The University of Melbourne/ FacebookThe University of Melbourne- The best business schools in the world are ranked each year by education specialists QS Quacquarelli Symonds.
- QS has released its 2019 Global MBA Ranking, evaluating 251 of the best business schools in the world.
- QS based its ranking on surveys of employers, academics, and business school programs, and evaluated MBA programs on employability, alumni outcomes, students’ return on investment, thought leadership, and diversity.
- Here are the top 50 global MBA programs, according to the QS rankings.
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 programs 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 programs 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. Here are the top 50 global MBA programs, according to QS rankings:
50. Virginia (Darden)
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US120K to $US129K
Read more about Virginia at TopMBA»
48 (tie). Emory (Goizueta)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US110K to $US119K
Read more about Goizueta at TopMBA»
48 (tie). IIM Ahmedabad
Location: Ahmedabad, India
Tuition: $US20K to $US29K
Average post-graduation salary: Under $US49K
Read more about IIM Ahmedabad at TopMBA»
47. Manchester (Alliance)
Wiki CommonsLocation: Manchester, UK
Tuition: $US50K to $US59K
Average post-graduation salary: $US70K to $US89K
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46. St. Gallen
Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland
Tuition: $US50K to $US59K
Average post-graduation salary: $US110K to $US119K
Read more about St. Gallen at TopMBA»
45. Vlerick
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Tuition: $US40K to $US49K
Average post-graduation salary: $US100K to $US109K
Read more about Vlerick at TopMBA»
44. Cranfield
Location: Cranfield, UK
Tuition: $US40K to $US49K
Average post-graduation salary: $US90K to $US99K
Read more about Cranfield at TopMBA»
43. Toronto (Rotman)
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Tuition: $US90K to $US99K
Average post-graduation salary: $US70K to $US89K
Read more about Rotman at TopMBA»
42. Mannheim
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Tuition: $US40K to $US49K
Average post-graduation salary: $US100K to $US109K
Read more about Mannheim at TopMBA»
41. Dartmouth (Tuck)
Location: Hanover, NH
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US120K to $US129K
Read more about Tuck at TopMBA»
40. NUS
Location: Singapore
Tuition: $US40K to $US49K
Average post-graduation salary: $US70K to $US89K
Read more about NUS at TopMBA»
39. UNSW (Australian Graduate School of Management)
UNSWLocation: Sydney, Australia
Tuition: $US60K to $US69K
Average post-graduation salary: $US70K to $US89K
Read more about the Australian Graduate School of Management at TopMBA»
38. Cornell (Johnson)
Location: Ithaca, NY
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US120K to $US129K
Read more about Johnson at TopMBA»
37. Warwick
Courtesy of Warwick Business SchoolLocation: Coventry, UK
Tuition: $US50K to $US59K
Average post-graduation salary: $US90K to $US99K
Read more about Warwick at TopMBA»
36. Indiana (Kelley)
Location: Bloomington, IN
Tuition: $US90K to $US99K
Average post-graduation salary: $US110K to $US119K
Read more about Kelley at TopMBA»
35. EDHEC
Location: Nice, France
Tuition: $US50K to $US59K
Average post-graduation salary: $US90K to $US99K
Read more about EDHEC at TopMBA»
34. Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US110K to $US119K
Read more about Tepper at TopMBA»
33. University of Hong Kong
Location: Hong Kong
Tuition: $US70K to $US79K
Average post-graduation salary: $US90K to $US99K
Read more about the University of Hong Kong at TopMBA»
32. Boston (Questrom)
Location: Boston, MA
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US90K to $US99K
Read more about Questrom at TopMBA»
31. Copenhagen
Wikimedia CommonsLocation: Copenhagen, Denmark
Tuition: $US50K to $US59K
Average post-graduation salary: $US70K to $US89K
Read more about Copenhagen at TopMBA»
29 (tie). USC (Marshall)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US110K to $US119K
Read more about Marshall at TopMBA»
29 (tie). Texas (McCombs)
Location: Austin, TX
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US110K to $US119K
Read more about McCombs at TopMBA»
28. Melbourne
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Tuition: $US60K to $US69K
Average post-graduation salary: $US100K to $US109K
Read more about Melbourne at TopMBA»
27. Erasmus (Rotterdam School of Management)
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tuition: $US60K to $US69K
Average post-graduation salary: $US70K to $US89K
Read more about Rotterdam School of Management at TopMBA»
26. ESSEC
Location: Paris, France/Singapore
Tuition: $US50K to $US59K
Average post-graduation salary: $US100K to $US109K
Read more about ESSEC at TopMBA»
25. CEIBS
Location: Shanghai, China
Tuition: $US50K to $US59K
Average post-graduation salary: $US50K to $US69K
Read more about CEIBS at TopMBA»
24. IMD
Facebook/IMD Business SchoolLocation: Lausanne, Switzerland
Tuition: $US60K to $US69K
Average post-graduation salary: $US110K to $US119K
Read more about IMD at TopMBA»
23. SDA Bocconi
Location: Milan, Italy
Tuition: $US60K to $US69K
Average post-graduation salary: $US100K to $US109K
Read more about SDA Bocconi at TopMBA»
22. NYU (Stern)
Location: New York, NY
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US120K to $US129K
Read more about NYU Stern at TopMBA»
21. Cambridge (Judge)
Location: Cambridge, UK
Tuition: $US70K to $US79K
Average post-graduation salary: $US130K to $US139K
Read more about Judge at TopMBA»
20. Duke (Fuqua)
Location: Durham, NC
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US120K to $US129K
Read more about Fuqua at TopMBA»
19. Imperial
Location: London, UK
Tuition: $US60K to $US69K
Average post-graduation salary: $US70K to $US89K
Read more about Imperial at TopMBA»
18. IESE Business School
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US100K to $US109K
Read more about IESE Business School at TopMBA»
17. UC Berkeley (Haas)
Location: Berkeley, CA
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US120K to $US129K
Read more about Haas at TopMBA»
16. Yale
Facebook/Yale School of ManagementLocation: New Haven, CT
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US120K to $US129K
Read more about Yale at TopMBA»
15. Michigan (Ross)
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US120K to $US129K
Read more about Michigan Ross at TopMBA»
14. Northwestern (Kellogg)
Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern UniversityLocation: Evanston, IL
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US120K to $US129K
Read more about Kellogg at TopMBA»
13. ESADE
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Tuition: $US70K to $US79K
Average post-graduation salary: $US90K to $US99K
Read more about ESADE at TopMBA»
12. Oxford (Said)
Location: Oxford, UK
Tuition: $US70K to $US79K
Average post-graduation salary: $US70K to $US89K
Read more about Said at TopMBA»
11. UCLA (Anderson)
Facebook/UCLA Anderson School of ManagementLocation: Los Angeles, CA
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US110K to $US119K
Read more about UCLA Anderson at TopMBA»
10. Columbia
Location: New York, NY
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US120K to $US129K
Read more about Columbia at TopMBA»
8 (tie). Chicago (Booth)
Location: Chicago, IL
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US120K to $US129K
Read more about Booth at TopMBA»
8 (tie). IE Business School
Facebook/IE Business SchoolLocation: Madrid, Spain
Tuition: $US80K to $US89K
Average post-graduation salary: $US90K to $US99K
Read more about IE Business School at TopMBA»
7. HEC Paris
Facebook/HEC ParisLocation: Jouy-en-Josas, France
Tuition: $US70K to $US79K
Average post-graduation salary: $US110K to $US119K
Read more about HEC Paris at TopMBA»
6. INSEAD
Wikimedia Commons/ORogalevINSEAD’s Singapore campusLocation: Fontainebleau, France/Singapore
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US100K to $US109K
Read more about INSEAD at TopMBA»
5. MIT (Sloan)
Location: Cambridge, MA
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US120K to $US129K
Read more about MIT Sloan at TopMBA»
4. London Business School
C0mun1c4t10ns, WikipediaLocation: London, UK
Tuition: $US90K to $US99K
Average post-graduation salary: $US100K to $US109K
Read more about London Business School at TopMBA»
3. Penn (Wharton)
The Wharton School/FacebookLocation: Philadelphia, PA
Tuition: Over $US150K
Average post-graduation salary: $US130K to $US139K
Read more about Wharton at TopMBA»
2. Harvard
Location: Boston, MA
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US130K to $US139K
Read more about Harvard at TopMBA»
1. Stanford
Steve Castillo/Wikimedia CommonsThe Knight Management Center at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.Location: Stanford, CA
Tuition: $US100K to $US149K
Average post-graduation salary: $US140K to $US149K
Read more about Stanford on TopMBA»
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