The Global MBA rankings for 2013, ranked by the Financial Times.
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Rank in 2013 | 3 year average rank | School name | Country | Salary today (US$) | Salary percentage increase | Employed at three months (%) |
1 | 2 | Harvard Business School | US | 187432 | 121 | 89 (100) |
2 | 2 | Stanford Graduate School of Business | US | 195553 | 115 | 88 (99) |
3 | 2 | University of Pennsylvania: Wharton | US | 186210 | 121 | 92 (95) |
4 | 3 | London Business School | UK | 162570 | 124 | 92 (96) |
5 | 6 | Columbia Business School | US | 179568 | 123 | 92 (93) |
6 | 5 | Insead | France / Singapore | 154798 | 96 | 86 (96) |
7 | 8 | Iese Business School | Spain | 147495 | 141 | 95 (99) |
8 | 8 | Hong Kong UST Business School | China | 132685 | 153 | 95 (93) |
9 | 8 | MIT: Sloan | US | 160810 | 117 | 85 (97) |
10 | 11 | University of Chicago: Booth | US | 164678 | 108 | 92 (98) |
11 | 9 | IE Business School | Spain | 152471 | 117 | 92 (91) |
12 | 17 | University of California at Berkeley: Haas | US | 152157 | 98 | 93 (100) |
13 | 17 | Northwestern University: Kellogg | US | 160746 | 99 | 91 (96) |
14 | 16 | Yale School of Management | US | 159647 | 118 | 86 (97) |
15 | 19 | Ceibs | China | 132506 | 157 | 95 (100) |
16 | 18 | Dartmouth College: Tuck | US | 159479 | 117 | 93 (100) |
16 | 23 | University of Cambridge: Judge | UK | 145948 | 98 | 97 (100) |
18 | 18 | Duke University: Fuqua | US | 144227 | 108 | 90 (100) |
19 | 15 | IMD | Switzerland | 143049 | 65 | 90 (99) |
19 | 17 | New York University: Stern | US | 146690 | 106 | 90 (95) |
21 | 19 | HEC Paris | France | 124524 | 109 | 89 (88) |
22 | 25 | Esade Business School | Spain | 127500 | 118 | 92 (90) |
23 | 29 | UCLA: Anderson | US | 147740 | 115 | 86 (96) |
24 | 24 | University of Oxford: Saïd | UK | 136888 | 95 | 90 (85) |
24 | 26 | Cornell University: Johnson | US | 150722 | 112 | 90 (97) |
26 | 16 | Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad | India | 171188 | 110 | 95 (99) |
27 | - | CUHK Business School | China | 103423 | 153 | 87 (97) |
28 | 38 | Warwick Business School | UK | 120111 | 89 | 94 (92) |
29 | 30 | Manchester Business School | UK | 116394 | 111 | 88 (87) |
30 | 28 | University of Michigan: Ross | US | 141345 | 97 | 81 (99) |
31 | University of Hong Kong | China | 114119 | 114 | 72 (100) | |
32 | 33 | Nanyang Business School | Singapore | 102683 | 132 | 92 (87) |
33 | 33 | Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University | Netherlands | 105088 | 103 | 81 (87) |
34 | 22 | Indian School of Business | India | 123094 | 152 | 100 (100) |
35 | 38 | University of Virginia: Darden | US | 143988 | 110 | 91 (99) |
36 | 27 | National University of Singapore Business School | Singapore | 94742 | 152 | 94 (97) |
37 | 42 | Rice University: Jones | US | 122788 | 134 | 94 (100) |
38 | 36 | Cranfield School of Management | UK | 123500 | 88 | 83 (90) |
39 | 36 | SDA Bocconi | Italy | 112882 | 111 | 75 (91) |
40 | 37 | City University: Cass | UK | 117195 | 85 | 90 (94) |
40 | 40 | Georgetown University: McDonough | US | 130179 | 105 | 89 (99) |
42 | 42 | Imperial College Business School | UK | 107032 | 84 | 84 (97) |
43 | 40 | Carnegie Mellon: Tepper | US | 130764 | 100 | 90 (95) |
44 | 49 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | US | 115493 | 113 | 84 (100) |
45 | 54 | University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler | US | 123229 | 98 | 84 (100) |
46 | 45 | University of Toronto: Rotman | Canada | 97732 | 91 | 82 (89) |
46 | 49 | University of Texas at Austin: McCombs | US | 128096 | 91 | 93 (95) |
48 | 41 | Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) | Australia | 118050 | 81 | 89 (98) |
49 | 42 | Emory University: Goizueta | US | 124017 | 104 | 96 (100) |
50 | 49 | University of Maryland: Smith | US | 112552 | 92 | 88 (100) |
51 | Sungkyunkwan University SKK GSB | South Korea | 106864 | 86 | 100 (100) | |
52 | 53 | York University: Schulich | Canada | 92757 | 99 | 87 (92) |
53 | 55 | Vanderbilt University: Owen | US | 119881 | 98 | 87 (98) |
54 | Washington University: Olin | US | 109128 | 97 | 96 (98) | |
54 | 58 | Indiana University: Kelley | US | 111251 | 111 | 89 (100) |
54 | 63 | University of California at Irvine: Merage | US | 107582 | 96 | 94 (100) |
57 | 61 | Hult International Business School | US / UK / UAE / China | 113653 | 89 | 80 (80) |
57 | 73 | University of British Columbia: Sauder | Canada | 90897 | 76 | 90 (96) |
59 | 53 | University of Rochester: Simon | US | 114312 | 117 | 92 (87) |
59 | 77 | Georgia Institute of Technology: Scheller | US | 111683 | 104 | 94 (100) |
61 | - | The Lisbon MBA | Portugal | 132606 | 84 | 59 (97) |
62 | - | Michigan State University: Broad | US | 107453 | 110 | 89 (100) |
62 | 54 | Melbourne Business School | Australia | 107026 | 64 | 88 (95) |
64 | - | Tilburg University, TiasNimbas | Netherlands | 93859 | 90 | 87 (84) |
64 | 76 | University College Dublin: Smurfit | Ireland | 110099 | 69 | 95 (100) |
66 | - | Coppead | Brazil | 96621 | 141 | 12 (100) |
66 | - | Peking University: Guanghua | China | 77044 | 163 | 100 (95) |
68 | 67 | Purdue University: Krannert | US | 104362 | 105 | 83 (99) |
69 | - | Mannheim Business School | Germany | 98262 | 80 | 94 (91) |
69 | 55 | Texas A & M University: Mays | US | 110765 | 108 | 94 (100) |
71 | 61 | Lancaster University Management School | UK | 96080 | 81 | 82 (95) |
72 | - | University of Bath School of Management | UK | 99916 | 61 | 95 (99) |
72 | 70 | Ohio State University: Fisher | US | 103064 | 105 | 96 (96) |
74 | 63 | University of Cape Town GSB | South Africa | 137361 | 79 | 76 (100) |
74 | 76 | University of Iowa: Tippie | US | 105063 | 124 | 90 (100) |
76 | 65 | McGill University: Desautels | Canada | 90440 | 89 | 95 (100) |
77 | 62 | Pennsylvania State University: Smeal | US | 111359 | 106 | 80 (99) |
78 | 64 | University of Western Ontario: Ivey | Canada | 102064 | 83 | 83 (96) |
78 | 79 | University of Washington: Foster | US | 108899 | 85 | 97 (100) |
80 | 88 | Babson College: Olin | US | 117922 | 98 | 88 (90) |
81 | - | Tulane University: Freeman | US | 109334 | 126 | 84 (85) |
82 | - | University of St Gallen | Switzerland | 100814 | 69 | 78 (95) |
82 | 69 | University of Southern California: Marshall | US | 118224 | 88 | 77 (90) |
84 | - | George Washington University | US | 100600 | 101 | 85 (85) |
84 | 70 | Vlerick Business School | Belgium | 94829 | 77 | 64 (66) |
86 | - | Korea University Business School | South Korea | 124419 | 76 | 83 (89) |
87 | - | Arizona State University: Carey | US | 99796 | 99 | 89 (100) |
87 | - | University of Strathclyde Business School | UK | 108601 | 77 | 97 (66) |
89 | - | Fudan University School of Management | China | 80154 | 155 | 100 (100) |
90 | 81 | Incae Business School | Costa Rica | 84942 | 132 | 36 (37) |
91 | 76 | Wisconsin School of Business | US | 109878 | 100 | 86 (100) |
92 | - | EMLyon Business School | France | 94394 | 63 | 86 (83) |
93 | 79 | Boston College: Carroll | US | 111051 | 85 | 89 (96) |
94 | - | Case Western Reserve University: Weatherhead | US | 99343 | 103 | 86 (94) |
95 | - | University of California, San Diego: Rady | US | 98556 | 80 | 71 (100) |
95 | 80 | Boston University School of Management | US | 108532 | 96 | 87 (93) |
97 | - | College of William and Mary: Mason | US | 102842 | 120 | 83 (85) |
98 | 95 | SMU: Cox | US | 107264 | 95 | 76 (100) |
99 | 91 | University of South Carolina: Moore | US | 91878 | 95 | 82 (92) |
100 | - | University of Alberta | Canada | 86666 | 85 | 93 (94) |