Business School France / China / US / Brazil - - - - - - 21 62,333145 50 - 38 43 48 9212
58 560 53 56 Leeds University Business SchoolFeatured business school UK 25 100,04920,321 9216 - - - 67 45,0822,240 49 - - 38 45 833
59 550 58 57 University of Bath School of Management UK 31 93,4617,363 665 - - - 58 50,5623,522 50 - - 36 64 1000
60 860 88 78 University of Economics, Prague Czech Republic - - - - - - 19 68,85330,311 52 - - 42 13 883
61 530 56 57 Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management Belgium - - - - - - 57 56,3712,120 48 31 - 28 27 962
62 590 62 61 Porto Business School Portugal - - - 58 85505 34 - - - 34 36 29 7 10015
63 800 - - ISCTE Business School Portugal - - - 57 85932 35 65 40,8061,068 51 41 - 47 9 1002
64 610 59 61 Iéseg School of Management France - - - - - - 26 57,2733,144 42 - - 44 86 1000
64 620 60 62 Maastricht University School of Business and Economics Netherlands - - - - - - 30 68,8083,292 41 - - 24 59 990
66 650 67 66 Koç University Graduate School of Business Turkey - - - 31 218469 56 - - - - - 53 24 942
67 710 75 71 Sabanci University School of Management Turkey - - - 51 175616 41 - - - - 37 43 32 1000
68 660 67 67 IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management France - - - - - - 42 55,0881,624 43 - - 44 23 920
69 670 67 68 Montpellier Business School France - - - - - - 43 50,827682 36 - - 44 63 962
69 710 65 68 Louvain School of Management Belgium - - - - - - 44 63,5916,270 44 - - 38 23 1000
71 670 66 68 ICN Business School France / Germany - - - - - - 47 54,4931,830 41 - - 50 53 902
71 760 83 77 Warsaw School of Economics Poland - - - - - - 48 49,2911,201 97 - - 43 2 962
73 700 67 70 Institut Mines-Télécom Business School France - - - - - - 49 58,2142,060 30 - - 54 49 8914
73 710 71 72 Essca School of Management France - - - - - - 51 55,8392,382 36 - - 39 57 986
73 710 78 74 University of Cologne Germany - - - - - - 52 80,8584,178 38 - - 22 9 1000
76 - - - Irish Management Institute Ireland - - - - - - - - - 39 29 41 11 31
77 760 81 78 Hanken School of Economics Finland - - - - - - 54 55,4423,670 43 - - 35 16 931
78 750 76 76 EM Normandie France - - - - - - 59 50,053771 39 - - 48 32 848
79 - - - Tum School of Management Germany - - - - - - 64 79,347 31 - - 31 20 100
79 820 83 81 EM Strasbourg Business School France - - - - - - 60 52,0782,526 39 - - 60 25 770
81 850 79 82 Burgundy School of Business France - - - - - - 65 49,6411,765 38 - - 43 41 816
82 760 82 80 Corvinus University of Budapest Hungary - - - - - - 69 51,4065,774 82 - - 44 7 830
83 - - - University of Ljubljana Faculty of Economics Slovenia - - - - - - 70 36,659 44 - - 49 4 82
83 760 74 78 Université Paris-Dauphine France - - - - - - 71 58,2501,265 26 - - 41 22 922
85 - - - University of Liverpool Management School UK - - - - - - 73 42,743 98 - - 41 51 89
85 880 - 88 DCU Business School Ireland - - - - - - 72 49,2423,229 44 - - 47 19 773
87 820 83 84 University of Bradford School of Management UK - - - - - - 75 48,5426,552 55 - - 37 41 842
88 930 - - Luiss University Italy - - - - - - 76 49,0324,205 67 - - 29 15 7122
89 - - - University of Antwerp Faculty of Business and Economics Belgium - - - - - - 76 47,631 38 - - 34 19 100
89 860 87 87 University of Exeter Business School UK - - - - - - 78 51,2093,057 55 - - 40 46 824
91 820 - - Brunel Business School UK - - - - - - 79 44,58439 56 - - 39 55 7916
92 950 - - ISC Paris Business School France - - - - - - 80 55,1809,219 36 - - 47 25 801
93 810 76 83 La Rochelle Business School France - - - - - - 81 51,262572 36 - - 65 52 712
94 900 - 93 Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow UK - - - - - - 83 37,4103,588 55 - - 39 63 8411
95 920 - - Nottingham Business School at NTU UK - - - - - - 84 35,2882,972 41 - - 44 38 666
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Table notes# Figure in brackets refers to data from separate joint-programme for schools with more than one programme ranked. † Salary increase from graduation. ‡ Data are provided for information only. Most recently published data or data provided for a ranking are given * School was ranked outside the final ranking table in 2018. ** School participated in this ranking on the basis of a joint programme only. Underlying score based on proportion of total score. The heavier horizontal lines denote the pattern of clustering among the schools, based on significant differences in ranking scores. Around 200 points separate London Business School at the top from the school ranked number 95.The top 12 business schools from LBS to Warwick Business School form the top group. The second group is headed by University of Cambridge: Judge includes 68 schools. The remaining 15 schools in the third group are headed by Burgundy School of Business.
Footnotes

1. Average MBA alumni salary three years after graduation, US$ by purchasing power parity (PPP). Includes weighted data from the current and two previous years, where available.

2. Percentage increase in average alumni salary pre-MBA to today, three years after graduation. Includes weighted data from the current and two previous years, if available.

3. # Figure in brackets refers to data from additional joint-programmes for schools with more than one ranked programme.

4. ‡ Data are provided for information only. Most recently published data are given.

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