Financial Times, Full-Time MBA 2004
Rank in 2004 | Rank in 2003 | Rank in 2002 | 3 year average rank | School Name | Country | Salary today (US$) | Weighted salary (US$) | Value for money rank | Career pro-gress rank | Emp- loy- ment at 3 months (%) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | University of Pennsylvania: Wharton | U.S.A. | 157199 | 151726 | 52 | 23 | 86 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Harvard Business School | U.S.A. | 163834 | 162149 | 71 | 26 | 87 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Columbia Business School | U.S.A. | 157747 | 142781 | 55 | 75 | 87 |
4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | Insead | France | 129181 | 133619 | 1 | 31 | 70 |
4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | London Business School | U.K. | 126033 | 125167 | 85 | 33 | 65 |
4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | University of Chicago GSB | U.S.A. | 151372 | 140310 | 81 | 40 | 87 |
7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Stanford University GSB | U.S.A. | 149124 | 150291 | 94 | 17 | 85 |
8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | New York University: Stern | U.S.A. | 130897 | 124340 | 93 | 54 | 80 |
9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | MIT: Sloan | U.S.A. | 134397 | 139526 | 79 | 34 | 88 |
10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | Dartmouth College: Tuck | U.S.A. | 148830 | 144623 | 65 | 77 | 90 |
11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | Northwestern University: Kellogg | U.S.A. | 133920 | 139169 | 100 | 39 | 86 |
12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | IMD | Switzerland | 137941 | 142626 | 2 | 3 | 91 |
13 | 18 | 25 | 19 | Iese Business School | Spain | 96490 | 99470 | 61 | 25 | 96 |
13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | Yale School of Management | U.S.A. | 129821 | 129280 | 75 | 36 | 73 |
15 | 26 | 35 | 25 | Instituto de Empresa | Spain | 97440 | 98257 | 5 | 1 | 80 |
16 | 19 | 13 | 16 | Cornell University: Johnson | U.S.A. | 118617 | 129604 | 89 | 87 | 77 |
17 | 23 | 20 | 20 | University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler | U.S.A. | 114079 | 117639 | 58 | 90 | 71 |
17 | 17 | 25 | 20 | Georgetown University: McDonough | U.S.A. | 116372 | 121240 | 91 | 38 | 83 |
19 | 14 | 16 | 16 | University of Virginia: Darden | U.S.A. | 127760 | 137012 | 63 | 68 | 65 |
20 | 15 | 19 | 18 | Duke University: Fuqua | U.S.A. | 116111 | 122244 | 96 | 88 | 80 |
21 | 21 | 31 | 24 | University of Toronto: Rotman | Canada | 103039 | 98285 | 14 | 60 | 77 |
22 | 26 | 31 | 26 | York University: Schulich | Canada | 84480 | 85734 | 3 | 29 | 82 |
22 | 28 | 27 | 26 | Rotterdam School of Management | Netherlands | 101785 | 107305 | 36 | 13 | 79 |
22 | 29 | 31 | 27 | Emory University: Goizueta | U.S.A. | 113544 | 116310 | 72 | 48 | 81 |
22 | 15 | 15 | 17 | UC Berkeley: Haas | U.S.A. | 120765 | 120379 | 70 | 22 | 81 |
26 | 35 | 28 | 30 | University of Oxford: Said | U.K. | 122098 | 122098 | 4 | 27 | 81 |
27 | 33 | 29 | 30 | University of Maryland: Smith | U.S.A. | 97883 | 97323 | 48 | 99 | 85 |
28 | 23 | 21 | 24 | Carnegie Mellon University | U.S.A. | 115637 | 118604 | 87 | 70 | 80 |
29 | 22 | 18 | 23 | University of Western Ontario: Ivey | Canada | 101668 | 106010 | 29 | 64 | 70 |
30 | 43 | 31 | 35 | SDA Bocconi | Italy | 95583 | 92411 | 11 | 80 | 80 |
30 | 25 | 23 | 26 | University of Michigan | U.S.A. | 115463 | 121754 | 99 | 57 | 81 |
32 | 34 | 36 | 34 | Warwick Business School | U.K. | 103160 | 103984 | 12 | 52 | 87 |
32 | 20 | 16 | 23 | UCLA: Anderson | U.S.A. | 118552 | 126388 | 90 | 81 | 74 |
34 | 30 | 22 | 29 | University of Cambridge: Judge | U.K. | 105706 | 110801 | 22 | 37 | 79 |
35 | 38 | 42 | 38 | University of Rochester: Simon | U.S.A. | 106011 | 104661 | 92 | 61 | 83 |
36 | 45 | 38 | 40 | University of South Carolina: Moore | U.S.A. | 90586 | 96071 | 59 | 73 | 65 |
37 | 44 | 48 | 43 | Manchester Business School | U.K. | 98994 | 98287 | 27 | 6 | 80 |
38 | 31 | 30 | 33 | University of Southern California: Marshall | U.S.A. | 105527 | 107117 | 88 | 91 | 84 |
39 | 37 | 36 | 37 | McGill University | Canada | 81245 | 82243 | 50 | 16 | 66 |
40 | 39 | 55 | 45 | Ohio State University: Fisher | U.S.A. | 94856 | 94856 | 49 | 7 | 88 |
40 | 49 | 57 | 49 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | U.S.A. | 80467 | 83198 | 54 | 100 | 85 |
42 | 68 | 81 | 64 | City University: Cass | U.K. | 96175 | 95113 | 6 | 11 | 95 |
42 | 49 | 41 | 44 | Washington University: Olin | U.S.A. | 96752 | 96569 | 84 | 30 | 71 |
44 | 48 | 55 | 49 | Pennsylvania State: Smeal | U.S.A. | 92395 | 93408 | 39 | 72 | 67 |
44 | 35 | 24 | 34 | Vanderbilt University: Owen | U.S.A. | 108151 | 115270 | 67 | 86 | 80 |
46 | 32 | 40 | 39 | University of Texas at Austin: McCombs | U.S.A. | 103083 | 111366 | 66 | 97 | 70 |
46 | 47 | 43 | 45 | Purdue University: Krannert | U.S.A. | 92251 | 96968 | 43 | 76 | 75 |
48 | 40 | 38 | 42 | Rice University: Jones | U.S.A. | 103374 | 106265 | 62 | 58 | 85 |
49 | 52 | 49 | 50 | University of Iowa: Tippie | U.S.A. | 88587 | 88587 | 40 | 83 | 82 |
49 | 56 | 49 | 51 | College of William and Mary | U.S.A. | 97834 | 97834 | 42 | 49 | 82 |
51 | 60 | 71 | 61 | Michigan State University: Broad | U.S.A. | 87162 | 87462 | 38 | 98 | 80 |
52 | 40 | 46 | 46 | Queen’s School of Business | Canada | 94463 | 94463 | 31 | 28 | 70 |
53 | 69 | 67 | 63 | Australian Graduate School of Management | Australia | 97701 | 98763 | 32 | 95 | 73 |
53 | 90 | 92 | 78 | Ceibs | China | 65093 | 61556 | 80 | 50 | 96 |
53 | 62 | 67 | 61 | HEC Paris | France | 94893 | 94701 | 25 | 9 | 54 |
56 | 69 | 60 | 62 | University of Wisconsin — Madison | U.S.A. | 91770 | 91770 | 44 | 53 | 70 |
56 | 45 | 45 | 49 | Indiana University: Kelly | U.S.A. | 99509 | 108262 | 73 | 66 | 71 |
56 | 72 | 53 | 60 | University of Pittsburgh: Katz | U.S.A. | 86020 | 85008 | 16 | 94 | 86 |
59 | 53 | 49 | 54 | SMU: Cox | U.S.A. | 101524 | 101524 | 77 | 82 | 78 |
60 | 40 | 63 | 54 | University of California at Irvine | U.S.A. | 91902 | 92040 | 76 | 56 | 82 |
60 | 81 | 71 | 71 | University of Minnesota: Carlson | U.S.A. | 88822 | 88822 | 74 | 69 | 93 |
60 | 64 | 52 | 59 | Arizona State University: Carey | U.S.A. | 91308 | 91308 | 60 | 42 | 92 |
63 | 54 | 44 | 54 | Cranfield School of Management | U.K. | 111070 | 120661 | 9 | 21 | 62 |
63 | 62 | 74 | 66 | Boston University School of Management | U.S.A. | 97743 | 97743 | 97 | 4 | 87 |
63 | 57 | 53 | 58 | Babson College: Olin | U.S.A. | 106513 | 108280 | 98 | 20 | 80 |
63 | 60 | 60 | 61 | Virginia Tech: Pamplin | U.S.A. | 75557 | 75557 | 30 | 65 | 84 |
67 | 73 | 60 | 67 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 78257 | 78257 | 19 | 14 | 89 |
67 | 73 | 87 | 76 | Universiteit Nyenrode | Netherlands | 88156 | 88156 | 21 | 15 | 78 |
69 | 59 | 47 | 58 | Hong Kong UST Business School | China | 62089 | 62089 | 69 | 79 | 89 |
69 | Lancaster University Management School | U.K. | 71616 | 73164 | 17 | 45 | 91 | |||
71 | 83 | 79 | 78 | Esade | Spain | 70409 | 70409 | 83 | 5 | 74 |
72 | 64 | 84 | 73 | Melbourne Business School | Australia | 100717 | 100717 | 34 | 44 | 69 |
73 | 76 | 57 | 69 | Tulane University: Freeman | U.S.A. | 89019 | 89019 | 86 | 85 | 82 |
73 | 57 | 57 | 62 | Thunderbird | U.S.A. | 85029 | 92033 | 51 | 63 | 37 |
75 | 78 | 85 | 79 | Imperial College London: Tanaka | U.K. | 101174 | 102313 | 15 | 59 | 44 |
75 | 54 | 65 | 65 | University of Notre Dame: Mendoza | U.S.A. | 98572 | 101144 | 64 | 96 | 78 |
75 | 51 | 63 | 63 | Brigham Young University: Marriott | U.S.A. | 85624 | 85624 | 18 | 84 | 84 |
78 | 83 | 96 | 86 | Ipade | Mexico | 67112 | 67112 | 37 | 2 | 70 |
79 | 69 | 82 | 77 | Texas A & M University: Mays | U.S.A. | 82118 | 82118 | 20 | 93 | 96 |
80 | 64 | 65 | 70 | Wake Forest University: Babcock | U.S.A. | 91200 | 91365 | 68 | 24 | 86 |
80 | 78 | 73 | 77 | University of Georgia: Terry | U.S.A. | 86720 | 86720 | 28 | 55 | 81 |
82 | Brisbane Graduate School of Business, QUT | Australia | 51203 | 51203 | 35 | 8 | 87 | |||
82 | 95 | 89 | 89 | University of Durham Business School | U.K. | 82434 | 82434 | 24 | 42 | 83 |
84 | 89 | 74 | 82 | University College Dublin: Smurfit | Ireland | 92228 | 92228 | 13 | 10 | 96 |
84 | 64 | 77 | 75 | Case Western Reserve: Weatherhead | U.S.A. | 86712 | 86945 | 95 | 71 | 78 |
86 | Incae | Costa Rica | 41559 | 44899 | 53 | 45 | 57 | |||
86 | 86 | 76 | 83 | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland | 92012 | 92012 | 10 | 18 | 85 |
86 | 85 | Bradford School of Management/Nimbas | U.K. | 79728 | 79728 | 23 | 35 | 92 | ||
89 | University of Tennessee at Knoxville | U.S.A. | 90392 | 90392 | 7 | 92 | 64 | |||
90 | 86 | 70 | 82 | University of Arizona: Eller | U.S.A. | 78814 | 78814 | 56 | 78 | 84 |
91 | 92 | University of California: Davis | U.S.A. | 93735 | 93735 | 82 | 19 | 86 | ||
92 | 88 | IAE Management and Business School | Argentina | 62845 | 62845 | 57 | 32 | 70 | ||
93 | 73 | 77 | 81 | Edinburgh University Management School | U.K. | 76395 | 76395 | 26 | 62 | 84 |
94 | 85 | Georgia Institute of Technology: DuPree | U.S.A. | 85438 | 85438 | 46 | 89 | 70 | ||
95 | 95 | 97 | 96 | Ashridge | U.K. | 108375 | 111353 | 41 | 12 | 100 |
95 | 91 | 89 | 92 | University of Bath School of Management | U.K. | 77684 | 77934 | 33 | 74 | 81 |
97 | 100 | University of Alberta | Canada | 65135 | 65135 | 45 | 51 | 93 | ||
98 | 82 | 99 | 93 | ESCP — EAP | France | 82468 | 82468 | 47 | 41 | 52 |
98 | Theseus International Management Institute | France | 86701 | 86701 | 8 | 67 | 71 | |||
100 | 92 | 92 | 95 | ENPC MBA Paris | France | 76801 | 76801 | 78 | 47 | 40 |