Global MBA Rankings 2009
FT.com Business School Rankings
Faculty with doctorates (%) Salary percentage increase Employed at three months (%) International mobility rank International students (%)
Alumni recommend rank
International experience rank
International faculty (%)
Placement success rank
International board (%)
Weighted salary (US$)
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Women students (%)
3 year average rank
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Women faculty (%)
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Women board (%)
1 1 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 26 27 27 29 29 31 32 32 34 35 35 37 38 39 40 41 41 41 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 51 52 53 53 55 56 57 57 57 60 60 60 63 63 63 63 67 67 67 70 71 71 71 74 75 76 77 77 77 80 80 80 83 83 85 86 87
1 2 5 3 6 4 8 11 7 13 9 11 15 14 20 17 10 21 16 19 24 28 27 26 46 34 22 33 18 25 32 22 39 36 30 29 48 35 38 30 57 41 37 41 47 40 53 48 76 48 75 64 93 64 76 48 84 61 61 60 69 64 48 55 58 44 61 55 71 84 92 68 97 88 88 79 64 87 69 71 -
1 5 3 2 7 3 11 11 14 8 6 16 9 13 15 24 10 19 19 23 19 33 67 30 28 26 18 17 25 22 49 29 81 37 36 42 56 34 34 73 30 32 38 27 41 49 62 43 79 47 84 38 61 93 62 85 65 73 67 38 45 43 57 57 72 54 52 45 77 49 57 65 96 48 90 78 73 67 88 -
1 3 4 3 6 4 8 10 10 10 9 13 12 14 14 21 15 19 21 24 23 28 46 30 26 29 22 24 29 25 40 33 34 34 43 43 37 44 52 37 39 44 38 47 49 62 47 69 55 77 52 64 66 68 68 62 64 65 50 54 55 56 62 65 65 67 80 64 74 74 64 86 75 74 -
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton London Business School Harvard Business School Columbia Business School Insead Stanford University GSB IE Business School Ceibs MIT Sloan School of Management New York University: Stern University of Chicago: Booth Iese Business School Dartmouth College: Tuck IMD Indian School of Business Hong Kong UST Business School University of Cambridge: Judge Esade Business School Yale School of Management University of Oxford: Saïd Northwestern University: Kellogg Duke University: Fuqua University of Michigan: Ross Emory University: Goizueta Nanyang Business School
U.S.A. U.K. U.S.A. U.S.A. France / Singapore U.S.A. Spain China U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. Spain U.S.A. Switzerland India China U.K. Spain U.S.A. U.K. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. Singapore
2008 2004 2008 2009 2009 2005 2009 2006 2009 2008 2007 2009 2008 2009 2006 2007 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2004 2006 2008 2009 2008 2008 2007 2004 2006 2008 2006 2008 2004 2008 2008 2004 2004 2008 2007 2004 2007 2007 2002 2008 2009 2005 2009 2006 2008 2009 2005 2009 2004 2008 2008 2007 2005 2005 2007 2009 2008 2007 2006 2007 2004 2005 2007 2007 2006 2007 2005 2004 2006 2008 2007 2005 2005 2007 2007 2007 2004 -
170,210 147,134 164,783 168,073 148,490 173,935 129,482 137,030 155,811 147,784 154,340 127,945 158,089 147,655 145,727 108,364 132,879 120,227 142,948 137,216 142,378 128,612 132,500 126,320 104,294 109,534 106,960 135,768 117,594 144,949 138,422 108,807 127,474 128,056 95,926 125,048 118,171 106,578 116,752 122,386 118,683 101,066 124,026 108,404 118,071 114,618 99,129 105,272 86,504 114,189 116,341 114,086 111,254 95,633 92,863 109,202 100,918 105,532 98,647 107,387 117,177 109,507 101,343 102,897 92,166 105,728 105,558 98,898 91,774 109,052 143,693 98,451 89,682 102,010 101,180 99,624 86,364 75,084 106,264 104,282 100,856 93,744 82,624 107,613 101,530 100,727 83,516
169,784 146,565 163,637 164,310 147,908 170,340 132,925 151,641 156,451 144,125 150,272 124,645 156,124 151,624 148,339 108,364 130,160 121,776 140,803 135,502 142,645 128,692 132,522 126,262 104,294 109,997 106,960 137,215 117,630 141,065 137,699 109,066 127,474 127,858 95,926 127,004 114,653 104,859 117,119 121,786 118,683 101,066 124,026 108,404 120,198 115,867 97,413 104,456 88,609 114,761 116,773 110,290 109,302 95,633 92,863 110,768 100,918 105,532 98,647 107,653 116,258 109,507 101,343 102,897 92,166 105,728 105,558 99,187 91,774 109,052 143,693 98,451 89,682 102,010 101,180 99,624 86,364 75,084 106,487 104,282 100,856 93,744 82,624 107,613 101,530 100,727 83,516
119 121 115 132 108 105 169 179 121 133 113 135 121 97 160 128 121 137 134 109 103 102 105 136 131 107 128 119 103 110 80 104 100 104 122 95 92 111 96 112 114 138 87 95 98 116 92 98 97 92 96 83 101 111 112 106 105 101 111 98 87 88 104 96 116 88 92 94 109 106 72 102 83 91 66 97 99 95 110 81 92 105 99 79 91 108 80
100 56 86 81 7 94 25 30 79 82 96 71 88 5 27 35 9 40 80 10 93 97 77 67 24 36 4 75 48 65 92 53 13 91 32 18 12 26 23 90 6 42 33 52 62 83 63 37 43 61 95 45 84 8 59 85 3 73 28 58 99 98 41 55 46 64 60 47 54 87 1 72 38 68 2 50 20 29 70 11 57 51 21 15 78 66 14
69 22 41 33 23 13 1 45 29 21 52 8 38 12 18 74 10 3 77 24 34 68 48 56 71 17 5 62 6 36 31 7 51 44 47 14 19 28 40 46 73 93 59 86 80 91 98 72 65 50 61 67 89 55 85 35 70 53 60 95 37 54 32 83 100 42 87 43 78 96 15 99 75 76 9 81 27 30 82 20 84 79 26 49 90 88 4
29 18 16 12 13 3 32 73 1 10 19 31 2 17 65 94 24 38 6 8 11 20 7 21 75 67 52 4 14 39 22 59 60 15 97 25 55 78 89 5 95 90 50 76 48 56 54 57 71 40 58 87 43 92 82 26 96 49 41 27 33 44 79 36 70 34 28 46 63 30 74 23 80 68 61 53 100 51 35 99 85 69 93 81 42 47 62
6 51 18 16 49 14 17 33 22 9 2 26 8 13 28 64 47 41 31 71 5 10 1 15 81 80 54 4 50 20 11 69 90 7 63 46 91 77 59 42 100 39 60 55 25 48 67 40 87 35 19 92 44 68 70 24 75 65 76 27 36 43 72 3 29 30 21 66 73 32 98 38 78 52 82 23 96 84 45 97 53 62 89 95 58 57 99
89 ( 98) 90 ( 97) 93 ( 99) 92 ( 93) 89 ( 95) 93 ( 99) 91 ( 86) 92 ( 94) 90 ( 95) 93 ( 96) 94 ( 100) 98 ( 98) 94 ( 100) 93 ( 100) 100 ( 93) 93 ( 86) 93 ( 95) 89 ( 100) 95 ( 98) 89 ( 87) 96 ( 97) 92 ( 97) 90 ( 93) 86 ( 98) 92 ( 100) 97 ( 90) 92 ( 83) 91 ( 100) 82 ( 97) 89 ( 92) 91 ( 98) 95 ( 95) 89 ( 74) 93 ( 98) 87 ( 88) 97 ( 100) 88 ( 80) 81 ( 89) 100 ( 85) 98 ( 88) 93 ( 73) 60 ( 100) 95 ( 91) 90 ( 98) 86 ( 99) 92 ( 91) 90 ( 92) 91 ( 94) 90 ( 93) 89 ( 96) 96 ( 99) 96 ( 87) 90 ( 96) 89 ( 95) 89 ( 88) 90 ( 98) 91 ( 90) 95 ( 93) 98 ( 100) 90 ( 100) 94 ( 94) 90 ( 96) 94 ( 88) 91 ( 100) 95 ( 98) 93 ( 99) 96 ( 99) 67 ( 85) 86 ( 89) 95 ( 96) 79 ( 84) 86 ( 97) 92 ( 93) 77 ( 97) 100 ( 100) 92 ( 88) 100 ( 98) 98 ( 100) 91 ( 95) 93 ( 88) 86 ( 99) 95 ( 93) 100 ( 60) 81 ( 77) 88 ( 93) 88 ( 100) 86 ( 81)
2 5 1 8 6 3 36 50 9 10 7 18 11 16 77 67 39 40 23 26 4 14 13 37 93 43 75 15 28 17 12 35 57 24 65 32 31 44 63 41 95 81 56 55 21 73 19 20 29 25 27 51 54 92 71 47 86 45 38 33 30 68 66 22 86 51 70 34 72 60 76 61 49 82 91 59 62 78 58 89 46 53 96 84 82 69 100
19 23 20 15 11 21 33 12 19 20 14 18 24 10 14 24 19 27 19 18 18 17 26 24 32 13 23 21 26 16 26 35 26 25 30 25 38 40 18 25 36 31 26 25 26 17 24 18 29 28 16 23 22 25 25 15 18 23 28 27 27 16 15 28 22 28 27 27 21 25 27 27 15 39 37 24 33 22 20 20 24 24 23 23 30 9 42
36 25 38 32 29 36 34 31 35 41 35 25 33 22 24 40 23 26 34 27 34 39 34 38 40 23 29 29 29 35 30 23 19 35 40 23 35 29 38 30 21 27 26 29 28 33 29 25 32 31 21 23 37 33 34 25 33 45 21 26 29 37 31 22 29 38 36 31 34 31 28 32 30 37 40 25 27 38 26 36 27 26 41 39 45 33 44
7 12 48 10 17 19 23 10 14 13 16 21 16 9 4 39 15 17 15 27 7 15 23 17 23 23 31 11 6 13 12 17 15 11 11 32 30 23 36 15 50 14 47 16 8 14 40 14 21 11 15 33 18 6 22 9 19 11 26 8 19 14 21 33 19 19 15 21 7 13 17 20 29 17 14 21 46 21 11 14 11 12 46 18 14 9 28
36 84 36 63 89 43 49 69 27 38 40 43 34 100 18 90 58 16 30 61 45 38 32 18 54 30 32 18 41 22 36 36 61 33 55 42 51 23 74 20 26 20 56 31 37 40 68 47 66 25 34 75 22 20 12 19 32 37 14 21 30 36 15 18 21 21 23 27 24 22 31 21 70 33 30 27 44 58 8 57 26 17 32 40 30 6 42
44 91 33 43 90 43 81 37 36 31 42 78 38 99 4 93 91 81 34 94 35 40 33 38 75 97 88 30 86 32 43 92 66 37 93 84 85 60 65 28 94 32 85 40 33 56 44 22 65 28 36 90 34 47 45 26 85 40 26 37 34 34 23 30 38 33 18 43 15 20 39 19 54 44 80 26 94 45 22 78 45 31 94 84 27 16 89
71 60 13 34 70 22 82 50 41 17 37 90 13 77 57 94 54 92 15 29 6 18 10 4 58 42 38 9 37 10 9 33 23 13 22 9 22 62 55 10 50 2 41 9 2 35 53 39 51 2 5 27 0 3 0 3 27 11 0 4 19 0 7 4 4 0 6 26 4 4 30 6 14 9 100 0 46 15 5 21 3 4 69 18 0 5 34
43 2 42 46 3 65 23 83 36 47 73 4 49 1 27 17 15 8 51 9 64 67 53 80 11 13 30 78 5 94 52 24 14 59 12 25 31 22 41 48 39 66 40 44 75 55 28 34 32 86 82 18 77 60 72 87 69 54 91 81 90 84 100 58 76 61 85 16 35 95 7 88 26 74 10 63 50 56 96 33 68 89 37 70 62 79 20
42 10 87 46 15 22 41 12 27 23 30 5 39 69 76 3 57 13 72 69 36 26 59 74 47 7 60 62 14 37 33 6 9 48 11 21 16 19 86 38 56 31 61 90 24 94 40 68 29 54 83 17 88 96 85 95 77 66 89 65 44 63 99 93 92 81 35 51 2 43 4 75 32 55 34 52 20 45 80 58 71 67 82 64 91 97 1
0[2] 100 1[2] 0 0[2] 2 0 1 1 0 0 0[2] 1[2] 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[2] 1 0 0 1 0 99 95 97 97 96 89 96 100 100 98 99 100 98 100 100 94 78 100 100 95 99 93 94 94 100 90 98 92 93
2 12 10 5 48 3 n/a n/a 8 7 6 51 n/a n/a n/a 41 15 56 65 67 11 17 13 79 76 4 20 84 50 27 9 1 81 63 72 24 22 16 49 n/a 25 31 39 28 35 57 19 64 71 26 14 n/a n/a 33 54 80 38 75 52 21 45 53 46 44 47 43 42 n/a 69 n/a n/a 29 60 70 78 34 55 59 n/a 61 23 32 37 40 30 n/a 68
15 5 82 75 9 9 4 59 13 68 75 17 50 94 28 59 17 2 9 33 71 64 82 43 75 28 7 90 55 33 71 82 75 68 59 55 91 55 75 12 28 68 20 27 28 17 35 50 20 39 20 50 75 64 39 39 25 13 20 35 48 20 28 59 50 55 94 25 15 39 71 35 71 35 50 64 48 43 91 59 82 82 94
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Netherlands Lancaster University Management School University of Virginia: Darden HEC Paris UCLA: Anderson University of California at Berkeley: Haas Manchester Business School Australian School of Business Cornell University: Johnson National University of Singapore School of Business Cranfield School of Management Warwick Business School SDA Bocconi Imperial College Business School Georgetown University: McDonough University of Strathclyde Business School University of Arizona: Eller City University: Cass University of Maryland: Smith University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler University of Rochester: Simon University of Toronto: Rotman University of Western Ontario: Ivey York University: Schulich University of Texas at Austin: McCombs Carnegie Mellon: Tepper Melbourne Business School Rice University: Jones University of Pittsburgh: Katz University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Vanderbilt University: Owen Leeds University Business School Boston University School of Management Texas A & M University: Mays Indiana University: Kelley University of Southern California: Marshall Washington University: Olin University of Florida: Hough Michigan State University: Broad University of Iowa: Tippie Pennsylvania State University: Smeal University of Washington Business School: Foster Thunderbird School of Global Management University of South Carolina: Moore SMU: Cox University of Cape Town GSB University of Minnesota: Carlson University of British Columbia: Sauder University of California at Irvine: Merage Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Arizona State University: Carey Aston Business School University of Alberta University of Notre Dame: Mendoza Durham Business School Purdue University: Krannert Ohio State University: Fisher Birmingham Business School University of Bath School of Management George Washington University Wake Forest University: Babcock Grenoble Graduate School of Business Bradford School of Management/TiasNimbas Business School Boston College: Carroll Babson College: Olin Eada Coppead University of Edinburgh Business School Brigham Young University: Marriott Case Western Reserve University: Weatherhead Wisconsin School of Business Hult International Business School University of Miami School of Business University College Dublin: Smurfit Nottingham University Business School U.K. U.S.A. France U.S.A. U.S.A. U.K. Australia U.S.A. Singapore U.K. U.K. Italy U.K. U.S.A. U.K. U.S.A. U.K. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. Canada Canada Canada U.S.A. U.S.A. Australia U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.K. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. South Africa U.S.A. Canada U.S.A. Belgium U.S.A. U.K. Canada U.S.A. U.K. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.K. U.K. U.S.A. U.S.A. France
0[2] 100 0 0 0 0 1[2] 1 1 0 0[2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[2] 0[2] 0 0 0 0[2] 0[2] 0[2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[2] 0[2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[2] 0[2] 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0[2] 0 1 81 97 92 93 67 96 83 94 95 74 94 93 99 89 83 98 100 99 91 97 100 95 93 97 96 91 87 84 82 84 94 97 90 88 84 90 91 90 94 69 88 100 98 98 85 85 100 89 88 99 91 80 97 93 100 71
87 89 89 91 92 92 92 95 95 97 98 99 100
53 71 84 95 44 82 100 88 98 76
70 52 89 100 62 54 57 82 92 99 98 93
70 71 87 95 63 77 92 92 98 90
U.K. / Netherlands / Germany U.S.A. U.S.A. Spain Brazil U.K. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. / U.K. / U.A.E U.S.A. Ireland U.K.
2007 2009 2008 2006 2004 2008 2007 2009 2007 2007 2007
96,144 108,162 108,968 89,786 96,938 101,884 97,789 99,238 99,138 96,915 92,064 104,934 99,647
96,144 108,162 109,541 89,786 96,938 101,884 97,789 99,238 99,138 96,915 92,064 104,934 99,647
89 85 87 103 98 75 104 95 88 85 95 66 62
19 69 89 16 22 31 39 76 49 44 74 17 34
66 64 11 2 97 25 39 92 57 63 94 58 16
88 64 45 83 9 86 37 84 66 72 77 91 98
93 61 74 34 12 86 37 79 56 94 85 88 83
92 ( 59) 91 ( 97) 83 ( 88) 88 ( 73) 42 ( 100) 94 ( 92) 95 ( 100) 72 ( 92) 94 ( 100) 89 ( 96) 74 ( 84) 97 ( 97) 94 ( 88)
89 74 42 97 99 79 48 85 64 98 80 88 94
25 34 25 19 32 27 9 18 27 21 31 30 32
26 35 37 38 27 25 20 37 30 34 35 26 35
23 10 20 21 17 40 7 10 14 11 30 16 56
61 12 16 28 12 35 2 27 10 39 28 44 35
95 21 50 89 11 83 10 46 18 95 31 40 91
45 3 7 32 0 40 9 7 3 78 0 61 22
29 93 57 19 98 38 99 92 97 6 71 21 45
84 79 53 28 8 18 98 78 73 49 99 25 50
0 0 0 1[2] 1 0[2] 0 0 0 0 0 1[2] 0
80 94 85 28 100 90 89 90 85 54 87 96 84
74 62 n/a n/a 73 66 n/a 18 58 n/a 82 77 36
82 43 75 94 94 94 64 82 43 94 43 93 82
Table notes Although the headline ranking figures show the changes in the survey year to year, the pattern of clustering among the schools is also significant. Some 195 points separate the top school from the school ranked 100 in the 2009 ranking. The top 10 schools, from the joint first London Business School and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to New York University: Stern, form the leading group of world class business schools. Some 31 points separate LBS and Wharton from Stern. The second group is headed by the University of Chicago: Booth which scored 57 points more than University of California at Berkeley: Haas, leader of the third group. The fourth group is headed by University of California at Irvine: Merage and includes schools ranked from 74 to 100.
Footnotes 1. KPMG reported on the results of obtaining evidence and applying specified audit procedures relating to selected survey data provided for the Financial Times 2009 MBA ranking for selected business schools. Enquiries about the assurance process can be made by contacting Michelle Podhy and Patrick Gaudet of KPMG by e-mail at pgaudet@kpmg.ca. The specified audit procedures were carried out between November 2008 and December 2008. The audit date published denotes the survey for which the specified audit precedures were conducted. 2. These schools run additional courses for MBA students for which additional language skills are required. These figures are included in the calculations for the ranking but are not represented on the table to avoid confusion.
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