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Masters in Finance Pre-experience 2014

	Rank in 2014	Rank in 2013	Rank in 2012	Average rank (3 years)	School name	Country	Programme name	Salary today (US$)^[1]	Value^[2]	Careers^[3]	Aims achieved rank	Placements^[4]	Employment^[5]	Female faculty (%)	Female students (%)	Women on board (%)	Intl. faculty^[6]	Intl. students^[7]	Intl. board^[8]	Intl. mobility^[9]	Intl. course^[10]	Languages^[11]	PhD Faculty^[12]	Prog. length^[13]	Internships^[14]
	1	1	1	1	HEC Paris	France	MSc in International Finance	90,798	1	8	2	3	98 (77)	22	28	13	65	79	65	2	11	1	100	10	100
	2	5	-	-	Esade Business School	Spain	MSc in Finance	84,548	2	9	1	5	91 (91)	31	27	18	35	70	82	1	8	1	92	12	70
	3	4	-	-	Edhec Business School	France	MSc in Financial Markets	71,336	4	18	5	7	87 (79)	32	27	17	39	68	67	4	1	1	87	8	100
	4	2	2	3	Essec Business School	France / Singapore	Advanced Master in Financial Techniques	73,412	16	3	6	12	93 (85)	30	16	10	51	37	50	3	3	1	98	13	100
	5	3	2	3	IE Business School	Spain	Master in Finance	84,780	13	4	8	25	94 (95)	34	15	28	55	96	82	10	15	0	96	10	18
	6	10	5	7	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	Master of Arts HSG in Banking and Finance	75,460	3	6	4	4	100 (61)	13	20	25	78	78	67	25	10	1	100	31	68
	7	6	4	6	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	MSc in Financial Economics	91,544	9	41	3	9	95 (82)	13	40	44	57	96	59	5	36	0	100	9	0
	8	8	7	8	ESCP Europe	France / UK / Germany / Spain / Italy	Advanced Master in Finance	68,309	17	22	11	10	86 (98)	36	21	35	67	33	52	12	6	1	95	13	100
	8	20	27	18	Università Bocconi	Italy	Master of Science in Finance	74,460	20	21	21	2	100 (36)	36	29	5	27	35	45	8	9	2	89	28	100
	10	-	-	-	MIT: Sloan	US	MIT Sloan Masters of Finance Program	106,502	10	38	18	33	76 (99)	20	44	11	37	87	49	21	26	0	100	12	0
	10	10	12	11	Skema Business School	France	MSc Financial Markets and Investments	59,046	24	17	12	19	91 (87)	44	38	32	38	75	55	6	4	1	76	15	100
	12	7	9	9	Grenoble Ecole de Management	France / UK / Singapore	MSc Finance	59,316	27	11	19	28	93 (74)	43	35	53	44	88	53	7	5	0	80	24	86
	13	13	8	11	Peking University: Guanghua	China	Master of Finance	86,689	12	14	7	1	100 (100)	23	38	5	12	7	82	45	25	1	95	22	95
	13	12	18	14	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	MSc in Finance	77,224	7	15	10	11	98 (97)	23	22	7	31	52	0	14	14	0	92	21	15
	15	14	10	13	Warwick Business School	UK	Warwick MSc in Finance	63,464	37	13	28	27	96 (73)	36	49	12	76	97	12	24	36	1	100	14	18
	16	15	13	15	Imperial College Business School	UK	MSc Finance	64,536	29	33	17	13	89 (87)	31	44	38	89	95	50	15	36	0	100	12	22
	17	16	15	16	City, University of London: Cass	UK	MSc Finance	60,003	25	28	9	17	66 (95)	30	57	47	70	92	53	9	22	0	96	12	0
	18	8	11	12	Cranfield School of Management	UK	Masters in Finance and Management	67,047	14	5	22	30	98 (67)	26	23	19	51	96	23	22	36	1	92	12	0
	19	22	21	21	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	International Masters in Finance	45,586	32	37	42	6	94 (95)	44	31	33	29	47	33	17	2	1	100	20	80
	20	27	32	26	Frankfurt School of Finance and Management	Germany	Master of Finance	75,599	26	10	23	22	91 (92)	14	27	0	14	54	0	38	12	1	100	22	54
	21	28	-	-	Boston College: Carroll	US	Master of Science in Finance	94,750	5	1	27	41	25 (43)	36	32	8	18	76	3	39	32	0	86	12	0
	21	19	21	20	Kozminski University	Poland	Master in Finance	58,397	15	16	25	14	94 (87)	32	48	18	22	16	64	42	7	1	88	24	43
	23	17	14	18	HEC Lausanne	Switzerland	Master of Science in Finance	65,148	6	34	31	21	78 (81)	27	26	27	81	61	55	16	17	0	100	24	55
	24	25	26	25	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	Masters in Financial Management	59,286	8	19	30	8	91 (88)	29	40	17	24	45	92	28	19	1	90	10	100
	25	18	19	21	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	MSc in Finance and Investments	62,106	11	25	15	31	77 (48)	20	32	30	42	69	30	11	16	0	100	14	21
	26	21	20	22	Eada Business School Barcelona	Spain	Master in International Finance	53,612	22	2	32	42	87 (84)	33	29	38	47	73	43	13	13	1	57	10	13
	27	26	-	-	Illinois Institute of Technology: Stuart	US	MS Finance	78,230	40	7	40	45	37 (85)	24	44	18	21	96	7	18	36	0	83	21	0
	28	31	25	28	Durham University Business School	UK	Masters in Finance	49,459	23	40	26	32	83 (57)	36	55	38	64	95	38	26	23	0	93	12	1
	29	23	24	25	Washington University: Olin	US	Master of Science in Finance	72,733	39	35	13	15	95 (85)	21	23	10	42	42	1	31	36	0	97	13	0
	30	29	30	30	Tulane University: Freeman	US	Master of Finance	68,634	34	12	29	40	45 (99)	37	58	14	32	96	29	40	36	0	87	11	0
	31	23	17	24	Brandeis University International Business School	US	Master of Arts in International Economics and Finance	67,636	45	31	16	29	51 (80)	34	48	14	23	76	19	20	18	0	83	21	73
	31	31	23	28	Henley Business School	UK	MSc International Securities, Investment and Banking	47,796	31	23	39	20	77 (48)	41	44	36	47	96	36	29	35	0	82	9	0
	33	33	-	-	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	MSc in Finance and Investment	44,232	42	24	35	39	96 (51)	33	48	36	51	84	50	27	34	0	92	14	11
	33	30	31	31	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	Strathclyde MSc Finance	47,780	18	39	20	38	93 (69)	37	38	35	32	92	47	23	21	0	86	12	8
	35	36	28	33	Lancaster University Management School	UK	MSc Finance	42,177	33	30	14	16	88 (54)	30	62	25	46	99	31	35	24	0	88	12	0
	36	34	35	35	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	MSc Finance	45,754	21	44	38	35	97 (63)	31	43	20	47	74	41	19	27	0	100	12	38
	37	-	-	-	University of Rochester: Simon	US	Full Time MS in Finance	73,196	44	43	37	34	80 (85)	18	52	11	25	89	14	34	30	0	82	14	0
	38	35	34	36	Nottingham University Business School	UK	MSc Finance and Investment	33,924	35	29	33	37	86 (86)	38	64	18	38	91	12	30	31	0	88	12	0
	39	-	-	-	University of Glasgow: Adam Smith	UK	MFin International Finance	40,879	28	20	43	26	80 (8)	37	61	15	56	96	0	36	36	0	85	12	0
	40	40	-	-	QUT Business School	Australia	Master of Business (Applied Finance)	41,644	36	36	36	23	n/a	49	49	31	35	82	8	32	33	0	85	18	0
	41	-	-	-	Leeds University Business School	UK	MSc Accounting and Finance	27,954	41	27	24	18	76 (47)	40	69	40	44	100	47	33	36	0	79	14	0
	42	37	29	36	University of Bath School of Management	UK	MSc Accounting and Finance	31,848	38	42	34	24	87 (83)	33	77	31	63	97	12	37	29	0	99	12	1
	43	39	33	38	Tilburg University	Netherlands	Master in Finance	49,789	19	32	41	43	58 (41)	20	27	43	45	36	0	41	28	0	93	18	7
	44	-	-	-	Universidad Adolfo Ibanez	Chile	Master of Science in Finance	46,195	30	26	45	36	71 (89)	15	17	12	32	3	12	43	20	0	66	15	100
	45	-	-	-	University of Arizona: Eller	US	Master of Science in Finance	40,657	43	45	44	44	100 (12)	30	39	19	25	65	0	44	36	0	76	12	6
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Table notesAlthough the headline ranking figures show the relative postions of each institution, the pattern of clustering among the schools is equally significant. Some 230 points separate the top programmes, HEC Paris, from the school ranked number 45. The top 12 participants, from HEC Paris to Grenoble Graduate School of Business, form the top group of pre-experience Masters in Finance providers. The second group, headed by Peking University: Guanghua, spans schools ranked from 13 to 33, a range of some 55 points in total. Differences between schools are small within this group. The remaining 11 schools headed by Lancaster University Management School make up the third group.

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1. An average of salaries three years after graduation. The figure shown is in US Dollars, based on purchasing power parity equivalency.

2. The rank is calculated using alumni salaries three years after graduation and course costs. The length of the course is also taken into consideration.

3. The career status of alumni three years after graduation. Progression is measured according to level of seniority and the size of company in which they are employed.

4. Alumni who used the careers service at their business school were asked to rank its effectiveness in their job search.

5. The percentage of the most recent graduating class that were in employment three months after graduation. The figure in brackets shows the percentage of the class for which the school was able to provide employment data.

6. Percentage of faculty whose citizenship differs from their country of employment.

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

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

9. A measure based on changes in the country of employment of alumni between graduation and today.

10. Weighted average of four criteria that measure international exposure during the Masters programme.

11. Number of additional languages required on graduation from the Masters programme.

12. Percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree.

13. The length of the Masters programme.

14. The percentage of the last graduating class that completed company internships as part of the Masters programme.

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