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Online MBA Ranking 2014

	Rank 2014	Business school	Country^[1]	Programme name	Salary today (US$)^[2]	Salary increase (%)^[3]	Value for money rank^[4]	Career progress rank^[5]	Aims achieved rank^[6]	Careers service rank^[7]	Prog. delivery rank^[8]	Online interaction rank^[9]	Female faculty (%)^[10]	Female students (%)^[11]	Women on board (%)^[12]	Intl. faculty (%)^[13]	Intl. students (%)^[14]	Intl. board (%)^[15]	Intl. mobility^[16]	Faculty with PhD (%)^[17]	FT doctoral rank^[18]	FT research rank^[19]	Course fee^[20]	Intakes per year^[21]	Time limit^[22]	Prog. length^[23]	Graduate 5 ys (%)^[24]	Online teaching (%)^[25]	Online coursework^[26]	Online examination (%)^[27]	Online teamwork^[28]	Local study centres^[29]	Campus study^[30]	Regions^[31]	Languages^[32]
	1	IE Business School	Spain	Global MBA+ Blended	136,034	42	7	6	4	12	8	5	34	30	28	55	90	82	1	95	5	7	€43,200	2	2	1.3	97	96	85	90	Yes	No	Yes	Global	English
	2	Warwick Business School	UK	Warwick MBA by Distance Learning	133,785	32	4	3	3	8	10	11	36	25	12	76	58	12	2	100	1	4	£22,500	2	5	3.5	76	100	100	33	Yes	No	Yes	Global	English
	3	Northeastern University: D'Amore-McKim	US	D'Amore-McKim Online MBA	141,692	38	9	4	13	3	7	7	31	39	17	19	3	4	10	90	13	5	$69,300	9	5	2	97	100	100	100	Yes	No	No	Global	English
	4	University of Florida: Warrington	US	Internet MBA	107,635	45	6	10	1	2	1	1	23	31	12	20	1	0	14	89	4	2	$50,600	4	2	2	100	85	87	0	Yes	No	Yes	Global	English
	5	Indiana University: Kelley	US	Online MBA	124,494	25	11	11	8	5	2	3	22	23	21	26	22	4	7	81	6	1	$62,900	2	5	2.5	92	95	97	100	Yes	No	Yes	Global	English
	6	Durham University Business School	UK	Global MBA	123,658	44	1	2	2	14	15	15	37	26	42	59	63	37	3	95	3	10	£19,000	2	5	3.5	90	100	100	25	Yes	No	Yes	Global	English
	7	Babson College: Olin	US	Babson MBA Blended Learning Programme	146,636	20	15	8	14	6	6	6	29	28	15	17	2	12	8	83	13	10	$77,200	2	8	2	100	72	72	20	Yes	No	Yes	North America	English
	8	Thunderbird School of Global Management	US	Global MBA Online	100,000	25	14	7	6	9	4	2	34	32	24	32	30	36	5	91	13	10	$69,800	2	5	2	92	80	75	100	Yes	No	Yes	Global	English
	9	Syracuse University: Whitman	US	iMBA	119,736	27	13	12	10	13	3	4	30	29	11	21	10	0	12	76	10	6	$70,800	3	7	3	88	94	94	38	Yes	No	Yes	Global	English
	10	Arizona State University: Carey	US	Carey Online MBA	108,221	24	10	9	5	11	11	10	25	24	6	24	1	1	11	89	2	2	$54,600	2	6	2	99	100	100	100	Yes	No	No	Global	English
	11	University of Bradford School of Management	UK	Distance Learning MBA	96,503	30	3	1	15	4	9	12	39	33	36	30	76	36	4	86	7	13	£13,500	4	6	3	72	100	100	0	No	No	No	Global	English
	12	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	US	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Distance MBA	123,000	30	2	14	12	15	12	8	31	19	20	8	7	0	13	98	9	8	$25,600	4	10	3	96	100	100	100	Yes	No	No	Global	English
	13	Open University Business School	UK	MBA	102,272	23	5	13	11	10	14	14	46	36	21	35	48	36	6	74	11	14	£17,100	2	7	4	70	100	100	57	Yes	No	No	Global	English
	14	Drexel University: LeBow	US	MBA Anywhere	98,000	29	12	15	9	1	13	13	35	36	17	32	7	0	15	80	8	9	$64,000	2	2	2	96	85	95	100	Yes	No	Yes	Global	English
	15	Centrum PUCP Graduate Business School	Peru	Virtual Managerial MBA	78,106	14	8	5	7	7	5	9	17	21	31	30	10	85	9	80	12	14	S/.64,500	rolling	3	3	100	90	100	95	Yes	No	Yes	Global	Spanish
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1. The school's principal location.

2. Average alumnus salary three years after graduation, US$ PPP equivalent.

3. Percentage increase in alumnus salary in the past three years: between their salary on graduation in 2010 and current salary.

4. Calculated according to alumni’s salary increase, fees and other costs.

5. Progression in the alumni’s level of seniority and the size of company they now work for, versus three years ago on graduation.

6. The extent to which alumni fulfilled their goals for doing an online MBA.

7. The extent to which alumni rate the efficiency of the school career service’s in finding them a job after graduation.

8. The extent to which alumni rate the online delivery of live teaching sessions, other teaching materials and online exams.

9. The extent to which alumni rate the interaction between students, teamwork and the availability of faculty.

10. Percentage of female faculty.

11. Percentage of female students on the MBA programme.

12. Percentage of female members of the school advisory board.

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

14. Percentage of current MBA students whose country of residence differs from the country the school is located in.

15. Percentage of the board whose citizenship differs from the country in which the business school is situated.

16. Calculated according to whether alumni’s citizenship and work locations pre-MBA, on graduation and three years after graduation differ from each other.

17. Percentage of full-time faculty with a doctoral degree.

18. Calculated according to the number of doctoral graduates from each business school during the past three years. Additional points are awarded if these graduates took up faculty positions at one of the top 50 full-time MBA schools of the past three years.

19. Calculated according to the number of articles published by a school’s current full-time faculty members in 45 academic and practitioner journals between January 2011 and December 2013. The rank combines the absolute number of publications with the number weighted relative to the faculty’s size.

20. Average programme fees paid by the most recently enrolled class, in the currency of the country where the school is based.

21. The number of class start dates each year. Rolling intake indicates that students can start the programme at any time.

22. The maximum amount of time students have to complete the programme.

23. The average amount of time students take to complete the programme.

24. Percentage of students who have graduated from their programmes within five years of enrolment.

25. Percentage of programme teaching materials that is delivered online.

26. The percentage of coursework completed online.

27. The percentage of examinations that are completed online.

28. Online teamwork required.

29. Whether schools require students to study at local study centres in the completion of the programme.

30. Whether schools require students to study on campus in the completion of the programme.

31. Regions in which the programme is supported.

32. Languages in which the programme is supported.

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