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Executive MBA Ranking 2017

	2017	2016	2015	3 year average	School name	Country	Programme name	Salary ($)^[1]	Salary growth^[2]	Careers^[3]	Work exp.^[4]	Aims achieved	Female faculty (%)	Female students (%)	Women on board (%)	Intl. faculty^[5]	Intl students (%)	Intl. board^[6]	Intl. course^[7]	Languages^[8]	PhD faculty^[9]	PhD graduates	Research^[10]
	1	1	2	11	Kellogg/HKUST Business School	China	Kellogg-HKUST EMBA	478,3799,709	627	5231	84	823	233	3010	274	800	706	814	372	10	991	100 (20)	191
	2	-	-	-	EMBA-Global Asia: Columbia/HKU/LBS	China / UK / US	EMBA-Global Asia	319,032	78	14	16	83	23	30	20	58	80	43	7	1	97	140 (27)	21
	3	2	1	20	Tsinghua University/Insead	China / Singapore / France / UAE	Tsinghua-Insead Dual Degree EMBA	316,05711,083	585	52	56	810	281	281	143	452	7921	741	90	10	981	182 (13)	343
	4	8	4	51	EMBA-Global: Columbia/LBS	US / UK	EMBA-Global Americas & Europe	254,20826,698	8632	1038	412	853	211	284	201	700	775	443	91	10	970	86 (25)	95
	5	3	3	42	Trium: HEC Paris/LSE/NYU: Stern	France / UK / US	Trium Global EMBA	328,277391	522	3311	10	823	281	238	230	601	822	870	10	10	930	137 (18)	150
	6	7	10	83	Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai	China	SJTU Antai EMBA	364,59159,461	10718	4244	609	801	312	362	133	30	13	323	770	10	931	136 (0)	876
	7	5	6	60	Washington University: Olin	China	Washington-Fudan EMBA	360,25012,164	589	4149	42	740	223	450	112	911	910	991	381	10	951	25 (2)	223
	8	4	7	61	Insead	France / Singapore / UAE	Insead Global EMBA	281,89226,659	484	3216	70	801	182	203	272	950	842	850	151	10	981	37 (13)	70
	9	9	9	94	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	University of Oxford EMBA	242,9851,843	755	186	2011	851	171	316	4017	591	866	674	286	10	1000	25 (6)	464
	10	12	13	122	ESCP Europe	FR / GB / DE / ES / IT / LB	ESCP Europe EMBA	234,08031,526	6211	20	1511	863	383	250	301	763	667	524	30	20	981	35 (0)	781
	11	-	-	-	MIT: Sloan	US	MIT EMBA	308,292	49	69	6	82	17	27	15	39	43	55	90	1	99	36 (17)	6
	12	11	15	130	Iese Business School	Spain / US	Global EMBA	261,1505,608	728	9415	2513	782	271	202	316	793	885	911	62	10	1000	14 (2)	459
	13	10	8	100	IE Business School	Spain	Global EMBA	243,2731,544	527	1910	20	842	380	202	460	631	908	840	81	20	980	15 (3)	633
	14	13	16	141	Ceibs	China / Switzerland	Ceibs Global EMBA	330,98011,854	542	2715	1914	761	217	311	170	7710	4917	500	241	10	1002	0 (0)	662
	15	14	12	142	University of Chicago: Booth	US / UK / China	EMBA	261,18814,645	583	317	428	781	162	233	140	742	731	384	401	10	971	64 (19)	115
	15	16	14	153	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	US	Wharton MBA for Executives	238,92624,651	591	121	708	771	210	265	170	360	291	490	813	10	990	110 (33)	10
	15	15	24	187	University of Cambridge: Judge	UK	Cambridge EMBA	217,0728,533	787	1118	3112	853	222	232	352	7311	6910	353	553	10	962	31 (5)	3716
	18	19	19	192	London Business School	UK / UAE	EMBA	222,46616,805	558	1711	357	802	243	227	413	851	840	730	356	10	1000	36 (7)	124
	18	17	25	200	National University of Singapore Business School	Singapore	NUS EMBA	262,59610,393	5911	5122	131	781	320	328	175	602	776	5012	202	10	900	37 (3)	330
	20	24	27	242	Korea University Business School	South Korea	EMBA	283,98231,316	958	4710	7122	813	90	258	374	91	42	192	411	20	1000	65 (1)	884
	21	20	17	190	Duke University: Fuqua	US	Duke MBA - Global Executive	239,29020,120	407	1334	213	781	192	272	160	410	5820	563	20	10	990	48 (11)	45
	22	6	5	116	UCLA: Anderson/National University of Singapore	US / Singapore	UCLA-NUS EMBA	264,1323,449	4611	283	122	784	281	229	172	522	674	1642	41	10	941	68 (12)	251
	23	26	20	230	Kellogg/WHU Beisheim	Germany	Kellogg-WHU EMBA	211,07524,553	580	35	323	832	242	182	233	780	5620	804	296	10	991	61 (16)	319
	24	32	36	31	Singapore Management University: Lee Kong Chian	Singapore	EMBA	338,72527,338	4320	9618	1813	703	220	318	244	661	6921	533	232	10	961	29 (0)	425
	25	23	21	232	Warwick Business School	UK	EMBA	159,4643,976	924	1612	571	793	342	280	3311	803	480	220	604	10	1000	75 (4)	2410
	26	24	22	244	Northwestern University: Kellogg	US	Kellogg EMBA	254,2501,909	602	6625	509	791	245	250	265	384	4010	237	654	10	981	55 (16)	165
	27	20	25	242	Kellogg/York University: Schulich	Canada	Kellogg-Schulich EMBA	178,5607,232	646	154	394	790	253	3013	232	831	703	735	212	10	980	77 (16)	207
	28	31	32	304	City, University of London: Cass	UK / UAE	EMBA	179,46311,151	756	811	629	802	251	266	500	800	706	507	514	10	940	44 (7)	3214
	29	27	18	255	IMD Business School	Switzerland	IMD EMBA	273,151707	496	4416	30	763	142	194	214	950	872	852	171	10	1000	0 (0)	896
	30	18	10	197	Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore	Singapore	Nanyang EMBA	256,20123,806	3522	257	360	782	350	276	304	681	602	602	141	20	990	48 (2)	444
	31	34	30	321	ESMT Berlin	Germany	EMBA	189,04624,396	530	10	272	792	211	3612	258	791	723	3827	263	10	1000	1 (0)	4016
	32	37	31	332	CUHK Business School	China	EMBA	252,9502,131	516	5728	247	762	241	4919	500	541	4118	1000	537	10	980	34 (3)	416
	33	40	-	-	Fudan University School of Management	China	Fudan EMBA	263,57826,663	7810	8015	5323	742	330	291	30	81	50	730	793	10	950	109 (1)	704
	33	38	33	350	New York University: Stern	US	NYU Stern EMBA	249,05529,402	516	5815	553	754	250	344	195	462	304	191	553	10	881	52 (10)	23
	35	29	34	331	OneMBA	Brazil / China / Mexico / Netherlands / US	OneMBA:FGV São Paulo / Xiamen / Egade / RSM / UNC	209,7175,605	695	530	302	770	272	336	192	282	295	203	131	10	950	236 (7)	532
	36	-	43	-	University of Michigan: Ross	US	EMBA	239,211	53	21	33	76	25	26	6	39	20	9	90	1	92	37 (7)	10
	37	22	23	273	Kedge Business School	France / China	Global MBA	195,4471,782	949	3934	933	754	282	409	5016	495	123	465	263	10	964	4 (0)	800
	38	39	48	425	BI Norwegian Business School / Fudan University School of Management	China	BI-Fudan MBA	203,3817,700	901	2222	880	764	291	545	133	670	23	790	474	10	820	140 (1)	763
	39	30	35	354	Arizona State University: Carey	China	Carey-SNAI EMBA	209,70410,264	799	5923	757	771	241	248	123	950	02	1000	900	10	900	57 (3)	303
	40	28	28	325	Columbia Business School	US	EMBA	213,79010,020	553	5638	984	761	181	314	130	590	398	340	813	10	951	50 (18)	30
	41	33	28	346	Georgetown University / Esade Business School	US / Spain	Global EMBA	208,9503,630	344	3821	222	781	310	3116	1311	654	6616	678	41	10	960	46 (0)	481
	42	34	38	381	Imperial College Business School	UK	EMBA	144,4111,639	585	2316	9110	812	311	401	400	952	6014	670	604	10	1000	33 (0)	388
	43	-	45	-	Yonsei University School of Business	South Korea	EMBA	281,568	65	85	87	79	18	10	10	10	2	70	63	1	100	53 (0)	73
	43	42	58	482	University of Hong Kong	China	HKU-Fudan International MBA	181,98224,851	10412	701	1004	741	271	594	222	363	01	337	900	20	960	54 (2)	647
	45	46	41	442	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	EMBA	182,22620,703	476	3731	141	791	161	200	7525	800	455	7525	432	20	1000	132 (0)	627
	46	-	-	-	Tongji University/Mannheim Business School	Germany / China	Mannheim-Tongji EMBA	189,172	48	9	59	79	35	29	20	8	35	27	9	1	95	189 (2)	75
	47	45	45	461	Essec / Mannheim	France / Germany / Singapore	Essec-Mannheim EMBA	161,12015,896	493	2014	284	760	300	281	2711	380	578	6512	193	10	991	136 (2)	553
	48	49	42	462	UCLA: Anderson	US	EMBA	197,58413,190	445	644	7329	804	221	3210	173	381	271	130	553	10	1000	31 (9)	143
	49	50	55	512	Cornell University: Johnson	US	Cornell EMBA	210,16416,769	514	782	560	753	252	250	241	446	3115	352	8911	10	931	22 (3)	133
	50	47	53	501	Cornell University: Johnson/Queen's University: Smith	Canada / US	EMBA Americas	182,40711,794	511	465	585	760	281	198	284	473	323	411	307	10	961	41 (4)	368
	51	54	60	553	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	The Netherlands	EMBA	134,5387,056	6111	3520	9424	742	222	304	264	523	634	302	6513	10	1000	83 (6)	266
	52	54	39	482	University of Maryland: Smith	US	Smith EMBA	192,25416,926	4613	5538	495	762	282	112	3312	371	267	163	900	10	980	42 (9)	172
	52	47	49	491	Henley Business School	UK	Henley EMBA	158,8798,580	582	249	4512	791	461	282	360	502	335	290	900	10	871	97 (0)	922
	54	67	87	696	Grenoble Ecole de Management	Georgia / Russia	Part-time EMBA	141,69627,107	693	8316	867	703	422	484	536	443	1019	536	327	10	907	146 (1)	834
	55	41	50	493	University of Strathclyde Business School	SG / MY / AE / BH / OM / CH / GR	Strathclyde EMBA	166,9704,307	6612	7232	8922	741	361	302	350	981	506	470	900	10	811	77 (2)	912
	56	73	-	-	Temple University: Fox	US	Fox EMBA	168,0906,308	466	423	6111	734	351	222	3616	342	268	502	381	10	794	99 (5)	585
	57	69	69	653	University of Washington: Foster	US	EMBA	192,2361,306	323	7315	805	763	311	3410	254	263	510	71	860	10	942	36 (7)	55
	58	44	44	491	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)/University of Minnesota: Carlson	Austria	Global EMBA	171,24013,863	336	9337	112	775	351	3413	333	513	694	2269	172	10	910	75 (4)	603
	58	66	56	606	University of Zurich	Switzerland	EMBA University of Zurich	146,91814,424	388	342	2912	792	113	115	500	872	302	500	527	20	1000	103 (0)	431
	60	-	-	-	Melbourne Business School	Australia	EMBA	161,725	49	99	43	73	31	41	24	63	42	24	80	1	97	44 (0)	51
	60	58	53	574	Western University: Ivey	Canada	Ivey EMBA	161,7861,840	422	627	464	740	231	315	500	630	183	750	717	10	990	26 (2)	284
	62	52	-	-	Incae Business School	Nicaragua	EMBA	164,45812,798	4911	1004	8115	744	140	300	180	900	861	780	121	20	1000	0 (0)	982
	62	56	51	563	University of Pittsburgh: Katz	US / Brazil	EMBA Worldwide	203,89611,260	461	6312	378	734	293	269	132	528	121	40	327	10	902	19 (1)	471
	64	57	-	-	University of Minnesota: Carlson	US	Carlson EMBA	179,81610,113	626	3621	678	751	300	1512	311	250	43	124	862	10	791	40 (4)	239
	65	59	78	6710	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	SSE MBA for Executives	130,1534,859	505	4522	344	762	271	291	3510	350	4816	3030	2531	10	990	51 (1)	6711
	66	74	64	681	SDA Bocconi	Italy	EMBA	163,05317,356	446	7618	519	696	392	222	250	333	713	670	702	20	972	54 (0)	275
	67	53	47	568	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	EMBA	138,330995	274	8616	446	754	230	293	4312	730	264	216	364	10	980	36 (8)	86
	68	72	61	678	Kozminski University	Poland	EMBA	167,10014,115	604	821	650	774	384	412	155	193	163	622	739	20	873	43 (0)	991
	69	85	64	734	National Sun Yat-sen University	Taiwan	EMBA	178,89624,884	562	4331	7714	770	260	262	3824	91	33	386	850	10	992	56 (0)	972
	70	96	83	838	HEC Lausanne	Switzerland	EMBA	132,71614,260	297	6830	232	784	251	329	222	800	8219	446	684	10	1000	55 (4)	658
	71	83	89	81	Georgia Institute of Technology: Scheller	US	EMBA	168,07516,101	485	713	762	771	221	261	190	322	715	09	654	10	792	23 (1)	393
	72	78	75	751	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	US	Texas EMBA	165,714744	377	4052	851	807	250	2812	173	281	179	11	739	10	852	42 (1)	186
	73	63	71	693	SMU: Cox	US	SMU Cox EMBA	175,9257,021	475	2915	543	781	220	314	95	325	256	62	723	10	902	0 (0)	694
	74	89	82	826	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	EMBA	128,5528,782	518	952	7226	771	371	322	223	524	146	5610	900	10	1000	18 (1)	5410
	75	65	63	686	Emory University: Goizueta	US	MBA for Executives	180,3522,723	375	6119	642	780	293	297	104	203	3313	00	735	10	891	19 (1)	496
	76	64	59	661	Koç University Graduate School of Business	Turkey	EMBA	179,4446,740	514	9822	842	742	463	209	200	252	80	800	860	10	964	7 (2)	902
	76	80	67	748	Queen's University: Smith	Canada	Queen's EMBA	142,55111,814	421	3016	7820	723	310	324	295	490	184	440	685	10	990	19 (1)	529
	78	61	76	721	Aalto University	FI / SG / KR / PL / TW	Aalto EMBA	137,4714,642	4010	653	403	732	350	3411	430	243	71	860	484	10	970	69 (0)	619
	78	70	73	741	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	EMBA	124,7692,718	597	676	7924	750	292	295	125	3210	323	4151	327	20	951	18 (1)	815
	80	89	67	797	Antwerp Management School	Belgium / Russia	EMBA	160,3188,053	353	7711	6818	751	336	184	274	385	298	6410	210	20	986	25 (0)	931
	81	-	-	-	Neoma Business School	France	EMBA	136,556	54	71	10	70	44	23	57	56	33	57	49	2	89	9 (0)	96
	81	83	72	793	Michigan State University: Broad	US	EMBA	140,9072,142	582	9716	964	763	340	276	275	264	131	00	900	10	880	36 (1)	353
	83	87	96	892	EMLyon Business School	France / Morroco	EMBA	137,43312,182	336	64	2610	742	343	1410	3322	471	233	890	453	20	952	13 (0)	7411
	84	61	70	72	Vanderbilt University: Owen	US	Vanderbilt EMBA	148,2713,058	636	7510	952	761	192	317	111	172	55	60	501	10	1000	1 (0)	5716
	85	-	99	-	The Lisbon MBA	Portugal	Lisbon Part-time EMBA	136,687	60	92	82	76	34	17	50	35	10	50	77	2	98	23 (0)	72
	86	-	-	-	Edhec Business School	France	EDHEC EMBA	122,408	39	26	47	75	39	25	38	47	21	86	46	2	90	24 (1)	85
	87	74	87	833	Gordon Institute of Business Science at UP	South Africa	Modular / Part-time EMBA	206,9823,248	489	7410	903	742	382	423	505	71	122	230	644	10	695	5 (0)	1007
	88	-	-	-	NHH Norwegian School of Economics	Norway	EMBA	127,132	41	90	63	77	26	37	45	30	12	18	42	2	99	57 (4)	86
	89	95	-	-	Baylor University: Hankamer	US	Hankamer EMBA	152,1039,771	640	4918	6910	771	350	304	131	82	64	30	734	10	811	4 (0)	794
	90	76	64	7710	Texas A & M University: Mays	US	Mays EMBA	192,37411,519	355	8430	1730	693	292	171	282	232	135	00	900	10	781	42 (1)	290
	91	67	80	797	Rutgers Business School	US	Rutgers EMBA	185,9651,555	467	7929	9210	760	201	321	211	193	236	00	813	10	6213	86 (1)	598
	92	81	93	89	Frankfurt School of Finance and Management	Germany	EMBA	143,7784,756	344	819	480	757	171	2910	214	244	5613	3232	900	10	1000	2 (0)	563
	93	94	79	896	Fordham University: Gabelli	US	Gabelli EMBA	145,9675,953	481	4810	994	744	332	3510	191	281	1515	62	553	10	854	0 (0)	684
	93	92	93	933	University of Rochester: Simon	US / Switzerland	Simon EMBA	144,9723,670	431	5011	7413	770	203	330	111	332	134	161	317	10	776	18 (4)	7711
	95	96	92	941	Sabanci University School of Management	Turkey	Sabanci EMBA	153,3384,094	372	892	978	720	472	3512	453	2818	13	00	6012	10	1000	11 (0)	8421
	96	82	97	92	Toulouse Business School	France / Morocco	TBS EMBA	116,69612,864	4726	5430	5212	746	400	197	400	431	154	300	444	10	902	0 (0)	940
	97	79	83	860	University of Utah: Eccles	US	EMBA	146,852364	435	8843	663	740	290	198	227	234	45	72	546	10	870	22 (0)	501
	98	-	-	-	Rennes School of Business	France	EMBA	121,843	22	87	38	74	34	44	60	91	38	40	55	1	91	4 (0)	95
	99	93	98	97	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	BI EMBA	142,261362	257	9128	91	716	272	295	5012	254	6612	131	161	10	751	31 (0)	820
	100	88	73	871	Tias Business School, Tilburg University	The Netherlands	EMBA	120,5791,537	387	608	8310	742	232	188	303	433	183	203	813	10	900	86 (4)	7110
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Table notesAlthough the headline ranking figures show annual changes in the data, the pattern of clustering among the schools is equally significant. Some 235 points separate the top programme, Kellogg/HKUST Business School, from the school ranked 100th. The top 14 participants from Kellogg/HKUST to Ceibs form the top group. The second group spans from University of Chicago: Booth at 15 down to the University of St Gallen at 45. The third group is headed by Tongji University/Mannheim Business School down to Baylor University: Hankamer at 89. Finally, the bottom 10 schools headed by Texas A & M University: Mays make up the fourth group.

Footnotes

1. The average alumni salary three years after graduation. (The 2015 EMBA ranking is based on data for alumni graduating in 2012.) This figure includes alumni salary data for the current year and the one or two preceding years, where available.

2. The percentage increase in average alumni salary from before the EMBA to today as a percentage of the pre-EMBA salary. This figure includes data for the current year and the one or two preceding years, where available.

3. 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 EMBA. Data for the current year and the one or two preceding years are included where available.

4. This measures the previous experience of EMBA participants by examining seniority of positions held, number of years in each position, size of company, and any international work experience prior to starting the EMBA.

5. The percentage of faculty whose citizenship differs from their country of employment

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

7. International course experience: The percentage of classroom teaching hours that are carried out outside the country in which the business school is situated. The data is presented as a rank and the top position is one.

8. Number of languages students are required to speak on graduation.

9. The percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree

10. This is calculated according to the number of faculty publications in 50 international academic and practitioner journals. Points are accrued by the business school at which the author is currently employed. The total is weighted for faculty size.

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