The Foundation for International Business Education has just released its MBA Guidebook and MBA rankings 2018.
Stanford Graduate School of Business is back at the top of the Global MBA ranking and two-year programmes occupy nine out of the first 10 places and Insead’s one-year MBA, top for the past two years, falls to second place.
University of Pennsylvania Wharton remains third, while London Business School’s is the top British MBA programme and Harvard Business School falls to fifth position, their lowest rank since 2008.
This year, a majority of two-year programmes rise or maintain position while their one-year rivals lose places. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University in Houston makes the biggest jump, up 19 places to 45.
The overall number of enrolled students at ranked business schools in the US in 2017 has remained stable at about 12,000. A little more than half of schools enrolled more students last year than in 2016 and most US schools have recruited fewer international students.
For the second time Stanford ranks first, six years after it first reached the top of the table. Its alumni are leading the way thanks to a significant salary increase, up nearly $20,000 to $214,000, the highest average salary since the inaugural ranking.
Despite Stanford being in Silicon Valley in California, a third of its alumni work in corporate finance. Hedge funds pretty much hire from the top three US schools only [Harvard, Stanford and Wharton].
To know more visit The MBA Guidebook.