Rank 2009 | School name | Country | Salary today (US$) | Salary increase (%) | Career progress rank | FT research rank |
1 | Kellogg / Hong Kong UST Business School | China | 345111 | 81 | 8 | 14 |
2 | Trium: HEC Paris / LSE / New York University: Stern | France / U.K. / U.S.A. | 285773 | 77 | 39 | 22 |
3 | Columbia/London Business School | U.S.A. / U.K. | 247579 | 83 | 4 | 8 |
4 | University of Chicago: Booth | U.S.A. / U.K. / Singapore | 218014 | 91 | 24 | 3 |
5 | University of Pennsylvania: Wharton | U.S.A. | 214498 | 79 | 20 | 2 |
5 | Insead | France / Singapore | 216944 | 71 | 31 | 11 |
7 | IE Business School | Spain | 164822 | 137 | 15 | 61 |
8 | London Business School | U.K. | 175477 | 84 | 11 | 7 |
9 | Columbia Business School | U.S.A. | 213996 | 80 | 51 | 10 |
10 | Duke University: Fuqua | U.S.A. | 210316 | 51 | 50 | 1 |
11 | National University of Singapore School of Business | Singapore | 198752 | 74 | 25 | 53 |
12 | Washington University: Olin | China | 246890 | 54 | 28 | 17 |
13 | UC Berkeley / Columbia | U.S.A. | 205082 | 65 | 45 | 6 |
14 | IMD | Switzerland | 193392 | 63 | 13 | 42 |
15 | New York University: Stern | U.S.A. | 198497 | 64 | 40 | 5 |
16 | Iese Business School | Spain | 175887 | 67 | 12 | 40 |
17 | Northwestern University: Kellogg | U.S.A. | 220616 | 56 | 18 | 12 |
18 | Kellogg / WHU-Otto Beisheim School | Germany | 148178 | 78 | 23 | 18 |
19 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | China | 235555 | 64 | 86 | 50 |
20 | University of Michigan: Ross | U.S.A. | 193948 | 53 | 30 | 4 |
21 | City University: Cass | U.K. | 144912 | 85 | 19 | 64 |
21 | Essec / Mannheim | France / Germany | 138308 | 77 | 2 | 65 |
23 | Kellogg / York University: Schulich | Canada | 153304 | 55 | 56 | 16 |
24 | Purdue / Tias / CEU / GISMA | U.S.A. / Netherlands / Hungary / Germany | 138740 | 63 | 10 | 43 |
25 | ESCP Europe | France / U.K. / Germany / Spain / Italy | 134009 | 73 | 3 | 92 |
26 | Ceibs | China | 226922 | 68 | 43 | 56 |
27 | OneMBA: CUHK/RSM/UNC/FGV São Paulo/EGADE | China / Netherlands / U.S.A. / Brazil / Mexico | 167470 | 51 | 47 | 45 |
28 | UCLA: Anderson | U.S.A. | 190828 | 57 | 29 | 24 |
29 | University of Toronto: Rotman | Canada | 150912 | 52 | 36 | 15 |
30 | University of Western Ontario: Ivey | Canada / China | 155352 | 68 | 55 | 26 |
31 | Imperial College Business School | U.K. | 133186 | 71 | 49 | 46 |
31 | Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University | Netherlands | 126025 | 67 | 57 | 38 |
33 | Cranfield School of Management | U.K. | 140762 | 67 | 14 | 62 |
34 | Tongji University/ENPC | China | 137019 | 93 | 70 | 74 |
35 | Warwick Business School | U.K. | 121754 | 70 | 82 | 54 |
36 | University of Alberta/University of Calgary: Haskayne | Canada | 143794 | 69 | 46 | 34 |
37 | Georgetown University: McDonough | U.S.A. | 149006 | 51 | 5 | 39 |
37 | Emory University: Goizueta | U.S.A. | 182040 | 40 | 6 | 23 |
39 | Rice University: Jones | U.S.A. | 172278 | 58 | 66 | 13 |
40 | National Taiwan University - College of Management | Taiwan | 202504 | 58 | 92 | 66 |
41 | Arizona State University: Carey | China | 196378 | 42 | 72 | 29 |
41 | WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)/University of Minnesota: Carlson | Austria | 127906 | 51 | 37 | 47 |
41 | University of Pittsburgh: Katz | U.S.A. / Brazil / Czech Republic | 158869 | 47 | 35 | 28 |
44 | Henley Business School | U.K. | 126034 | 78 | 9 | 82 |
45 | Thunderbird School of Global Management | U.S.A. | 157796 | 51 | 52 | 48 |
46 | Rutgers Business School | U.S.A. | 155554 | 54 | 16 | 49 |
46 | Universität St.Gallen | Switzerland | 119084 | 56 | 7 | 68 |
48 | University of California at Irvine: Merage | U.S.A. | 154476 | 52 | 63 | 35 |
48 | National Sun Yat-Sen University | Taiwan | 129277 | 75 | 76 | 85 |
50 | University of Maryland: Smith | U.S.A. | 161500 | 49 | 85 | 9 |
51 | University of Texas at Dallas | U.S.A. | 142204 | 53 | 73 | 21 |
52 | Ashridge | U.K. | 129968 | 75 | 27 | 81 |
53 | Stockholm School of Economics | Sweden / Russia / Latvia | 107937 | 63 | 59 | 69 |
54 | Temple University: Fox | U.S.A. | 151713 | 50 | 54 | 52 |
55 | University of Texas at Austin: McCombs | U.S.A. | 140786 | 49 | 38 | 20 |
55 | Villanova School of Business | U.S.A. | 162233 | 58 | 48 | 70 |
55 | Helsinki School of Economics | Finland / S. Korea / Singapore | 130637 | 54 | 41 | 79 |
58 | Copenhagen Business School | Denmark | 113470 | 46 | 60 | 57 |
59 | Rollins College: Crummer | U.S.A | 126750 | 75 | 62 | 84 |
59 | University of Minnesota: Carlson | U.S.A. | 151664 | 43 | 58 | 19 |
61 | FIA - Fundação Instituto de Administração | Brazil | 213028 | 23 | 44 | 91 |
61 | Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School | Belgium | 115031 | 55 | 26 | 63 |
63 | Koç University GSB | Turkey | 114000 | 61 | 22 | 67 |
64 | Tulane University: Freeman | U.S.A. | 163859 | 50 | 78 | 55 |
65 | Georgia State University: Robinson | U.S.A. | 137500 | 41 | 91 | 41 |
65 | Queen's School of Business | Canada | 120578 | 45 | 42 | 37 |
65 | University College Dublin: Smurfit | Ireland | 121778 | 60 | 65 | 86 |
68 | Drexel University: LeBow | U.S.A. | 143305 | 44 | 17 | 58 |
69 | Nyenrode Business Universiteit | Netherlands | 108695 | 45 | 1 | 92 |
69 | Ohio State University: Fisher | U.S.A. | 146264 | 40 | 71 | 25 |
71 | University of Miami School of Business Administration | U.S.A. | 133081 | 52 | 87 | 32 |
72 | Pepperdine University: Graziadio | U.S.A. | 164358 | 42 | 33 | 87 |
73 | Baylor University | U.S.A. | 134575 | 58 | 32 | 73 |
74 | University of Rochester: Simon | U.S.A. / Switzerland | 119570 | 49 | 61 | 44 |
75 | EM Lyon Business School | France | 100408 | 59 | 21 | 71 |
76 | SMU: Cox | U.S.A. | 165903 | 37 | 90 | 36 |
77 | University of Utah: Eccles | U.S.A. | 127007 | 50 | 79 | 33 |
78 | University of Strathclyde Business School | U.K. | 125343 | 45 | 77 | 76 |
79 | Bradford School of Management/TiasNimbas Business School | U.K. / Netherlands / Germany | 97348 | 53 | 64 | 78 |
80 | University of Washington Business School: Foster | U.S.A. | 144636 | 35 | 88 | 27 |
80 | Michigan State University: Broad | U.S.A. | 143070 | 34 | 75 | 30 |
80 | Concordia University: Molson | Canada | 99319 | 44 | 84 | 75 |
83 | Wisconsin School of Business | U.S.A. | 133000 | 38 | 95 | 31 |
84 | Auburn University | U.S.A. | 126825 | 39 | 68 | 83 |
85 | University of Denver: Daniels | U.S.A. | 138144 | 51 | 74 | 77 |
86 | College of William and Mary: Mason | U.S.A. | 132792 | 40 | 69 | 59 |
87 | Ipade | Mexico | 167446 | 51 | 34 | 92 |
88 | Durham Business School | U.K. | 85278 | 44 | 83 | 72 |
89 | Loyola University Maryland: Sellinger | U.S.A. | 104500 | 43 | 80 | 88 |
89 | Brigham Young University: Marriott | U.S.A. | 103126 | 62 | 94 | 51 |
91 | Kozminski University | Poland | 109885 | 30 | 89 | 90 |
92 | Suffolk University: Sawyer | U.S.A | 105000 | 29 | 67 | 80 |
93 | University of Tennessee at Knoxville | U.S.A. | 95000 | 23 | 93 | 60 |
94 | Eada | Spain | 79722 | 51 | 53 | 92 |
95 | IAE Business School | Argentina | 114260 | 36 | 81 | 89 |
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