* KPMG reported on the results of obtaining evidence and applying specified audit procedures relating to selected survey data provided for the Financial Times 2022 MBA ranking for selected business schools. Enquiries about the assurance process can be made by contacting Lori Huber of KPMG at lahuber@kpmg.ca. The specified audit procedures were carried out between October and November 2021. The audit date published denotes the survey for which the specified audit procedures were conducted. 

**   Data in this column are for information only and are not used in the rankings. 

‡   Harvard does not have a school advisory board.

Please note the Covid pandemic has limited global travel which has an impact on the international course experience rank.

Some 196 points separate the top programme, at University of   Pennsylvania: Wharton, from the school, ranked 100. The schools are divided into four tiers. Business schools in tiers l and ll score above the average for the cohort, and tiers lll and lV are below it. The difference in scores between schools ranked consecutively is greater within tiers l and lV than in tiers ll and lll. Tier l includes 16 schools from University of Pennsylvania:   Wharton to Ceibs. Tier ll includes schools from Cornell University: Johnson,   ranked 17, to Vanderbilt University: Owen at 41. Tier lll, headed by Peking   University: Guanghua, spans schools ranked 42 to 80. Tier lV includes schools from University of Texas at Dallas: Jindal at 81 to Ipade Business School at 100.