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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 (%)	Female 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	10	10	10	HEC Paris	France	MSc in International Finance	90,7982,518	10	86	21	31	98 (77)5	225	2813	131	650	796	653	23	112	11	1000	100	1000
	2	50	-	-	Esade Business School	Spain	MSc in Finance	84,5489,586	24	928	18	513	91 (91)8	314	270	180	353	704	820	10	82	10	921	120	7030
	3	40	-	-	Edhec Business School	France	MSc in Financial Markets	71,3364,018	40	181	524	74	87 (79)5	323	2721	170	392	6812	6716	40	10	10	871	80	1000
	4	20	20	31	Essec Business School	France / Singapore	Advanced Master in Financial Techniques	73,4121,589	160	32	61	124	93 (85)2	301	162	101	514	372	502	30	30	10	982	132	1000
	5	30	20	31	IE Business School	Spain	Master in Finance	84,780752	132	40	85	258	94 (95)0	341	154	284	550	968	821	107	150	00	961	100	186
	6	100	50	72	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	Master of Arts HSG in Banking and Finance	75,460219	31	63	42	40	100 (61)0	133	206	250	781	786	670	251	102	10	10024	3113	6810
	7	60	40	61	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	MSc in Financial Economics	91,5443,964	98	4122	31	95	95 (82)6	132	408	444	574	963	5921	52	362	00	1000	90	00
	8	80	70	81	ESCP Europe	France / UK / Germany / Spain / Italy	Advanced Master in Finance	68,3093,031	177	228	114	105	86 (98)1	360	210	354	671	331	529	123	61	10	950	132	1000
	8	200	270	18	Università Bocconi	Italy	Master of Science in Finance	74,46011,367	206	2114	2115	25	100 (36)2	362	297	50	271	353	452	87	90	21	891	286	1000
	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	100	120	111	Skema Business School	France	MSc Financial Markets and Investments	59,0461,704	2415	1711	1210	196	91 (87)2	441	381	325	380	751	555	62	41	10	761	153	1000
	12	70	90	92	Grenoble Ecole de Management	France / UK / Singapore	MSc Finance	59,316594	272	111	196	2813	93 (74)6	431	355	530	441	880	530	75	51	01	800	243	866
	13	130	80	11	Peking University: Guanghua	China	Master of Finance	86,6897,192	120	1412	71	10	100 (100)0	230	388	50	120	74	820	455	253	10	951	220	954
	13	120	180	141	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	MSc in Finance	77,224457	74	158	105	112	98 (97)2	231	222	712	313	526	00	141	143	00	927	211	1515
	15	140	100	133	Warwick Business School	UK	Warwick MSc in Finance	63,4642,458	379	132	2811	2711	96 (73)6	362	494	120	765	974	120	243	362	10	1002	142	1818
	16	150	130	153	Imperial College Business School	UK	MSc Finance	64,5362,385	297	335	176	137	89 (87)9	313	447	380	895	952	500	151	366	00	1004	122	226
	17	160	150	162	City University: Cass	UK	MSc Finance	60,0034,687	254	285	93	172	66 (95)3	305	5711	479	701	925	537	91	226	00	961	120	01
	18	80	110	120	Cranfield School of Management	UK	Masters in Finance and Management	67,04718,593	1411	54	229	306	98 (67)1	266	2314	190	514	967	2314	220	364	11	923	120	00
	19	220	210	213	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	International Masters in Finance	45,5863,226	3212	371	425	63	94 (95)3	442	315	332	294	4723	3327	1711	20	11	1003	2011	809
	20	270	320	26	Frankfurt School of Finance and Management	Germany	Master of Finance	75,5992,710	261	100	2312	2213	91 (92)4	142	272	00	140	5418	00	382	122	11	1002	222	543
	21	280	-	-	Boston College: Carroll	US	Master of Science in Finance	94,7502,600	50	126	2712	414	25 (43)69	362	326	80	185	7610	30	390	321	00	861	120	00
	21	190	210	201	Kozminski University	Poland	Master in Finance	58,3973,451	153	168	256	144	94 (87)3	321	487	180	223	161	640	425	71	10	880	243	435
	23	170	140	183	HEC Lausanne	Switzerland	Master of Science in Finance	65,148545	61	3419	311	211	78 (81)32	272	266	279	814	6122	550	162	173	00	1000	240	551
	24	250	260	25	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	Masters in Financial Management	59,286402	85	191	304	84	91 (88)3	291	4011	176	247	4525	922	281	190	10	901	100	1000
	25	180	190	213	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	MSc in Finance and Investments	62,1062,117	113	254	151	315	77 (48)21	200	323	302	421	699	301	111	161	00	1000	142	219
	26	210	200	223	Eada Business School Barcelona	Spain	Master in International Finance	53,612744	220	21	3211	428	87 (84)1	331	294	3812	479	732	432	133	131	10	572	100	1318
	27	260	-	-	Illinois Institute of Technology: Stuart	US	MS Finance	78,2307,500	402	717	4017	457	37 (85)9	241	441	183	215	964	77	1812	362	00	839	210	00
	28	310	250	280	Durham University Business School	UK	Masters in Finance	49,4595,969	236	408	261	3212	83 (57)5	365	558	389	645	950	389	264	231	00	934	120	11
	29	230	240	253	Washington University: Olin	US	Master of Science in Finance	72,7332,909	396	3522	131	156	95 (85)8	212	232	102	424	423	11	311	362	00	972	133	015
	30	290	300	302	Tulane University: Freeman	US	Master of Finance	68,634968	343	126	299	4010	45 (99)37	370	586	143	321	968	292	402	362	00	873	110	00
	31	230	170	246	Brandeis University International Business School	US	Master of Arts in International Economics and Finance	67,636454	455	311	1614	292	51 (80)19	3412	487	143	232	764	1911	209	180	00	831	210	7336
	31	310	230	283	Henley Business School	UK	MSc International Securities, Investment and Banking	47,7966,762	318	232	3911	208	77 (48)18	411	449	3611	474	963	3619	296	351	00	828	90	00
	33	330	-	-	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	MSc in Finance and Investment	44,232485	423	242	358	397	96 (51)16	332	481	369	513	8412	5010	273	346	00	928	140	1110
	33	300	310	313	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	Strathclyde MSc Finance	47,7801,252	181	398	204	3815	93 (69)3	372	380	350	321	921	470	234	210	00	866	120	82
	35	360	280	333	Lancaster University Management School	UK	MSc Finance	42,1774,188	331	304	144	168	88 (54)11	301	627	250	464	995	316	358	242	00	883	120	00
	36	340	350	352	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	MSc Finance	45,754548	213	444	386	352	97 (63)20	315	434	202	472	7412	4113	191	272	00	1000	120	3816
	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	350	340	36	Nottingham University Business School	UK	MSc Finance and Investment	33,92422	351	298	3323	3710	86 (86)0	384	648	181	380	911	125	301	312	00	882	120	00
	39	-	-	-	Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow	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	400	-	-	QUT Business School	Australia	Master of Business (Applied Finance)	41,6445,795	361	363	363	2316	n/a0	492	495	312	353	826	85	327	330	00	850	180	00
	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	370	290	366	University of Bath School of Management	UK	MSc Accounting and Finance	31,8486,480	383	429	340	243	87 (83)6	334	772	310	637	973	120	374	292	00	990	120	11
	43	390	330	38	Tilburg University	Netherlands	Master in Finance	49,789197	195	324	413	4314	58 (41)14	2012	271	4314	4513	369	014	416	285	00	933	186	717
	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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