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	Rank '06	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 achieved^[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]
	1	1	1	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	U.S.A.	MBA for Executives	263,316	98	35	50	15	19	16	6	36	22	68	63	1	100	1	1
	2	-	-	Columbia/London Business School	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 / Hong Kong UST 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 / New York University: 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
	5	4	8	IE Business School	Spain	Executive MBA	157,475	138	2	62	27	33	36	22	41	20	84	63	2	87	72	67
	6	6	3	University of Chicago: Booth	U.S.A. / U.K. / Singapore	Executive MBA	201,713	72	37	5	35	14	25	19	80	11	47	11	1	98	7	2
	7	3	8	London Business School	U.K.	Executive MBA	167,778	83	20	22	13	16	20	9	77	6	64	60	1	98	15	5
	8	-	-	Washington University: Olin	China	Washington-Fudan Executive MBA	238,372	62	16	20	81	15	22	12	92	36	100	24	1	98	57	8
	9	5	5	Duke University: Fuqua	U.S.A.	Global Executive MBA	202,588	54	28	6	38	19	30	21	39	3	14	3	1	97	35	7
	10	8	2	Northwestern University: Kellogg	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	220,903	63	13	28	20	21	20	8	38	46	6	63	1	93	8	9
	11	7	7	Columbia Business School	U.S.A.	New York Executive MBA	201,744	70	32	75	65	12	21	9	61	30	36	63	1	98	17	3
	12	16	11	Purdue / Tias / CEU / GISMA	U.S.A. / Netherlands / Hungary / Germany	International Masters in Management	121,868	73	21	26	3	12	15	13	75	4	82	2	1	100	23	34
	13	12	16	Kellogg / WHU-Otto Beisheim School	Germany	Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA	138,857	72	5	53	6	19	24	7	87	32	91	17	1	94	33	10
	14	17	18	Warwick Business School	U.K.	Executive MBA	118,545	103	12	76	11	38	24	23	41	29	23	63	1	94	9	66
	15	15	12	Chinese University of Hong Kong	China	EMBA	194,008	71	58	23	78	21	34	40	63	8	100	50	2	94	56	41
	15	10	13	City University: Cass	U.K.	Executive MBA	147,551	97	39	73	52	21	26	16	46	7	30	15	1	92	21	62
	17	13	20	Ceibs	China	EMBA	213,110	80	22	61	62	5	18	10	68	72	50	63	2	97	72	49
	18	9	4	New York University: Stern	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	180,947	57	44	69	57	21	26	13	40	38	3	35	1	100	6	6
	19	31	-	Cornell University: Johnson	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	175,377	52	11	11	33	24	30	15	33	44	55	45	1	95	58	18
	19	18	15	IMD	Switzerland	Executive MBA	157,849	46	14	1	24	9	13	9	100	2	75	9	2	96	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
	21	11	10	Imperial College Business School	U.K.	Executive MBA	116,156	82	19	82	19	19	24	44	71	34	44	37	1	93	25	56
	23	35	31	Australian School of Business	Australia	Executive MBA	133,768	74	42	51	22	25	29	13	60	48	22	63	1	98	49	42
	24	29	22	University of California at Irvine: Merage	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	151,052	63	51	49	63	35	23	11	29	40	11	40	1	95	63	14
	24	14	16	University of Western Ontario: Ivey	Canada / China	Executive MBA	155,437	58	56	9	58	18	24	15	47	10	34	30	1	97	59	26
	26	26	20	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	MBA for Executives	127,795	50	48	29	18	20	36	38	64	56	38	63	1	97	13	13
	27	20	14	Emory University: Goizueta	U.S.A.	Weekend Executive MBA	154,931	59	50	59	12	28	17	14	20	57	7	20	1	96	70	16
	28	40	49	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	Executive MBA	106,328	64	24	38	14	12	18	18	26	13	36	22	2	100	5	36
	29	30	-	National University of Singapore School of Business	Singapore	Asia-Pacific Executive MBA	172,687	47	25	46	74	23	19	17	52	12	42	6	1	96	62	46
	30	25	34	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	138,019	64	54	77	21	29	25	13	24	43	2	55	1	89	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
	32	32	29	UCLA: Anderson	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	162,463	49	64	32	70	11	26	9	21	48	9	11	1	100	24	12
	32	42	56	University of Bath School of Management	U.K.	Executive MBA	99,024	79	38	17	40	25	33	19	35	59	14	63	1	95	44	44
	32	23	19	University of Southern California: Marshall	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	166,891	56	34	41	45	26	13	15	21	73	27	45	1	86	48	15
	35	56	30	SMU: Cox	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	174,143	62	52	19	47	23	25	13	14	73	2	32	1	95	72	52
	35	39	32	University of Pittsburgh: Katz	U.S.A. / Brazil / Czech Republic	EMBA Worldwide	149,136	46	46	33	5	18	18	7	72	35	18	16	1	96	42	39
	37	24	32	ESCP Europe	France / U.K. / Germany / Spain / Italy	European Executive MBA	114,916	67	1	16	43	26	18	7	37	23	73	4	2	77	71	82
	38	71	72	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden / Russia	Executive MBA	76,164	74	61	57	41	19	28	22	51	17	50	31	2	99	12	61
	39	36	52	Bradford School of Management/TiasNimbas Business School	U.K. / Netherlands / Germany	Executive Part time MBA	102,390	81	29	64	8	39	21	13	69	41	63	63	1	73	52	84
	40	54	60	Cranfield School of Management	U.K.	Executive MBA	121,577	67	26	42	1	25	17	50	34	31	40	42	1	71	27	68
	40	50	36	Temple University: Fox	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	133,917	56	33	30	55	16	23	23	39	14	65	19	1	91	30	58
	42	27	25	Henley Business School	U.K.	Executive Modular MBA	120,951	73	40	48	23	30	25	25	24	39	13	23	1	70	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
	43	37	47	University of Notre Dame: Mendoza	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	146,185	64	31	63	39	23	16	11	12	84	4	50	1	95	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
	46	65	57	University of Alberta/University of Calgary: Haskayne	Canada	Alberta-Haskayne Executive MBA	114,590	56	7	25	9	27	24	18	44	55	20	55	1	83	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
	48	63	42	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	Executive MBA	118,687	62	55	47	46	25	26	14	33	15	53	63	2	92	66	69
	48	46	62	University of Texas at Dallas	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	134,680	50	45	40	59	21	22	16	54	60	8	42	1	89	29	30
	50	44	44	University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler	U.S.A.	Weekend MBA for Executives	129,475	56	49	65	37	20	18	6	28	78	2	63	1	93	26	19
	50	56	64	University of Tennessee at Knoxville	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	149,554	50	43	8	32	28	24	13	6	42	3	13	1	86	32	79
	52	45	50	FIA - Fundação Instituto de Administração	Brazil	International Executive MBA	203,826	19	27	4	48	13	22	10	11	66	20	21	2	100	2	85
	52	48	-	University of Strathclyde Business School	U.K.	Executive MBA	106,310	61	8	27	29	31	28	45	25	18	55	63	1	60	3	78
	54	19	23	Ashridge	U.K.	Two-year Executive MBA	127,393	64	18	44	56	33	19	60	58	21	40	42	1	60	72	65
	54	59	53	Michigan State University: Broad	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	140,079	50	23	45	66	19	22	33	6	51	0	45	1	95	41	24
	54	32	27	Rice University: Jones	U.S.A.	MBA for Executives	153,102	53	69	34	54	28	18	11	22	60	0	63	1	93	72	27
	57	21	40	Case Western Reserve University: Weatherhead	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	142,055	51	53	58	44	21	24	9	29	57	0	59	1	94	38	38
	58	37	44	Georgia State University: Robinson	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	133,397	48	62	36	49	31	26	13	19	64	5	24	1	92	10	54
	58	60	-	Villanova School of Business	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	163,224	51	15	18	36	22	27	26	8	75	0	55	1	90	72	71
	60	32	27	Boston University School of Management	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	147,973	48	65	43	77	24	26	14	26	27	9	32	1	86	50	33
	60	56	60	Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School	Belgium	Executive MBA	99,936	56	6	83	7	37	12	23	17	25	100	55	1	98	50	75
	62	73	-	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	Executive MBA	111,176	53	60	56	31	29	16	29	13	47	29	17	1	83	4	59
	63	63	-	Texas A & M University: Mays	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	135,461	51	71	14	71	23	25	22	8	60	1	63	1	87	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
	64	62	53	Vanderbilt University: Owen	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	124,781	66	47	79	42	17	9	8	9	69	8	62	1	93	65	40
	66	50	57	Universität St.Gallen	Switzerland	Executive MBA in General Management	108,623	44	30	13	26	11	16	0	54	33	67	24	2	100	46	77
	67	49	37	University of Rochester: Simon	U.S.A. / Switzerland	Rochester-Bern Executive MBA	116,976	48	36	31	30	12	17	9	37	51	17	8	1	83	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
	69	66	67	University of Utah: Eccles	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	104,136	53	72	55	67	31	26	23	23	64	6	50	1	87	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
	72	54	75	Tulane University: Freeman	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	136,618	55	68	66	60	14	16	7	14	82	3	54	1	91	64	47
	73	68	62	Queen's School of Business	Canada	National Executive MBA	108,932	48	59	60	34	28	18	12	39	27	23	63	1	85	55	60
	74	-	-	Durham Business School	U.K.	Executive MBA	81,968	53	81	71	2	19	26	9	57	48	41	63	1	91	68	53
	74	-	-	EM Lyon Business School	France	Executive MBA	92,190	65	41	70	80	28	14	13	27	78	63	63	2	85	34	73
	76	75	73	University of Houston: Bauer	U.S.A.	Leadership EMBA	118,954	51	80	81	68	25	18	20	18	36	3	50	1	90	47	57
	76	66	65	Wake Forest University: Babcock	U.S.A.	Fast-Track Executive MBA	117,208	49	76	37	51	15	24	22	5	70	4	41	1	95	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
	79	-	-	University of Florida: Hough	U.S.A.	Professional Two-Year MBA	89,919	51	74	85	76	14	22	23	13	60	0	63	1	92	20	17
	80	-	-	Helsinki School of Economics	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
	82	72	68	Baylor University	U.S.A.	Executive MBA	114,028	45	82	35	17	29	22	14	5	78	6	24	1	73	72	74
	82	-	-	Northeastern University	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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