Business school rankings from the Financial Times

Loading the ranking table

Business school newsletter

Every Monday, receive exclusive insights from the FT's management editor and a selection of articles to help with your education and career.

Sign up for the email.

Post-experience Masters in Finance 2017

Click here to access the Financial Times 2017 ranking of post-experience Masters in Finance

Masters in Finance 2017

Table links

Latest features

>> Why overworked staff still love their bosses

>> Don’t listen to prigs: profanity is glorious

>> Casey Wasserman, CEO, Wasserman, on LA’s Olympic bid

>> Divine Chocolate CEO Sophi Tranchell’s reading list

Search

for business schools

Social media

Keep up to date with our business education news and features on Facebook and Twitter

Share this ranking

Interactive graphic

An interactive graphic giving an insight into the careers and thoughts of top business school deans.

FT Lexicon

Need a definition? Look up thousands of business phrases here.

All rankings

Masters in Finance Pre-experience 2017

	2017	2016	2015	3-year average	School name	Programme name	Country	Salary today (US$)^[1]	Salary percentage increase	Value^[2]	Career progress rank	Aims achieved^[3]	Careers service rank	Employment^[4]	Female faculty (%)	Female students (%)	Women on board (%)	Intl. faculty^[5]	Intl. students^[6]	Intl. board^[7]	Intl. mobility^[8]	Intl. course^[9]	Languages^[10]	PhD Faculty^[11]	Average course length (months)	Internships^[12]
	1	4	8	41	Edhec Business School	Edhec MSc in Financial Markets	France	105,45521,275	79	199	8	871	19	97 (80)1	39	28	427	476	656	842	11	22	10	901	205	1000
	2	1	1	10	HEC Paris	MSc in International Finance	France	118,47622,216	48	157	35	911	3	99 (96)1	19	28	130	712	901	670	21	123	10	1000	100	1000
	3	7	6	51	Essec Business School	Master in Finance	France / Singapore	107,43528,414	64	119	9	882	13	96 (87)2	31	28	3828	552	5218	6212	41	71	10	990	130	1000
	4	2	3	31	ESCP Europe	Advanced Master in Finance	FR / UK / DE / ES / IT	101,81516,009	39	120	7	890	2	100 (97)3	38	32	301	763	5014	524	63	64	10	982	130	1000
	5	5	5	52	MIT: Sloan	Sloan Masters of Finance	US	143,65426,259	78	4715	53	891	33	77 (100)7	18	40	141	401	901	482	93	316	00	991	131	2020
	6	10	6	72	Skema Business School	MSc Financial Markets and Investments	France	89,74820,565	73	132	1	860	9	100 (97)0	40	37	390	444	743	670	52	32	10	801	120	1000
	7	9	9	81	Università Bocconi	Master of Science in Finance	Italy	113,55224,860	75	167	18	850	1	100 (39)0	39	31	238	355	376	738	84	92	10	972	280	1000
	8	3	4	51	IE Business School	Master in Finance	Spain	105,5139,437	80	4115	6	921	29	96 (87)2	38	17	460	620	843	840	30	255	10	980	100	179
	9	16	15	132	Warwick Business School	Warwick MSc in Finance	UK	93,86825,682	104	3311	4	821	24	95 (92)2	33	45	3010	791	945	200	253	470	10	1000	140	00
	10	8	10	91	University of St Gallen	HSG MA in Banking and Finance	Switzerland	104,03615,134	42	63	15	861	16	100 (91)0	16	19	380	800	641	500	148	57	10	1000	296	8616
	11	11	14	121	University of Oxford: Saïd	MSc Financial Economics	UK	115,30224,172	54	302	38	872	18	82 (89)3	17	42	4314	591	963	5714	133	2612	00	1000	90	00
	12	13	11	121	Imperial College Business School	MSc in Finance	UK	91,56916,813	55	4811	19	841	10	91 (95)6	31	40	404	942	955	673	161	193	00	1000	140	496
	13	6	2	74	Esade Business School	MSc in Finance	Spain	93,83712,570	52	202	16	872	8	95 (93)3	37	15	328	391	911	842	71	136	10	920	120	309
	14	28	-	-	Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Saif	Master of Finance	China	111,71831,500	85	75	11	680	11	100 (95)0	28	45	180	446	143	180	523	204	11	1000	220	1000
	15	18	18	172	Kozminski University	Master in Finance	Poland	88,9888,595	109	2918	2	901	6	92 (87)3	40	53	155	175	161	622	532	113	10	880	240	492
	16	16	12	151	Stockholm School of Economics	Master in Finance	Sweden	99,46518,111	68	34	23	870	43	96 (89)2	27	32	3520	351	603	2626	232	172	00	990	222	662
	17	15	16	161	Peking University: Guanghua	Master of Finance	China	122,31028,738	67	178	40	795	5	100 (100)0	29	46	50	102	59	820	584	346	10	961	220	971
	18	-	-	-	Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management	Master of Finance	China	119,962	69	14	37	76	4	100 (100)	37	36	8	7	26	69	55	28	1	97	24	100
	19	14	19	170	Nova School of Business and Economics	International Masters in Finance	Portugal	66,46710,094	58	910	24	812	35	95 (99)3	35	26	290	332	669	290	2610	12	20	1000	200	715
	20	26	20	221	City University: Cass	MSc in Finance	UK	75,63014,988	72	426	30	862	38	77 (92)13	25	41	504	722	942	504	3415	292	00	950	130	41
	21	12	12	153	Grenoble Ecole de Management	MSc in Finance	France / UK / Singapore	72,4958,563	36	285	20	821	55	97 (72)1	43	29	536	461	853	536	124	43	00	841	213	831
	22	27	29	263	Brandeis University International Business School	MA in International Economics and Finance	US	94,62620,392	76	469	58	841	46	76 (85)21	38	67	222	356	929	226	2210	247	00	851	243	8216
	23	19	24	221	Eada Business School Barcelona	International Master in Finance	Spain	73,8554,387	54	4313	36	881	32	100 (85)10	34	25	381	550	978	385	170	107	10	692	110	10060
	24	24	-	-	EMLyon Business School	MSc in Finance	France	77,88168	38	225	10	842	27	89 (90)3	34	18	3322	471	328	890	4016	152	10	952	130	1000
	25	-	-	-	Université Paris-Dauphine	Master of Finance	France	72,091	40	1	22	77	44	n/a	41	42	62	21	21	75	28	27	1	94	24	100
	26	-	-	-	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	MSc in Finance	Portugal	61,921	55	31	27	82	22	95 (100)	36	27	24	43	24	24	29	14	2	95	19	77
	27	30	40	323	Lancaster University Management School	MSc in Finance	UK	68,74313,520	90	2316	41	779	37	77 (45)9	31	57	5820	540	964	428	322	417	00	951	120	00
	28	20	21	233	Frankfurt School of Finance and Management	Master of Finance	Germany	93,75212,980	36	354	32	831	20	94 (85)1	18	24	213	233	471	3220	422	215	10	980	221	271
	29	25	22	253	Cranfield School of Management	MSc in Finance and Management	UK	76,94012,111	44	389	48	852	52	100 (66)5	31	39	192	649	885	336	274	473	01	951	131	4332
	30	21	25	252	HEC Lausanne	MSc in Finance	Switzerland	77,0104,353	43	21	12	7110	60	86 (78)5	23	28	222	800	624	446	3912	221	10	1000	240	8124
	30	23	26	262	Vlerick Business School	Masters in Financial Management	Belgium	65,4572,896	46	184	43	852	23	100 (93)5	29	20	125	329	316	4151	304	82	10	951	101	1000
	32	45	-	-	ESC Rennes	MSc in International Finance	France	64,6398,000	44	250	17	775	54	72 (94)19	33	41	600	905	6611	4010	3111	162	11	875	170	1000
	33	40	32	351	Henley Business School	MSc International Securities, Investment and Banking	UK	68,10619,463	53	394	13	814	51	90 (62)5	47	52	360	491	990	290	380	461	00	880	111	00
	34	-	17	-	Boston College: Carroll	Carroll MSc in Finance	US	107,648	32	37	55	85	15	50 (100)	35	49	8	13	79	0	56	38	0	81	12	6
	35	38	30	340	University of Edinburgh Business School	MSc in Finance and Investment	UK	64,0988,728	53	454	34	791	31	85 (61)4	41	44	394	624	952	392	4815	360	00	932	120	76
	36	22	23	274	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	MSc in Finance and Investments	Netherlands	69,6863,984	44	105	31	832	53	68 (83)13	22	25	268	523	544	302	154	359	00	1000	141	105
	36	34	36	350	University College Dublin: Smurfit	MSc in Finance	Ireland	56,9363,123	47	3413	26	810	45	95 (69)2	38	33	221	500	616	569	202	408	00	1000	131	3011
	38	-	-	-	University of Maryland: Smith	Masters of Finance	US	84,692	44	56	54	77	42	69 (55)	28	58	21	35	97	13	10	47	0	98	21	0
	39	32	38	36	Lund University School of Economics and Management	Master in Finance	Sweden	52,7941,698	40	42	21	812	26	85 (74)5	36	40	273	292	6510	202	241	3213	00	862	90	55
	40	-	-	-	ISCTE Business School	MSc in Finance	Portugal	42,512	73	24	5	79	12	95 (54)	47	45	50	9	39	78	46	23	0	98	23	0
	41	30	-	-	Neoma Business School	MSc in International Finance	France	62,0261,307	20	273	39	775	25	86 (84)8	45	13	577	561	427	577	112	180	10	891	140	1000
	42	35	33	375	Illinois Institute of Technology: Stuart	MSc in Finance	US	83,7896,937	58	544	49	774	59	83 (68)6	27	39	211	321	876	122	182	470	00	893	210	1818
	43	39	30	372	University of Rochester: Simon	MSc in Finance	US	81,9818,563	69	531	52	796	49	80 (85)2	20	49	111	332	902	161	361	474	00	774	140	153
	44	42	34	40	Singapore Management University: Lee Kong Chian	MSc in Applied Finance	Singapore	66,1901,921	52	5211	44	753	39	52 (88)8	22	62	243	660	977	536	217	470	00	950	120	1118
	45	35	27	366	Washington University: Olin	MSc in Finance	US	88,75011,045	28	514	60	814	36	86 (91)3	22	35	112	370	5815	10	373	4313	00	950	150	00
	46	-	-	-	HEC Montreal	MSc in Finance	Canada	76,473	63	5	56	88	50	100 (13)	34	28	9	44	44	59	45	47	0	79	27	81
	46	-	-	-	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	McCombs MSc in Finance	US	96,140	46	40	51	76	40	82 (98)	25	25	14	28	17	2	51	47	0	85	10	0
	48	33	28	365	University of Strathclyde Business School	Strathclyde MSc in Finance	UK	51,457753	32	4417	45	775	48	96 (81)1	36	46	350	493	970	470	334	4722	00	811	120	61
	49	43	37	436	Tulane University: Freeman	Master of Finance	US	71,5925,933	42	5711	33	801	28	47 (16)21	32	52	140	353	961	217	500	470	00	882	150	00
	49	50	47	493	University of Bath School of Management	MSc in Accounting and Finance	UK	40,7357,239	62	596	3	755	30	97 (73)3	31	80	292	623	992	292	474	374	00	1002	120	99
	51	40	35	428	Durham University Business School	MSc in Finance	UK	55,7221,035	41	4915	29	773	47	96 (66)10	37	75	2019	650	971	5314	417	334	00	917	121	10
	52	54	-	-	University of Utah: Eccles	MSc in Finance	US	86,3557,781	34	3210	47	808	14	81 (100)11	29	25	132	231	334	71	496	470	00	8712	215	221
	53	-	-	-	CUHK Business School	MSc in Finance	China	71,533	21	50	14	74	21	100 (90)	24	75	29	55	1	43	57	45	0	98	12	54
	54	-	46	-	Leeds University Business School	MSc in Accounting and Finance	UK	37,784	106	55	28	79	41	86 (69)	40	81	62	43	98	23	44	47	0	86	14	100
	55	45	-	-	Ohio State University: Fisher	Specialized Master in Finance	US	80,5253,955	29	369	59	734	34	49 (98)1	26	46	170	271	721	40	432	443	00	812	90	00
	56	52	-	-	Lingnan College at Sun Yat-sen University	MSc in Finance	China	60,1745,541	36	218	42	705	17	100 (100)0	26	56	243	31	02	1511	607	423	10	971	240	1001
	57	-	-	-	Fordham University: Gabelli	MSc in Global Finance	US	65,668	39	58	46	65	57	46 (83)	33	64	24	31	98	6	19	47	0	86	16	47
	58	49	44	505	Tilburg University	Master in Finance	Netherlands	55,6444,056	31	84	25	745	58	73 (57)30	19	26	400	411	342	00	3510	396	00	837	160	814
	59	48	41	496	Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow	MSc in International Finance	UK	35,1643,455	32	6018	50	824	7	100 (3)0	40	56	3023	600	916	1010	5911	470	00	7313	120	00
	60	51	49	535	Universidad Adolfo Ibanez	MSc in Finance	Chile	47,5092,829	48	2610	57	657	56	89 (80)7	21	23	1812	456	416	931	547	307	00	752	141	1000
Download this view as a PDF Output this view to Excel

Table notesSome 200 points separate the top programmes, Edhec Business School, from the school ranked number 60. The top 9 participants, from Edhec to Warwick Business School, form the top group of pre-experience Masters in Finance providers. The second group is headed by the University of St Gallen and spans schools ranked from 10 to 23, a range of some 55 points in total. The third goup is headed by EMLyon Business School and include schools ranked from 24 to 46. The remaining 13 schools headed by the University of Strathclyde Business School make up the fourth group.

Footnotes

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 extent to which alumni fulfilled their goals or reasons for doing a Masters in Finance. This is measured as a percentage of total returns for a school.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree.

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

Table Extract Options

1.Verify selected business schools

Placeholder

To change which business schools will be displayed, click "Cancel" and select or deselect rows before trying again. You can also choose to highlight a specific business school within the results:

Highlight:

2.Select sort column and sort order

Sort column: Sort order:

3.Select which columns to display

Placeholder

Business Education