Higher- and business-education specialists QS Quacquarelli Symonds has released its 2019 Global MBA Ranking, evaluating 251 of the best business schools in the world.
QS ranked programmes on employability for graduates, entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes, students’ return on investment as measured by post-graduation increases in salary, academic thought leadership, and class and faculty diversity.
QS based its rankings on three surveys: One survey of global employers to ascertain the reputation of MBA programmes among top firms, one survey of academics to get a sense of schools’ academic and thought leadership reputations, and a survey of the business schools themselves to gather basic information on programs and student outcomes. See the full list of 251 business schools on TopMBA.com – The University of Stellenbosch and the University of Cape Town also feature on the list. Here are the top 50 global MBA programmes, according to QS rankings:
50. Virginia (Darden)
Location: Charlottesville, US
Tuition: $100K to $149KAverage post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
48 (tie). Emory (Goizueta)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
48 (tie). IIM Ahmedabad
Location: Ahmedabad, India
Tuition: $20K to $29K Average post-graduation salary: Under $49K
47. Manchester (Alliance)
Location: Manchester, UK
Tuition: $50K to $59K Average post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K
46. St. Gallen
Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland
Tuition: $50K to $59K Average post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
45. Vlerick
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Tuition: $40K to $49K Average post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
44. Cranfield
Location: Cranfield, UK
Tuition: $40K to $49K Average post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
43. Toronto (Rotman)
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Tuition: $90K to $99K Average post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K
42. Mannheim
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Tuition: $40K to $49K Average post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
41. Dartmouth (Tuck)
Location: Hanover, NH
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
40. NUS
Location: Singapore
Tuition: $40K to $49K Average post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K
39. UNSW (Australian Graduate School of Management)
Location: Sydney, Australia
Tuition: $60K to $69K Average post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K
38. Cornell (Johnson)
Location: Ithaca, NY
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
37. Warwick
Location: Coventry, UK
Tuition: $50K to $59K Average post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
36. Indiana (Kelley)
Location: Bloomington, IN
Tuition: $90K to $99K Average post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
35. EDHEC
Location: Nice, France
Tuition: $50K to $59K Average post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
34. Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
33. University of Hong Kong
Location: Hong Kong
Tuition: $70K to $79K Average post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
32. Boston (Questrom)
Location: Boston, MA
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
31. Copenhagen
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Tuition: $50K to $59K Average post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K
29 (tie). USC (Marshall)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
29 (tie). Texas (McCombs)
Location: Austin, TX
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
28. Melbourne
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Tuition: $60K to $69K Average post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
27. Erasmus (Rotterdam School of Management)
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tuition: $60K to $69K Average post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K
26. ESSEC
Location: Paris, France/Singapore
Tuition: $50K to $59K Average post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
25. CEIBS
Location: Shanghai, China
Tuition: $50K to $59K Average post-graduation salary: $50K to $69K
24. IMD
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Tuition: $60K to $69K Average post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
23. SDA Bocconi
Location: Milan, Italy
Tuition: $60K to $69K Average post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
22. NYU (Stern)
Location: New York, NY
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
21. Cambridge (Judge)
Location: Cambridge, UK
Tuition: $70K to $79K Average post-graduation salary: $130K to $139K
20. Duke (Fuqua)
Location: Durham, NC
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
19. Imperial
Location: London, UK
Tuition: $60K to $69K Average post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K
18. IESE Business School
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
17. UC Berkeley (Haas)
Location: Berkeley, CA
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
16. Yale
Location: New Haven, CT
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
15. Michigan (Ross)
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
14. Northwestern (Kellogg)
Location: Evanston, IL
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
13. ESADE
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Tuition: $70K to $79K Average post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
12. Oxford (Said)
Location: Oxford, UK
Tuition: $70K to $79K Average post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K
11. UCLA (Anderson)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
10. Columbia
Location: New York, NY
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
8 (tie). Chicago (Booth)
Location: Chicago, IL
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
8 (tie). IE Business School
Location: Madrid, Spain
Tuition: $80K to $89K Average post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
7. HEC Paris
INSEAD’s Singapore campus
Location: Jouy-en-Josas, France
Tuition: $70K to $79K Average post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
6. INSEAD
Location: Fontainebleau, France/Singapore
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
5. MIT (Sloan)
Location: Cambridge, MA
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
4. London Business School
Location: London, UK
Tuition: $90K to $99K Average post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
3. Penn (Wharton)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Tuition: Over $150K Average post-graduation salary: $130K to $139K
2. Harvard
The Knight Management Center at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Location: Boston, MA
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $130K to $139K
1. Stanford
Location: Stanford, CA
Tuition: $100K to $149K Average post-graduation salary: $140K to $149K
