Best MBA Programs In The World For 2018: FT Ranking

Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan DhirajCEO AgendaJanuary 29, 2018October 19, 2018

Stanford Graduate School of Business is the best business school in the world, according to the prestigious FT Global MBA Ranking for 2018. While one-year Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes at the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD), falls to second place, behind Stanford.

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania placed third, followed by London Business School, Harvard Business School, Booth School of Business, and Columbia Business School.

Meanwhile, China Europe International Business School (ceibs) MBA programme has improved its position and climbed to 8th from 11th. Similarly, the MIT Sloan School of Management too considerably improved its position to 9th this year from 13th. Walter A. Haas School of Business secured the 10th spot in the global ranking.

Spain’s Iese Business School came in 11th, followed by Kellogg School of Management and University of Cambridge Judge Business School. HKUST Business School climbed from 15th to 14th in the rankings of the best MBA programs in the world for 2018.

Interestingly, Sixteen business schools in Asia made the top 100 list, the largest number since the rankings began. Seven are in China and Hong Kong, four each are in India and Singapore, including Franco-Singaporean Insead, and one is in South Korea.

Best MBA Programs in the World For 2018:

Rank	Business School	Country	Salary today($)	Female faculty(%)	Female students(%)	Int. faculty(%)	Int. students(%)	PhD Faculty
1	Stanford Graduate School of Business	US	213236	24	40	41	41	90
2	Insead	France	177101	16	36	94	97	98
3	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	US	191150	25	44	38	36	99
4	London Business School	UK	167651	23	39	83	92	99
5	Harvard Business School	US	189375	28	42	35	36	92
6	University of Chicago: Booth	US	177001	16	40	29	45	97
7	Columbia Business School	US	177500	20	41	56	50	94
8	Ceibs	China	164893	24	40	63	28	100
9	MIT: Sloan	US	173214	21	42	39	45	99
10	University of California at Berkeley: Haas	US	172271	22	40	53	37	100
11	Iese Business School	Spain	148390	29	32	69	83	100
12	Northwestern University: Kellogg	US	168818	24	42	39	42	100
13	University of Cambridge: Judge	UK	163798	20	39	80	94	98
14	HKUST Business School	China	157998	25	28	56	70	95
15	Yale School of Management	US	167691	30	43	42	45	99
16	Dartmouth College: Tuck	US	172735	25	44	33	37	93
17	Cornell University: Johnson	US	160042	26	27	43	39	94
18	National University of Singapore Business School	Singapore	144077	30	37	59	87	91
19	Duke University: Fuqua	US	156779	20	34	43	41	99
20	Esade Business School	Spain	145351	36	32	41	97	93
21	HEC Paris	France	133932	19	29	72	93	100
22	Nanyang Business School	Singapore	132288	35	39	68	93	99
23	New York University: Stern	US	154163	25	38	44	37	87
24	IMD	Switzerland	157640	13	23	96	99	100
25	UCLA: Anderson	US	158866	23	37	38	28	100
26	University of Michigan: Ross	US	154151	26	43	36	37	94
27	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	146590	18	41	60	95	100
28	Indian School of Business	India	149142	19	31	19	3	100
29	SDA Bocconi	Italy	120151	40	33	34	73	98
30	Georgetown University: McDonough	US	142606	25	30	43	43	100
31	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	India	175801	19	25	4	3	100
32	University of Virginia: Darden	US	152196	27	39	26	34	97
33	University of Hong Kong	China	128245	25	42	35	73	96
34	Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai	China	121635	32	45	3	23	93
35	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	India	166651	22	30	6	0	98
36	Alliance Manchester Business School	UK	123484	34	40	43	93	91
37	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	122580	21	36	53	94	100
38	University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler	US	137766	30	30	37	29	85
39	Renmin University of China School of Business	China	99461	36	48	4	15	91
40	Carnegie Mellon: Tepper	US	143715	23	27	41	33	91
41	Warwick Business School	UK	110264	35	35	79	92	100
42	Fudan University School of Management	China	103032	32	57	8	16	95
43	CUHK Business School	China	122866	25	31	51	59	98
44	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	US	149188	25	40	29	32	85
45	Rice University: Jones	US	136065	29	34	35	42	94
46	City University: Cass	UK	123201	25	32	71	89	94
47	Emory University: Goizueta	US	142663	33	30	23	34	87
48	University of Washington: Foster	US	132391	32	34	29	27	94
49	Singapore Management University: Lee Kong Chian	Singapore	112173	23	37	67	90	97
50	Washington University: Olin	US	122111	24	39	37	38	95
51	Arizona State University: Carey	US	114470	26	39	32	38	90
52	Imperial College Business School	UK	118324	30	44	92	85	100
53	Sungkyunkwan University GSB	S Korea	113701	13	42	65	39	100
54	Georgia Institute of Technology: Scheller	US	131544	25	21	31	30	79
55	Purdue University: Krannert	US	122704	20	35	40	52	98
56	University of Maryland: Smith	US	121018	28	34	37	30	98
57	Indiana University: Kelley	US	126320	28	29	28	30	79
58	University of Florida: Hough	US	105743	28	26	24	15	94
59	University of Southern California: Marshall	US	136348	32	32	35	38	83
60	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	115879	15	22	74	92	100
61	Mannheim Business School	Germany	118260	28	37	14	93	100
62	Cranfield School of Management	UK	122184	30	42	65	88	92
63	AGSM at UNSW Business School	Australia	115909	45	29	68	79	100
64	University of California at Irvine: Merage	US	120245	52	30	19	46	95
65	Durham University Business School	UK	104306	36	67	64	93	98
66	Melbourne Business School	Australia	108224	30	38	71	82	96
67	Boston College: Carroll	US	130706	35	31	25	19	81
68	Ohio State University: Fisher	US	117631	24	32	27	25	71
69	Brigham Young University: Marriott	US	130450	11	22	1	17	90
70	Lancaster University Management School	UK	104106	30	32	55	98	95
71	Wisconsin School of Business	US	125786	27	30	24	18	78
72	Michigan State University: Broad	US	109486	31	20	26	34	89
73	Vanderbilt University: Owen	US	127483	26	26	17	23	100
74	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	113420	41	54	62	88	94
75	Edhec Business School	France	107505	40	42	53	90	91
76	Pennsylvania State University: Smeal	US	119673	27	27	24	37	82
77	University of Notre Dame: Mendoza	US	126025	22	28	17	28	82
78	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	India	139244	23	10	1	0	100
79	McGill University: Desautels	Canada	99204	32	45	74	87	89
80	The Lisbon MBA	Portugal	113470	32	23	34	46	100
81	Babson College: Olin	US	131627	33	30	13	79	80
82	University of Pittsburgh: Katz	US	105732	32	32	20	32	90
83	University of Rochester: Simon	US	119341	17	33	39	46	79
84	University of Connecticut School of Business	US	116530	29	40	19	70	79
85	University of Minnesota: Carlson	US	117480	30	31	25	26	79
86	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	97446	23	41	73	66	98
87	Boston University: Questrom	US	123221	35	43	30	38	68
88	ESMT Berlin	Germany	106581	21	35	79	97	100
89	Rutgers Business School	US	118144	23	39	28	27	76
90	Western University: Ivey	Canada	104894	22	26	59	48	99
91	SMU: Cox	US	122962	24	32	30	21	90
92	Leeds University Business School	UK	100049	40	54	45	90	87
93	University of Texas at Dallas: Jindal	US	97708	27	28	58	28	77
94	WHU Beisheim	Germany	112794	24	40	30	80	100
95	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	102643	36	30	51	70	100
96	Essec Business School	France	102201	34	65	56	89	99
97	University of San Diego School of Business Administration	US	103952	43	41	30	59	85
98	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	91814	35	42	49	85	79
99	EMLyon Business School	France	92517	36	29	50	89	96
100	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	91807	32	41	39	93	94
101	University of Bath School of Management	UK	93461	33	53	65	86	100

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