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EMBA rankings 2006

	Current rank	Rank '05^[1]	Rank '04^[1]	Business school name	Country^[1]	Prog. name^[1]	Salary today ($)^[2]	Salary inc. (%)^[3]	Careers^[4]	Work exp.^[5]	Aims (index)^[6]	Wom. faculty^[7]	Wom. students^[8]	Wom. board^[9]	Intl. faculty^[10]	Intl. students^[11]	Intl. board^[12]	Intl. course^[13]	Languages^[14]	PhD faculty^[15]	PhD rank^[16]	Research^[17]
	10	1	1	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	U.S.A.	MBA for Executives	263,31633,588	9818	35	50	15	191	164	62	365	22	687	63	1	1003	1	1
	2	-	-	EMBA-Global: Columbia/LBS	U.S.A. / U.K.	Global Executive MBA	255,718	98	63	10	73	14	24	9	68	19	64	5	1	98	16	4
	3	2	6	Kellogg/HKUST Business School	China	Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA	294,374	65	10	2	4	20	20	12	96	1	99	29	1	96	37	11
	4	-	-	Trium: HEC Paris/LSE/NYU: Stern	France / U.K. / U.S.A.	Global Executive MBA	260,293	84	75	3	53	22	10	10	66	5	51	1	1	96	14	21
	51	4	8	IE Business School	Spain	Executive MBA	157,47516,925	13810	2	62	27	331	361	220	411	20	840	63	2	871	72	67
	60	6	3	University of Chicago: Booth	U.S.A. / U.K. / Singapore	Executive MBA	201,71317,841	7210	37	5	35	141	257	193	8043	11	4739	11	1	980	7	2
	74	3	8	London Business School	U.K.	Executive MBA	167,7789,720	832	20	22	13	163	201	91	7714	6	644	60	1	981	15	5
	820	-	-	Washington University: Olin	China	Washington-Fudan Executive MBA	238,37296,490	624	16	20	81	150	223	121	9244	36	100100	24	1	982	57	8
	94	5	5	Duke University: Fuqua	U.S.A.	Global Executive MBA	202,5885,632	541	28	6	38	193	3022	215	394	3	146	3	1	972	35	7
	102	8	2	Northwestern University: Kellogg	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	220,9037,841	634	13	28	20	214	203	81	3812	46	60	63	1	932	8	9
	114	7	7	Columbia Business School	U.S.A.	New York Executive MBA	201,7448,556	702	32	75	65	121	2113	91	613	30	360	63	1	980	17	3
	124	16	11	Purdue / TiasNimbas / CEU / GISMA	U.S.A. / Netherlands / Hungary / Germany	International Masters in Management	121,8684,885	7314	21	26	3	122	158	130	7553	4	8280	2	1	1009	23	34
	131	12	16	Kellogg/WHU Beisheim	Germany	Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA	138,85713,079	722	5	53	6	194	2412	71	871	32	914	17	1	942	33	10
	143	17	18	Warwick Business School	U.K.	Executive MBA	118,54514,899	10322	12	76	11	381	243	239	415	29	239	63	1	943	9	66
	150	15	12	CUHK Business School	China	EMBA	194,00817,030	7112	58	23	78	211	342	400	632	8	1000	50	2	941	56	41
	155	10	13	City University: Cass	U.K.	Executive MBA	147,5511,991	974	39	73	52	210	266	161	463	7	302	15	1	921	21	62
	174	13	20	Ceibs	China	EMBA	213,11022,134	805	22	61	62	55	181	100	685	72	500	63	2	974	72	49
	189	9	4	New York University: Stern	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	180,9472,311	575	44	69	57	212	263	130	402	38	30	35	1	1000	6	6
	1912	31	-	Cornell University: Johnson	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	175,37713,979	5232	11	11	33	243	3017	150	337	44	5511	45	1	950	58	18
	191	18	15	IMD	Switzerland	Executive MBA	157,84912,535	466	14	1	24	90	133	91	1000	2	751	9	2	960	72	55
	21	-	-	Iese Business School	Spain	Global Executive MBA	156,372	67	57	21	69	13	22	9	36	9	88	9	1	97	36	43
	2110	11	10	Imperial College Business School	U.K.	Executive MBA	116,1568,464	8214	19	82	19	192	242	448	713	34	441	37	1	932	25	56
	2312	35	31	AGSM at UNSW Business School	Australia	Executive MBA	133,76817,756	7414	42	51	22	252	292	132	605	48	227	63	1	983	49	42
	245	29	22	University of California at Irvine: Merage	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	151,05212,391	635	51	49	63	354	231	113	296	40	111	40	1	953	63	14
	2410	14	16	Western University: Ivey	Canada / China	Executive MBA	155,4374,475	581	56	9	58	182	245	153	471	10	346	30	1	970	59	26
	260	26	20	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	MBA for Executives	127,7956,234	502	48	29	18	202	3612	380	644	56	388	63	1	970	13	13
	277	20	14	Emory University: Goizueta	U.S.A.	Weekend Executive MBA	154,9312,830	592	50	59	12	280	173	141	202	57	70	20	1	963	70	16
	2812	40	49	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	Executive MBA	106,3286,922	646	24	38	14	120	182	1815	264	13	363	22	2	1009	5	36
	291	30	-	National University of Singapore Business School	Singapore	Asia-Pacific Executive MBA	172,68711,002	479	25	46	74	230	191	173	526	12	421	6	1	961	62	46
	305	25	34	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	138,0193,069	641	54	77	21	294	2513	130	245	43	20	55	1	893	22	22
	31	21	38	Essec / Mannheim	France / Germany	Essec-Mannheim Executive MBA	118,414	67	3	12	10	17	17	4	19	26	26	7	2	98	54	80
	320	32	29	UCLA: Anderson	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	162,4639,435	4911	64	32	70	111	261	90	216	48	90	11	1	1000	24	12
	3210	42	56	University of Bath School of Management	U.K.	Executive MBA	99,0244,952	792	38	17	40	253	3316	190	352	59	140	63	1	954	44	44
	329	23	19	University of Southern California: Marshall	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	166,89116,938	560	34	41	45	262	138	150	215	73	270	45	1	865	48	15
	3521	56	30	SMU: Cox	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	174,14317,237	6223	52	19	47	232	253	130	140	73	21	32	1	952	72	52
	354	39	32	University of Pittsburgh: Katz	U.S.A. / Brazil / Czech Republic	EMBA Worldwide	149,13612,774	463	46	33	5	180	185	71	7253	35	1810	16	1	961	42	39
	3713	24	32	ESCP Europe	France / U.K. / Germany / Spain / Italy	European Executive MBA	114,9166,044	6711	1	16	43	261	182	70	371	23	730	4	2	772	71	82
	3833	71	72	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden / Russia	Executive MBA	76,1641,879	7427	61	57	41	191	283	221	5138	17	5036	31	2	991	12	61
	393	36	52	Bradford School of Management/TiasNimbas Business School	U.K. / Netherlands / Germany	Executive Part time MBA	102,3906,009	8112	29	64	8	391	218	1312	694	41	634	63	1	732	52	84
	4014	54	60	Cranfield School of Management	U.K.	Executive MBA	121,5776,543	677	26	42	1	251	1711	508	3415	31	4015	42	1	715	27	68
	4010	50	36	Temple University: Fox	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	133,9174,761	5612	33	30	55	160	237	230	391	14	651	19	1	912	30	58
	4215	27	25	Henley Business School	U.K.	Executive Modular MBA	120,9511,475	7311	40	48	23	301	250	255	245	39	137	23	1	705	39	72
	43	-	-	Arizona State University: Carey	U.S.A.	MBA for Executives	143,744	42	66	39	16	23	50	17	17	68	0	49	1	90	19	29
	436	37	47	University of Notre Dame: Mendoza	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	146,1854,715	643	31	63	39	230	161	112	121	84	41	50	1	953	72	32
	45	-	41	Wisconsin School of Business	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	129,524	53	73	7	72	19	50	22	18	75	0	61	1	94	31	25
	4619	65	57	University of Alberta/University of Calgary: Haskayne	Canada	Alberta-Haskayne Executive MBA	114,59011,361	5612	7	25	9	272	241	182	447	55	201	55	1	833	61	35
	46	-	55	University of Minnesota: Carlson	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	149,451	47	4	80	82	22	31	17	21	70	4	39	1	91	18	20
	4815	63	42	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	Executive MBA	118,68711,089	629	55	47	46	252	262	142	331	15	533	63	2	921	66	69
	482	46	62	University of Texas at Dallas: Jindal	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	134,6805,122	507	45	40	59	210	229	165	544	60	83	42	1	893	29	30
	506	44	44	University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler	U.S.A.	Weekend MBA for Executives	129,47510,484	5611	49	65	37	203	188	61	280	78	23	63	1	930	26	19
	506	56	64	University of Tennessee: Haslam	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	149,5545,162	506	43	8	32	283	245	133	62	42	33	13	1	862	32	79
	527	45	50	Fundação Instituto de Administração	Brazil	International Executive MBA	203,82628,407	197	27	4	48	130	222	100	111	66	200	21	2	1000	2	85
	524	48	-	University of Strathclyde Business School	U.K.	Executive MBA	106,3104,198	615	8	27	29	311	282	450	258	18	550	63	1	601	3	78
	5435	19	23	Ashridge Executive Education at Hult	U.K.	Two-year Executive MBA	127,3938,599	6417	18	44	56	334	191	600	581	21	400	42	1	6016	72	65
	545	59	53	Michigan State University: Broad	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	140,0793,133	508	23	45	66	192	222	331	62	51	00	45	1	950	41	24
	5422	32	27	Rice University: Jones	U.S.A.	MBA for Executives	153,1021,038	532	69	34	54	280	189	111	226	60	02	63	1	933	72	27
	5736	21	40	Case Western Reserve University: Weatherhead	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	142,05517,648	519	53	58	44	211	245	99	2917	57	00	59	1	941	38	38
	5821	37	44	Georgia State University: Robinson	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	133,3973,541	488	62	36	49	311	266	131	190	64	55	24	1	922	10	54
	582	60	-	Villanova School of Business	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	163,22421,207	511	15	18	36	221	2711	261	85	75	00	55	1	902	72	71
	6028	32	27	Boston University: Questrom	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	147,97311,807	483	65	43	77	241	267	142	260	27	95	32	1	861	50	33
	604	56	60	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	Executive MBA	99,9367,202	565	6	83	7	377	121	239	175	25	1007	55	1	980	50	75
	6211	73	-	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	Executive MBA	111,17619,694	533	60	56	31	291	166	290	132	47	290	17	1	838	4	59
	630	63	-	Texas A & M University: Mays	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	135,4611,147	515	71	14	71	231	258	2216	81	60	11	63	1	872	28	31
	64	-	69	University of Iowa: Tippie	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	124,542	53	67	72	28	23	26	17	17	81	7	63	1	93	40	37
	642	62	53	Vanderbilt University: Owen	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	124,7819,593	666	47	79	42	173	918	80	90	69	80	62	1	935	65	40
	6616	50	57	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	Executive MBA in General Management	108,6231,373	440	30	13	26	114	162	013	546	33	6729	24	2	1000	46	77
	6718	49	37	University of Rochester: Simon	U.S.A. / Switzerland	Rochester-Bern Executive MBA	116,976430	481	36	31	30	122	172	95	3712	51	178	8	1	836	45	51
	68	-	43	Concordia University: Molson	Canada	Executive MBA	89,791	47	17	52	64	22	28	27	73	24	19	35	1	96	53	64
	69	-	-	University of Edinburgh Business School	U.K.	Part-time MBA	73,619	74	85	78	25	25	33	25	38	45	33	63	1	86	67	76
	693	66	67	University of Utah: Eccles	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	104,1364,684	533	72	55	67	311	265	232	232	64	65	50	1	871	43	28
	71	-	-	Ohio State University: Fisher	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	129,421	42	77	24	50	25	17	10	19	54	2	45	1	89	60	23
	7218	54	75	Tulane University: Freeman	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	136,6187,126	555	68	66	60	144	164	70	1411	82	30	54	1	911	64	47
	735	68	62	Queen's University: Smith	Canada	National Executive MBA	108,9321,458	482	59	60	34	282	182	123	396	27	237	63	1	853	55	60
	74	-	-	EMLyon Business School	France	Executive MBA	92,190	65	41	70	80	28	14	13	27	78	63	63	2	85	34	73
	74	-	-	Durham University Business School	U.K.	Executive MBA	81,968	53	81	71	2	19	26	9	57	48	41	63	1	91	68	53
	761	75	73	University of Houston: Bauer	U.S.A.	Leadership EMBA	118,9543,601	511	80	81	68	251	184	200	182	36	31	50	1	901	47	57
	7610	66	65	Wake Forest University: Babcock	U.S.A.	Fast-Track Executive MBA	117,2087,198	492	76	37	51	150	249	229	50	70	41	41	1	950	72	45
	78	-	-	Florida International University: Chapman	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	120,208	60	84	15	85	26	29	28	0	15	0	37	1	71	69	70
	7929	-	-	University of Florida: Hough	U.S.A.	Professional Two-Year MBA	89,91922,789	518	74	85	76	141	224	2317	131	60	00	63	1	928	20	17
	80	-	-	Aalto University	Finland / S.Korea / Singapore	Executive MBA	96,998	46	9	68	79	31	21	40	7	67	77	24	1	72	11	83
	81	-	-	University of Miami School of Business Administration	U.S.A.	MBA Program for Executives and Professionals	115,859	46	83	54	84	28	36	33	24	51	0	63	1	82	72	48
	82	-	74	Athabasca University	Canada	Executive MBA	93,800	46	79	74	61	36	29	56	40	77	6	63	1	84	72	81
	8210	72	68	Baylor University: Hankamer	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	114,0282,476	455	82	35	17	294	2217	140	50	78	66	24	1	735	72	74
	82	-	-	Northeastern University: D'Amore-McKim	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	121,166	40	70	67	83	21	31	16	27	82	0	13	1	90	72	63
	85	-	-	Brigham Young University: Marriott	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	97,215	59	78	84	75	8	9	6	2	84	9	32	1	91	72	50
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Table notesAlthough the headline ranking figures show some changes in the data this year, what is equally significant is the pattern of clustering among the schools. Some 225 points separate the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania at the top, from the school ranked number 85. The top six business schools, from Wharton to the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, form the top group of schools. The second group is headed by London Business School, which would need to increase its score by seven per cent overall in order to enter the top group. The third group is headed by the Johnson School at Cornell University which is more than 15 points behind the Stern School of Business at New York University and the fourth group is headed by the Boston University School of Management which is 4 points behind Villanova University. Some 50 points separate the schools in each of the four groups.

Footnotes

1. These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

2. Salary today US$: The average alumni salary three years after graduation. This figure includes alumni salary data for the current year and the one or two preceding years, where available.

3. Salary percentage increase: The percentage increase in average alumni salary from before the EMBA to today as a percentage of the pre-EMBA salary. This figure includes data for the current year and the one or two preceding years, where available.

4. Career progress: This is calculated according to changes in the level of seniority and the size of the company alumni are working in now versus before their EMBA. Data for the current year and the one or two preceding years are included where available. The data is presented as a rank and the top position is one.

5. Work experience: This measures the previous experience of EMBA participants by examining seniority of positions held, number of years in each position, size of company, and any international work experience prior to starting the EMBA. The data is presented as a rank and the top position is one.

6. Aims achieved: The extent to which alumni fulfilled their most important goals or reasons for doing an EMBA. The data is presented as a rank and the top position is one.

7. Women faculty: The percentage of female faculty.

8. Women students: The percentage of female students.

9. Women board: The percentage of female members of the advisory board.

10. International faculty: The percentage of faculty whose citizenship differs from their country of employment.

11. International students: This criterion amalgamates two pieces of data. The first is the percentage of participants who are resident in the country of the business school but whose citizenship is different to that country. The second is the percentage of participants who are resident outside the country in which the business school is situated. The data is presented as a rank and the top position is one.

12. International board: The percentage of the board whose citizenship differs from the country in which the business school is based.

13. International course experience: The percentage of classroom teaching hours that are carried out outside the country in which the business school is situated. The data is presented as a rank and the top position is one.

14. Languages: Number of languages students are required to speak on graduation.

15. Faculty with doctorate: The percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree.

16. FT doctoral rank: This is calculated according to the number of doctoral graduates from each business school during the past three years. Additional points are given if these doctoral graduates took up faculty positions at one of the top 50 full-time MBA schools of 2006. The data is presented as a rank and the top position is one.

17. FT research rank: This is calculated according to the number of faculty publications in 40 international academic and practitioner journals. Points are accrued by the business school at which the author is currently employed. The total is weighted for faculty size and appears as a rank where the top position is one.

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