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	Rank '10	Rank '09	Rank '08	3 yr. rank	School name	Country	Audit year^[2]	Sal today ($)^[3]	Weighted sal. ($)^[4]	Salary inc. (%)^[5]	Value^[6]	Careers^[7]	Aims achieved^[8]	Placements^[9]	Employed 3months (%)^[10]	Recommends^[11]	Wom. faculty^[12]	Wom. students^[13]	Wom. board^[14]	Int. faculty^[15]	Int. students^[16]	Int. board^[17]	Int. mobilty^[18]	Intl. course^[19]	Languages^[20]	PhD Faculty^[21]	PhD rank^[22]	Research^[23]
	1	1	2	1	London Business School	U.K.	2010	141,606	142,340	124	50	14	4	41	81 ( 99)	5	24	27	14	86	92	58	2	14	1^[1]	98	25	8
	2	1	1	1	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	U.S.A.	2008	163,561	160,848	111	98	41	19	8	75 ( 96)	2	20	40	8	36	38	57	39	59	0^[1]	100	1	3
	3	3	5	4	Harvard Business School	U.S.A.	2008	161,336	161,887	109	93	33	32	29	87 ( 100)	1	21	36	48	35	36	17	52	97	0	95	20	1
	4	6	4	5	Stanford University GSB	U.S.A.	2010	169,989	164,863	110	94	4	7	18	85 ( 96)	3	19	34	19	36	39	22	59	20	0	97	3	6
	5	5	6	5	Insead	France / Singapore	2009	140,497	139,941	102	8	18	16	46	79 ( 95)	6	14	29	13	90	92	73	4	4	2	96	31	11
	6	4	3	4	Columbia Business School	U.S.A.	2009	164,108	160,679	121	88	40	17	17	77 ( 90)	8	17	33	11	63	44	36	40	39	0^[1]	96	5	16
	6	6	8	7	IE Business School	Spain	2009	134,392	139,458	159	16	1	68	36	89 ( 89)	28	33	30	23	51	86	82	32	52	1	89	81	74
	8	9	7	8	MIT Sloan School of Management	U.S.A.	2009	154,300	154,058	120	91	21	5	15	83 ( 93)	9	22	38	15	34	48	58	42	27	0	100	6	14
	9	11	9	10	University of Chicago: Booth	U.S.A.	2007	156,721	151,758	116	90	48	14	1	82 ( 99)	7	15	35	15	40	40	38	61	43	0^[1]	97	12	4
	9	16	17	14	Hong Kong UST Business School	China	2006	115,535	115,535	131	31	57	89	61	91 ( 90)	61	24	37	39	87	93	94	15	6	1	100	21	10
	11	12	11	11	Iese Business School	Spain	2009	129,734	128,891	136	66	3	23	19	86 ( 97)	18	18	25	24	46	80	90	9	8	1	99	56	60
	12	15	20	16	Indian School of Business	India	-	140,202	141,291	166	34	13	46	23	97 ( 99)	53	16	26	4	16	3	58	22	78	0	100	n/a	69
	13	10	13	12	New York University: Stern	U.S.A.	2008	138,212	136,080	121	82	29	2	6	80 ( 95)	10	18	38	12	46	32	16	45	26	0	100	9	11
	13	13	15	14	Dartmouth College: Tuck	U.S.A.	2008	154,607	152,802	112	86	49	1	13	83 ( 99)	11	20	33	16	32	40	9	44	40	0	100	n/a	5
	15	14	14	14	IMD	Switzerland	2009	139,204	140,320	86	6	16	8	7	88 ( 100)	15	9	22	18	98	99	79	1	54	1	100	n/a	56
	16	19	16	17	Yale School of Management	U.S.A.	2008	141,701	139,165	131	73	47	3	20	85 ( 99)	23	21	34	17	31	38	17	64	48	0	99	50	37
	16	20	19	18	University of Oxford: Saïd	U.K.	2008	138,818	136,467	108	12	20	12	83	74 ( 63)	24	15	30	31	58	95	34	6	65	0	100	35	45
	18	29	18	22	HEC Paris	France	2008	121,944	122,086	104	38	8	20	49	89 ( 87)	26	28	26	11	58	83	35	3	2	1	99	48	53
	19	18	21	19	Esade Business School	Spain	2009	122,050	122,825	126	41	2	40	37	81 ( 100)	35	29	25	14	21	87	79	7	22	2	82	61	91
	20	22	28	23	Duke University: Fuqua	U.S.A.	2008	129,065	129,977	101	95	71	15	5	76 ( 97)	14	18	38	13	39	39	32	79	36	0	99	10	2
	21	17	10	16	University of Cambridge: Judge	U.K.	2007	128,714	125,690	110	13	30	28	42	89 ( 93)	34	10	28	13	52	91	53	14	30	0	94	39	40
	22	8	11	14	Ceibs	China	2006	119,309	127,688	133	44	52	81	48	75 ( 84)	48	15	33	10	63	37	50	62	11	1	96	n/a	60
	22	21	24	22	Northwestern University: Kellogg	U.S.A.	2008	139,310	138,761	100	100	45	18	9	80 ( 98)	4	18	33	7	44	31	12	75	38	0	95	8	18
	24	27	22	24	Lancaster University Management School	U.K.	2008	112,214	112,214	131	3	9	54	50	78 ( 75)	75	29	32	31	32	92	38	36	67	0	89	18	85
	25	26	34	28	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	2006	113,640	113,595	102	20	36	45	75	85 ( 87)	42	14	23	27	34	97	23	12	16	1	100	4	45
	26	35	30	30	Cranfield School of Management	U.K.	2008	131,954	133,886	89	9	10	21	38	95 ( 100)	37	24	22	23	42	87	41	20	28	1^[1]	76	23	79
	27	24	46	32	Nanyang Business School	Singapore	-	110,567	110,567	109	28	15	74	78	81 ( 100)	98	32	34	22	61	78	56	13	37	0^[1]	91	78	66
	28	-	-	-	Chinese University of Hong Kong	China	2006	103,136	103,136	127	45	7	39	55	93 ( 95)	89	24	38	11	57	83	67	41	12	0	94	62	95
	28	23	27	26	University of Michigan: Ross	U.S.A.	2008	124,697	125,421	96	84	63	10	3	71 ( 91)	13	26	33	23	30	33	20	55	49	0	84	7	8
	28	31	32	30	University of California at Berkeley: Haas	U.S.A.	2007	140,132	140,478	82	87	37	26	10	81 ( 96)	12	25	28	9	43	34	9	54	35	0^[1]	100	15	7
	31	27	33	30	University of Virginia: Darden	U.S.A.	2009	132,623	132,888	112	77	54	13	12	77 ( 100)	16	22	29	15	19	25	9	60	62	0	99	84	45
	32	39	35	35	Imperial College Business School	U.K.	2008	120,306	120,306	107	17	35	71	51	85 ( 87)	67	19	16	36	74	72	55	47	75	0	94	44	69
	33	29	25	29	UCLA: Anderson	U.S.A.	2008	138,103	134,301	105	64	50	44	27	71 ( 94)	17	16	35	13	21	33	10	86	47	0	90	24	26
	34	24	26	28	Emory University: Goizueta	U.S.A.	2010	121,973	121,973	119	78	79	25	24	72 ( 100)	35	22	29	18	21	30	5	63	81	0	93	75	32
	34	51	48	44	Carnegie Mellon: Tepper	U.S.A.	2009	126,478	126,834	102	96	17	56	16	81 ( 96)	31	17	25	16	37	36	5	76	86	0	97	14	32
	36	34	36	35	Cornell University: Johnson	U.S.A.	2008	130,124	129,582	101	97	67	31	11	70 ( 95)	25	26	33	20	33	35	25	66	50	0	93	64	32
	36	32	39	36	Australian School of Business	Australia	2006	122,890	122,890	87	39	43	48	89	81 ( 89)	62	22	30	14	59	86	24	10	10	0	97	76	60
	38	40	38	39	Georgetown University: McDonough	U.S.A.	2010	120,574	121,402	110	83	46	6	32	78 ( 91)	50	23	31	13	20	24	10	49	55	0	94	n/a	45
	38	38	48	41	SDA Bocconi	Italy	2008	104,164	103,560	105	26	56	82	72	85 ( 90)	44	39	28	21	24	60	64	21	19	1^[1]	84	11	69
	40	32	22	31	Manchester Business School	U.K.	2010	110,595	111,150	91	57	11	51	62	93 ( 84)	33	33	29	14	38	98	43	26	7	0	79	2	79
	41	41	41	41	City University: Cass	U.K.	2007	120,632	120,632	83	22	31	61	71	93 ( 90)	56	25	21	44	61	87	56	37	34	0	93	52	74
	42	37	29	36	Warwick Business School	U.K.	2010	110,700	110,700	86	10	59	84	96	89 ( 90)	30	37	37	19	53	89	19	35	23	1	96	16	79
	43	44	37	41	University of Maryland: Smith	U.S.A.	2010	104,223	104,223	100	58	84	55	58	85 ( 94)	60	27	39	14	32	34	0	50	85	0	95	32	14
	44	53	64	54	Rice University: Jones	U.S.A.	2008	114,070	114,070	105	89	96	27	25	83 ( 97)	47	23	32	18	23	35	4	77	83	0	93	n/a	16
	45	47	40	44	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	2010	99,408	96,436	87	56	86	49	69	83 ( 95)	19	26	29	41	70	35	53	34	63	0	98	17	11
	46	45	41	44	University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler	U.S.A.	2007	116,096	118,117	94	59	72	37	21	69 ( 100)	22	27	28	19	35	24	8	68	17	0	89	30	37
	47	89	71	69	Boston College: Carroll	U.S.A.	2009	118,352	118,352	96	60	26	60	59	82 ( 95)	70	34	27	10	13	22	3	94	80	0	95	59	26
	48	46	47	47	University of Rochester: Simon	U.S.A.	2007	113,480	113,864	110	76	81	50	47	83 ( 81)	74	17	28	13	30	54	39	51	93	0	85	68	69
	49	47	53	50	University of Western Ontario: Ivey	Canada	2008	102,842	102,839	92	32	76	59	30	87 ( 95)	20	21	30	13	46	20	27	33	60	0	98	42	40
	49	60	69	59	Washington University: Olin	U.S.A.	2010	108,746	108,746	99	79	65	70	43	91 ( 89)	73	20	28	13	44	28	0	82	73	0	96	67	22
	51	41	30	41	University of Strathclyde Business School	U.K.	2010	109,994	109,994	106	4	61	94	100	91 ( 55)	91	37	29	33	33	93	33	24	88	0	65	34	89
	52	55	64	57	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	U.S.A.	2010	91,435	91,435	116	47	82	78	64	81 ( 94)	76	23	38	22	12	41	0	89	90	0	100	55	24
	52	49	76	59	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	U.S.A.	2010	115,750	116,866	90	62	66	41	31	79 ( 93)	21	28	26	11	25	28	2	87	68	0^[1]	86	22	22
	54	49	48	50	York University: Schulich	Canada	2009	84,182	85,547	86	35	60	75	87	80 ( 93)	29	29	31	22	69	75	52	31	29	0^[1]	99	72	18
	54	57	61	57	Texas A & M University: Mays	U.S.A.	2008	102,300	102,300	111	19	80	36	67	89 ( 100)	43	34	28	24	15	23	0	78	96	0	78	46	53
	54	80	64	66	Purdue University: Krannert	U.S.A.	2010	103,737	103,737	108	46	75	76	60	75 ( 93)	51	25	24	10	30	39	3	67	84	0	97	49	56
	57	60	61	59	Indiana University: Kelley	U.S.A.	2007	110,456	110,417	100	54	99	42	22	68 ( 96)	32	27	34	15	22	26	8	65	74	0	82	29	32
	57	60	60	59	University of Southern California: Marshall	U.S.A.	2010	115,840	115,746	91	92	44	22	35	82 ( 96)	40	29	35	8	32	30	0	80	71	0	79	47	30
	57	56	76	63	Vanderbilt University: Owen	U.S.A.	2009	113,407	114,086	103	85	25	30	26	73 ( 97)	45	13	27	8	11	31	3	85	77	0	100	80	60
	57	85	71	71	George Washington University	U.S.A.	2007	104,571	104,571	97	71	77	58	65	75 ( 91)	52	30	42	14	29	33	2	48	95	0^[1]	100	26	60
	61	-	80	-	Tulane University: Freeman	U.S.A.	2005	98,938	98,938	116	81	24	53	80	83 ( 93)	83	28	21	13	35	32	23	90	3	0	91	77	74
	61	57	84	67	Boston University School of Management	U.S.A.	2008	107,774	107,774	100	75	64	47	54	90 ( 89)	53	26	40	11	31	44	11	69	56	0	87	43	66
	63	52	75	63	Melbourne Business School	Australia	2006	109,538	107,247	73	42	58	83	92	77 ( 92)	59	31	26	33	72	91	27	16	15	0^[1]	100	83	45
	64	63	55	61	University of Iowa: Tippie	U.S.A.	2008	90,845	90,845	126	40	100	29	39	85 ( 99)	94	23	16	17	21	26	7	71	94	0	88	53	45
	65	92	-	-	Coppead	Brazil	2006	104,002	104,002	111	1	92	11	34	11 ( 100)	100	31	34	17	12	4	0	91	13	1	100	70	95
	65	63	48	59	Michigan State University: Broad	U.S.A.	2009	103,018	103,018	90	48	88	57	4	74 ( 100)	27	27	31	30	17	33	3	53	92	0	96	36	32
	67	67	55	63	University of South Carolina: Moore	U.S.A.	2010	95,672	95,672	111	49	85	64	66	62 ( 92)	79	24	29	9	20	18	6	38	1	0^[1]	86	65	60
	67	67	61	65	Thunderbird School of Global Management	U.S.A.	2007	99,731	100,150	93	51	42	38	73	61 ( 86)	39	28	32	23	26	53	29	23	46	1^[1]	91	n/a	74
	67	80	87	78	Ohio State University: Fisher	U.S.A.	2010	97,750	97,750	101	55	68	69	57	90 ( 85)	58	24	31	13	18	39	4	72	79	0	88	28	24
	67	95	88	83	Wisconsin School of Business	U.S.A.	2009	103,266	103,266	102	43	53	35	33	91 ( 98)	67	26	32	12	17	5	0	96	82	0	92	74	53
	71	77	79	76	University of Notre Dame: Mendoza	U.S.A.	2008	107,489	107,601	107	74	91	24	56	80 ( 97)	57	23	25	11	13	23	5	97	66	0	90	n/a	40
	72	74	68	71	University of California at Irvine: Merage	U.S.A.	2007	100,483	100,483	93	65	87	80	74	92 ( 99)	80	38	35	16	33	40	8	88	70	0	98	63	40
	73	77	-	-	Aston Business School	U.K.	2010	93,717	93,717	90	21	5	92	88	77 ( 91)	71	35	32	43	40	94	36	46	44	0^[1]	78	54	74
	74	80	-	-	Durham Business School	U.K.	2007	95,662	95,662	84	7	19	100	99	90 ( 85)	88	23	32	28	65	93	28	29	58	1	90	51	85
	75	83	-	-	Birmingham Business School	U.K.	2007	90,161	90,161	97	15	27	88	90	98 ( 47)	96	31	34	47	36	91	60	43	51	0^[1]	77	33	90
	75	71	84	77	University of Minnesota: Carlson	U.S.A.	2007	103,294	103,294	93	72	98	34	45	78 ( 68)	64	27	41	15	26	19	12	74	72	0	86	40	26
	77	63	64	68	University of Florida: Hough	U.S.A.	2007	99,172	99,172	95	36	62	79	70	79 ( 91)	65	14	26	24	16	14	5	95	98	0	97	58	20
	78	67	44	63	University of Washington Business School: Foster	U.S.A.	2010	106,998	106,998	81	61	78	43	28	77 ( 100)	65	28	40	15	21	16	4	83	41	0	89	37	30
	79	86	-	-	Wake Forest University: Babcock	U.S.A.	2010	103,733	103,733	113	68	83	73	52	81 ( 100)	69	21	18	12	8	15	1	93	87	0	95	n/a	91
	80	-	58	-	University of California: Davis	U.S.A.	2007	112,125	112,125	80	67	95	66	53	79 ( 97)	93	42	37	13	19	13	4	70	76	0	100	n/a	45
	80	95	100	92	Case Western Reserve University: Weatherhead	U.S.A.	2007	95,500	95,500	98	69	55	52	79	53 ( 91)	90	19	42	10	18	52	0	92	89	0	90	13	69
	82	71	92	82	University of British Columbia: Sauder	Canada	2006	83,514	83,514	74	33	70	90	68	83 ( 89)	49	14	26	34	71	56	21	18	25	0	100	57	20
	83	98	-	-	University of Miami School of Business Administration	U.S.A.	2007	98,736	98,736	96	70	94	62	63	62 ( 95)	87	32	28	27	28	25	0	58	98	0	85	82	40
	83	41	57	60	University of Arizona: Eller	U.S.A.	2008	94,357	94,357	100	52	93	93	76	65 ( 100)	86	33	29	14	22	17	2	81	32	0^[1]	90	19	56
	83	92	82	86	Brigham Young University: Marriott	U.S.A.	2008	97,928	97,928	115	25	51	33	44	83 ( 100)	46	8	13	7	2	16	9	100	91	0	86	n/a	79
	86	77	88	84	University of Alberta	Canada	2010	79,383	79,383	85	29	38	72	77	75 ( 100)	77	21	31	17	61	54	13	56	53	0	100	60	37
	87	83	69	80	University of Bath School of Management	U.K.	2007	103,640	103,640	69	18	69	96	97	95 ( 92)	81	32	41	25	43	84	19	73	45	0	98	45	56
	87	75	97	86	Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School	Belgium	-	97,677	97,677	65	14	32	85	94	65 ( 95)	84	39	24	17	23	90	100	11	42	1	96	71	79
	89	92	44	75	University of Edinburgh Business School	U.K.	2010	98,256	98,256	73	23	39	67	86	89 ( 97)	78	32	25	33	35	85	42	27	24	0	84	66	91
	89	87	53	76	Bradford School of Management/TiasNimbas Business School	U.K. / Netherlands / Germany	2007	96,993	96,993	85	11	74	99	98	86 ( 81)	91	26	19	30	38	92	15	30	64	0	84	41	79
	89	71	71	77	University of Cape Town GSB	South Africa	2007	133,352	133,352	66	2	28	97	95	93 ( 96)	82	24	21	17	44	39	30	25	9	0	64	85	95
	89	76	88	84	Arizona State University: Carey	U.S.A.	2010	94,290	94,290	84	53	97	63	14	78 ( 96)	63	24	23	17	24	34	0	57	98	0	90	27	26
	93	-	93	-	Ipade	Mexico	2006	93,620	93,620	136	63	6	98	2	89 ( 100)	72	11	34	18	9	9	0	99	31	1^[1]	35	n/a	95
	94	97	-	-	Hult International Business School	U.S.A. / U.K. / U.A.E. / China	2010	98,644	98,644	87	37	22	87	93	73 ( 95)	99	22	27	10	44	90	80	5	33	0	51	n/a	95
	95	-	96	-	McGill University: Desautels	Canada	2009	86,627	83,435	80	27	90	77	81	93 ( 77)	38	27	37	16	70	44	24	28	21	0	92	73	66
	96	70	-	-	SMU: Cox	U.S.A.	2010	101,299	101,299	87	80	89	9	40	75 ( 95)	55	27	22	11	23	17	4	98	57	0	91	n/a	45
	97	-	99	-	EM Lyon Business School	France	2009	91,122	91,122	69	24	34	95	85	81 ( 84)	85	27	27	12	42	60	71	17	5	0	95	79	85
	98	99	98	98	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	2007	99,456	99,456	64	5	73	91	91	96 ( 89)	94	29	23	18	46	35	60	19	18	1	96	69	95
	99	-	-	-	Macquarie Graduate School of Management	Australia	2006	113,796	113,796	58	30	12	86	84	100 ( 48)	97	23	29	0	27	67	0	8	61	0	91	38	91
	99	89	84	91	Babson College: Olin	U.S.A.	2008	109,382	109,745	77	99	23	65	82	71 ( 96)	41	24	32	20	17	38	7	84	69	0^[1]	84	n/a	85
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Footnotes

1. Schools runs additional courses for MBA students for which additional language skills are required. These figures are included in the calculations for the ranking but are not represented on the table to avoid confusion.

2. Indicates the most recent year that KPMG audited a business school, applying specified audit procedures relating to selected data provided for the Financial Times MBA ranking.
KPMG reported on the results of obtaining evidence and applying specified audit procedures relating to selected survey data provided for the Financial Times 2009 MBA ranking for selected business schools. Enquiries about the assurance process can be made by contacting Michelle Podhy of KPMG by e-mail at mpodhy@kpmg.ca. The specified audit procedures were carried out between October 2009 and November 2009. The audit date published denotes the survey for which the specified audit precedures were conducted.

3. The average alumni salary three years after graduation. (The 2010 ranking surveyed the MBA class that graduated in 2006). This figure includes alumni salary data for the current year and the one or two preceding years, where available. The figure is NOT used in the ranking.

4. The average alumni salary today with adjustment for salary variations between industry sectors. This figure includes data for the current year and the one or two preceding years where available.

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

6. This is calculated using the salary earned by alumni today, course length, fees and other costs, including the opportunity cost of not working for the duration of the course.

7. 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 MBA. Data for the current year and the one or two preceding years are included where available.

8. The extent to which alumni fulfilled their goals or reasons for doing an MBA.

9. Alumni who used the careers service at their business school were asked to rank its effectiveness in their job search. This figure includes data for the current year and the one or two preceding years where available.

10. The percentage of the most recent graduating class that had found employment or accepted a job offer within three months of graduation. The figure in brackets is the percentage of the class for which the school was able to provide employment data.

11. Alumni were asked to name three business schools from which they would recruit MBA graduates. The ranking is calculated according to the votes for each school. Data for the current year and the one or two preceding years are included where available.

12. Percentage of female faculty

13. Percentage of female students

14. Percentage of female members of the advisory board

15. International faculty (4) Percentage of faculty whose citizenship differs from their country of employment

16. Percentage of students whose citizenship differs from the country in which they are studying.

17. Percentage of the board whose citizenship differs from the country in which the business school is based.

18. This is calculated according to whether alumni worked in different countries before the MBA, on graduation and also where they are employed today.

19. Weighted average of four criteria that measure international exposure during the MBA programme.

20. Number of extra languages required on completion of the MBA. Where a proportion of students requires a further language due to an additional diploma, that figure is included in the calculations but not presented in the final table.

21. Percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree

22. 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 2009.

23. This is calculated according to the number of faculty publications in 40 academic and practitioner journals. Points are awarded to the business school at which the author is currently employed. The total is weighted for faculty size.

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