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Global MBA Rankings 2000

	Current rank	School name	Country	Total score	Salary today ($)^[1]	Weighted sal. ($)^[2]	Salary inc. (%)^[3]	Value (ratio)^[4]	Value^[4]	Careers (index)^[5]	Careers^[6]	Aims achieved^[7]	Aims achieved (%)^[7]	Placements (index)^[8]	Placements^[9]	Employment^[10]	Recommends^[11]	Wom. faculty^[12]	Wom. students^[13]	Wom. board^[14]	Intl. faculty^[15]	Intl. students^[16]	Intl. board^[17]	Intl. mobility (index)^[18]	Intl. mobility^[18]	Intl. course (index)^[19]	Intl. course^[19]	Languages	PhD faculty^[20]	FT doctoral rating	FT doctoral rank	FT research rating	Research
	10	Harvard Business School	U.S.A.	75.11	173,4143,068	155,40122,527	22112	2.7	26	59	8	13	69	37	53	990	2	204	300	48	364	304	25	38	31	0	70	0	935	66	27	85	54
	22	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	U.S.A.	74.55.4	160,4688,061	142,29116,853	22734	2.6	33	48	20	25	66	56	23	1000	3	151	300	4	167	364	28	42	26	11	46	0	1000	100	1	89	42
	30	Stanford Graduate School of Business	U.S.A.	72.31.7	159,22718,748	157,50433,091	20025	2.6	33	51	13	11	70	55	26	1001	1	151	300	12	3310	291	17	27	42	8	51	0	1000	87	18	76	139
	41	MIT: Sloan	U.S.A.	70.64.5	153,79620,481	151,43731,093	19839	2.6	33	50	15	73	34	58	19	991	7	172	270	17	261	370	4	36	34	7	53	0	1000	83	19	95	210
	53	Columbia Business School	U.S.A.	69.01.8	151,04210,909	131,3718,325	2279	2.6	33	49	17	34	62	46	38	1002	16	163	360	6	456	291	30	37	32	17	37	0	991	44	38	80	96
	60	University of Chicago: Booth	U.S.A.	67.81.9	147,1336,852	130,41814,657	22429	2.9	15	37	47	21	67	56	23	980	9	120	202	7	291	311	9	19	58	19	33	0	990	81	20	80	93
	70	Northwestern University: Kellogg	U.S.A.	66.22.6	130,6494,539	134,23817,356	18227	2.3	52	44	25	19	68	55	26	1001	4	243	320	6	2210	316	5	26	43	87	3	0	955	65	28	77	123
	80	London Business School	U.K.	65.02.2	113,340586	109,0912,425	1463	2.3	52	44	25	31	64	56	23	10011	6	101	241	4	611	821	19	74	6	36	18	1	984	59	30	76	1311
	92	Insead	France	62.20.1	115,959832	113,8085,518	1246	3.5	6	49	17	9	71	49	32	950	5	164	204	4	833	880	67	83	3	0	70	2	954	16	57	37	3515
	102	Cornell University: Johnson	U.S.A.	61.60.5	117,8375,951	115,63413,469	19812	2.4	45	34	59	51	57	57	21	905	26	207	251	24	204	379	39	35	37	7	53	0	940	16	57	83	61
	112	IMD Business School	Switzerland	61.10.3	135,5016,139	129,10515,595	1181	3.7	3	55	9	46	59	46	38	963	9	52	204	0	950	960	69	100	1	56	9	0	982	0	65	21	4732
	122	University of California at Berkeley: Haas	U.S.A.	60.00.8	117,3355	113,6535,653	14818	2.9	15	36	51	42	60	35	56	988	9	172	362	10	261	322	8	36	34	19	33	0	1000	37	43	100	121
	134	New York University: Stern	U.S.A.	59.60.5	123,6461,447	111,5532,259	19832	2.5	42	37	47	63	52	46	38	981	16	204	394	22	345	332	2	31	38	10	49	0	919	88	17	36	3620
	144	UCLA Anderson School of Management	U.S.A.	59.33	129,2199,634	118,98313,417	1786	2.8	22	45	24	13	69	66	11	982	16	141	291	7	356	242	11	26	43	34	21	0	927	57	31	50	2618
	156	Dartmouth College: Tuck	U.S.A.	58.44.2	135,4674,829	132,061895	1849	2.4	45	44	25	34	62	73	7	981	9	183	321	20	257	261	13	20	55	15	39	0	950	0	65	53	2116
	160	University of Michigan: Ross	U.S.A.	57.91.2	114,7507,092	107,2477,073	17321	2.4	45	37	47	65	50	66	11	1007	7	201	282	16	221	303	11	18	60	13	41	0	991	39	42	78	111
	172	Duke University: Fuqua	U.S.A.	57.72.7	114,0092,653	109,4336,100	1839	2.3	52	38	41	46	59	76	4	990	9	207	353	9	332	314	8	11	68	38	17	0	964	20	52	65	154
	182	Yale School of Management	U.S.A.	56.81	121,4536,879	115,3308,504	19924	2.4	45	37	47	37	61	48	33	971	26	111	313	13	925	292	4	42	26	7	53	0	1002	9	62	51	258
	190	University of Virginia: Darden	U.S.A.	54.83.6	121,0554,283	117,7207,761	19114	3.0	14	38	41	42	60	70	8	990	9	270	236	10	74	232	0	23	50	19	33	0	950	15	59	31	4127
	197	Western University: Ivey	Canada	54.82.4	101,05410,035	98,5741,560	18026	3.3	8	32	62	21	67	43	42	941	16	183	291	9	3419	388	14	31	38	31	25	0	961	22	51	41	305
	216	Carnegie Mellon: Tepper	U.S.A.	54.72.6	108,19511,691	106,26114,855	16525	2.1	63	46	23	58	55	65	15	977	16	95	251	8	408	375	17	39	29	3	63	0	999	96	11	14	5024
	226	University of California at Irvine: Merage	U.S.A.	53.81.7	95,7575,171	85,0451,312	1576	2.9	15	27	69	6	75	58	19	962	26	311	305	9	432	231	4	11	68	11	46	0	955	23	50	81	822
	231	University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler	U.S.A.	53.42.7	115,92910,047	107,5796,213	1593	3.1	11	36	51	51	57	62	17	947	16	197	281	14	76	273	2	12	67	20	32	0	971	40	40	54	202
	240	IE Business School	Spain	53.30.4	98,57214,430	98,28117,188	1434	3.8	2	82	1	4	80	100	1	982	26	263	361	10	352	486	75	47	24	55	10	1	6223	0	65	0	6946
	252	Iese Business School	Spain	51.64.4	92,31312,364	81,1013,276	1678	2.2	59	63	5	13	69	64	16	971	26	70	213	5	162	5910	64	53	13	47	14	1	948	25	48	5	6241
	26	Washington University: Olin	U.S.A.	51.0	96,832	96,502	177	2.5	42	38	41	70	43	57	21	99	26	24	26	15	7	30	0	24	48	10	49	0	95	18	54	42	28
	275	Vanderbilt University: Owen	U.S.A.	50.60.6	96,4631,080	95,9275,642	15720	2.3	52	48	20	42	60	48	33	960	26	173	284	10	914	357	10	25	47	13	41	0	944	9	62	55	1912
	286	Georgetown University: McDonough	U.S.A.	50.41	114,90924,575	108,34519,966	16041	2.4	45	52	11	25	66	35	56	930	26	223	352	15	260	376	6	23	50	14	40	0	961	0	65	24	4511
	29	Indiana University: Kelley	U.S.A.	49.6	95,695	101,185	158	2.6	33	28	68	37	61	68	10	93	26	22	27	7	6	25	2	16	62	5	57	0	99	49	35	27	44
	292	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	49.60.7	81,7182,171	79,8523,810	11936	2.6	33	38	41	25	66	25	64	960	26	1411	251	0	3124	902	0	80	4	71	5	0	9520	49	35	12	5413
	31	University of Maryland: Smith	U.S.A.	49.5	92,660	83,383	156	2.9	15	44	25	49	58	62	17	94	26	18	40	6	19	31	3	10	70	1	67	0	100	49	35	39	34
	32	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	U.S.A.	48.6	91,296	93,207	126	2.3	52	32	62	58	55	51	30	98	9	19	25	8	12	20	2	24	48	5	57	0	80	99	6	40	32
	3312	University of Rochester: Simon	U.S.A.	48.28.6	88,5149,314	83,177577	16830	2.2	59	33	60	25	66	53	29	994	26	143	167	5	303	559	2	40	28	1	67	0	773	17	55	29	4229
	34	University of South Carolina: Moore	U.S.A.	48.1	74,287	74,886	141	2.1	63	35	55	62	54	36	54	84	26	15	38	3	13	28	3	52	17	40	16	0	99	68	25	29	42
	355	Cranfield School of Management	U.K.	47.91.4	104,06710,242	103,28512,871	10719	3.7	3	44	25	5	77	41	46	1005	16	354	204	13	261	422	13	51	19	32	24	0	605	36	44	14	5012
	3517	Emory University: Goizueta	U.S.A.	47.911	101,87823,477	88,19823,697	15727	2.1	63	39	37	21	67	47	37	971	26	252	301	12	1613	312	7	21	54	23	30	0	1007	0	65	35	3827
	37	University of Edinburgh Business School	U.K.	47.8	87,710	87,161	108	3.4	7	66	4	11	70	23	65	94	26	23	26	33	41	79	22	73	7	48	13	0	74	12	61	0	69
	38	Purdue University: Krannert	U.S.A.	47.6	84,749	68,122	130	3.7	3	17	74	19	68	75	5	96	26	13	22	9	9	39	9	22	53	4	61	0	100	54	33	56	18
	3911	Pennsylvania State University: Smeal	U.S.A.	47.55	77,0462,174	76,3791,174	11312	2.6	33	32	62	42	60	50	31	975	26	171	300	15	140	273	0	28	41	8	51	0	937	68	25	61	1730
	40	Rice University: Jones	U.S.A.	47.4	114,882	114,882	165	2.8	22	42	30	74	32	69	9	100	26	22	30	6	19	19	6	15	65	2	65	0	100	0	65	5	62
	41	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	46.6	97,611	91,083	132	4.2	1	75	2	7	74	10	71	100	26	18	33	8	11	44	58	50	21	0	70	0	67	7	64	6	61
	415	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	46.61.5	87,30614,612	86,26113,046	13250	3.1	11	31	66	9	71	35	56	859	16	235	333	9	218	306	6	39	29	1	67	0	8810	17	55	35	386
	43	Arizona State University: Carey	U.S.A.	46.4	105,406	99,254	109	2.4	45	52	11	34	62	30	62	96	26	13	28	10	13	20	8	16	62	0	70	0	100	32	45	52	22
	4310	Alliance Manchester Business School	U.K.	46.43.1	89,3435,836	84,1383,330	1155	2.3	52	49	17	54	56	41	46	927	26	90	253	14	271	700	7	49	22	94	1	0	740	55	32	8	5721
	452	Thunderbird School of Global Management	U.S.A.	45.61.2	78,4251,326	76,6744,745	11615	2.0	68	35	55	37	61	41	46	878	16	379	352	5	462	470	18	49	22	75	4	1	789	0	65	13	524
	45	York University: Schulich	Canada	45.6	72,244	70,098	145	2.9	15	39	37	37	61	41	46	94	26	21	41	15	45	36	32	23	50	33	22	0	99	14	60	11	55
	4717	SMU: Cox	U.S.A.	45.06	99,9457,233	91,80715,769	15425	2.2	59	40	35	51	57	35	56	926	26	280	335	6	105	252	3	20	55	13	41	0	894	0	65	22	4617
	48	SDA Bocconi School of Management	Italy	44.6	81,546	92,750	109	2.7	26	38	41	2	86	48	33	100	26	27	28	14	11	41	0	54	11	19	33	2	46	27	47	1	68
	4914	McGill University: Desautels	Canada	44.54.2	66,3742,971	72,3932,423	11415	2.8	22	24	73	46	59	41	46	983	26	185	315	0	4023	540	30	52	17	33	22	0	9013	20	52	16	488
	505	HEC Paris	France	44.21.4	89,8255,712	92,9564,917	1070	2.7	26	62	6	3	81	38	52	955	26	110	234	8	121	510	17	57	9	67	6	1	3144	25	48	5	6225
	50	Wisconsin School of Business	U.S.A.	44.2	76,506	75,854	115	2.1	63	39	37	25	66	42	45	91	26	19	32	32	16	39	0	26	43	4	61	0	100	30	46	36	36
	5215	Hult Ashridge Executive Education	U.K.	43.83.9	122,0889,005	103,75810,045	1401	3.2	9	51	13	37	61	10	71	9621	26	335	2313	14	230	382	7	43	25	29	27	0	132	0	65	8	5729
	5211	Babson College: Olin	U.S.A.	43.82.7	92,2202,232	91,9343,711	13832	1.9	72	42	30	13	69	28	63	943	26	278	272	18	150	301	10	30	40	31	25	0	907	0	65	7	5917
	5425	Imperial College Business School	U.K.	43.77.6	83,94110,493	79,0397,184	822	2.6	33	33	60	63	52	12	69	982	26	210	4014	25	352	656	0	53	13	11	46	0	884	78	21	7	5924
	55	Michigan State University: Broad	U.S.A.	43.4	73,329	73,329	116	2.0	68	27	69	72	38	74	6	95	26	14	30	22	4	37	6	7	72	2	65	0	0	100	1	82	7
	5617	Case Western Reserve University: Weatherhead	U.S.A.	43.03.6	80,6943,051	71,8105,584	11236	2.3	52	50	15	21	67	55	26	980	26	180	3211	18	2011	4012	0	20	55	35	20	0	095	96	11	40	3214
	56	Melbourne Business School	Australia	43.0	81,621	83,439	74	2.1	63	35	55	31	64	12	69	95	26	18	29	13	50	50	0	51	19	59	8	0	0	90	16	15	49
	59	Ohio State University: Fisher	U.S.A.	42.6	75,697	75,697	89	2.4	45	36	51	71	41	77	2	95	26	24	29	15	21	27	0	13	66	7	53	0	0	98	8	52	22
	5921	University of Georgia: Terry	U.S.A.	42.64.9	80,6635,274	89,86710,267	11420	2.7	26	54	10	33	63	43	42	924	26	144	254	0	82	210	0	8	71	0	70	0	083	94	15	52	2211
	5917	Warwick Business School	U.K.	42.63.5	73,0923,962	73,2051,745	6827	2.9	15	38	41	13	69	22	66	887	16	271	321	27	185	487	18	54	11	21	31	0	055	72	23	93	342
	6237	University of Iowa: Tippie	U.S.A.	42.410.2	75,66112,048	67,08719,843	1362	2.7	26	41	33	54	56	36	54	980	26	152	214	14	1511	352	7	17	61	5	57	0	099	96	11	33	4013
	6315	Lancaster University Management School	U.K.	42.22.1	69,1542,701	74,83511,222	726	2.7	26	26	71	58	55	13	68	1004	26	263	320	30	163	746	0	79	5	13	41	0	056	77	22	64	1633
	64	University of Notre Dame: Mendoza	U.S.A.	41.9	85,232	87,476	140	2.0	68	42	30	54	56	48	33	92	26	13	31	11	6	25	3	16	62	24	29	0	0	100	1	0	69
	65	AGSM at UNSW Business School	Australia	41.6	85,827	86,254	79	2.2	59	36	51	65	50	46	38	96	26	16	23	7	20	57	0	53	13	36	18	0	0	96	11	13	52
	6622	City, University of London, The Business School (formerly Cass)	U.K.	41.54.5	80,11913,937	73,6374,102	908	2.9	15	40	35	49	58	8	73	925	26	1013	2610	8	481	587	44	53	13	12	45	0	079	70	24	42	2822
	67	William & Mary: Mason	U.S.A.	40.9	86,279	73,930	152	2.7	26	35	55	54	56	66	11	94	26	17	33	7	11	26	5	4	73	5	57	0	0	100	1	0	69
	6822	ESCP Business School	France	40.54.8	89,66121,378	80,7988,084	7027	2.6	33	72	3	65	50	43	42	8015	26	138	248	10	469	840	59	60	8	50	12	0	050	52	34	0	6930
	6926	University of Pittsburgh: Katz	U.S.A.	40.45.7	74,7569,770	70,81012,287	810	3.1	11	26	71	69	48	33	60	953	26	174	333	3	368	304	0	26	43	16	38	0	099	97	10	41	3014
	70	HKUST Business School	China	40.2	58,055	58,055	61	1.6	73	41	33	8	73	39	51	80	26	7	52	8	75	41	50	36	34	88	2	0	0	100	1	5	62
	71	Brigham Young University: Marriott	U.S.A.	39.7	77,228	79,775	149	2.8	22	29	67	68	49	66	11	92	26	8	21	5	1	17	0	19	58	3	63	0	0	99	6	0	69
	72	University of Bradford School of Management	U.K.	39.4	69,515	71,274	74	3.2	9	48	20	25	66	19	67	95	26	24	35	18	9	55	18	55	10	41	15	0	0	62	29	44	27
	7324	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	38.75	72,2627,971	64,0862,053	772	2.5	42	39	37	58	55	33	60	900	26	3121	359	2	243	757	58	86	2	25	28	0	052	40	40	4	6623
	74	Esade Business School	Spain	38.6	65,785	60,166	111	2.0	68	62	6	13	69	77	2	100	26	14	35	0	16	57	0	37	32	54	11	0	1	43	39	10	56
	75	Monterey Institute of International Studies: Fisher	Mexico	38.4	73,205	73,205	102	1.0	74	32	62	75	25	0	74	95	26	36	43	18	10	67	50	0	74	61	7	0	1	98	8	2	67
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Footnotes

1. The average alumni salary three years after graduation. (The 2006 ranking surveyed the MBA class that graduated in 2002). 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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. This is presented as an index.

6. 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.

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

8. 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. This is presented as an index.

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 on 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 number of votes received by 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. The percentage of faculty whose citizenship differs from their country of employment.

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

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

18. This is calculated by analysing the employment movements of alumni between the time prior to their MBA and graduation and also, the time between graduation and today.

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

20. The percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree.

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