Masters in Finance Pre-experience 2018

FT.com Business School Rankings 2018 2017 2016 3-year average School name Country Salary today (US$) Salary percentage increase Value for money rank Career progress rank Aims achieved (%) Careers service rank Employed at three months (%) Female faculty (%) Female students (%) Women on board (%) International faculty (%) International students (%) International board (%) International mobility rank International course experience rank Languages Faculty with doctorates (%) Average course length (months) Company internships (%)

1 2 1 1 HEC Paris France 135,873 82 9 9 92 4 99 (93) 19 22 13 70 87 67 1 8 1 100 10 95

2 4 2 3 ESCP Europe FR / UK / DE / ES / IT 111,341 48 8 1 92 1 100 (99) 38 23 34 78 53 56 5 1 0 99 13 100

3 1 4 3 Edhec Business School France 104,552 65 21 7 88 18 97 (90) 40 37 41 53 64 86 2 4 1 91 15 100

4 6 10 7 Skema Business School FR / CN / US / BR 87,764 76 14 2 87 9 100 (100) 43 40 33 48 74 58 10 2 0 92 12 100

5 3 7 5 Essec Business School France 109,917 66 12 6 89 13 97 (93) 34 24 38 56 47 69 4 11 1 99 13 100

6 10 8 8 University of St Gallen Switzerland 111,958 55 3 4 88 15 100 (91) 16 20 32 75 62 53 19 3 1 100 29 92

7 5 5 6 MIT: Sloan US 140,888 63 44 56 91 39 90 (100) 21 37 21 39 93 46 7 31 0 99 13 24

8 7 9 8 Università Bocconi Italy 110,316 72 23 18 86 5 100 (47) 40 30 28 34 28 72 16 14 1 98 27 100

9 12 13 11 Imperial College Business School UK 91,602 43 41 37 86 16 95 (93) 30 50 43 95 92 71 14 20 0 100 14 43

10 14 28 17 Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at SJTU China 119,996 87 7 27 78 10 100 (95) 25 46 18 54 11 18 59 27 1 100 22 100

11 8 3 7 IE Business School Spain 93,543 73 40 15 91 34 91 (85) 40 15 47 65 85 90 8 34 1 98 10 7

12 11 11 11 University of Oxford: Saïd UK 109,403 45 35 52 90 11 81 (93) 19 42 40 60 96 67 13 30 0 100 9 0

13 9 16 13 Warwick Business School UK 86,200 96 38 5 82 27 95 (93) 34 42 40 78 91 20 38 50 1 100 14 0

14 13 6 11 Esade Business School Spain 90,570 42 28 30 88 12 96 (93) 36 27 20 40 97 80 3 17 1 93 12 17

Tsinghua University School of Economics and 15 18 - - China 124,770 69 11 38 82 6 100 (100) 36 29 7 6 20 72 60 21 0 98 25 100 Management

16 21 12 16 Grenoble Ecole de Management France 80,628 57 26 23 84 55 82 (64) 43 37 53 46 84 73 6 5 0 91 20 75

17 15 18 17 Kozminski University Poland 89,673 84 25 10 90 7 94 (89) 38 34 15 19 55 62 57 10 0 87 24 46

18 16 16 17 Stockholm School of Economics Sweden 90,665 59 5 28 86 47 98 (97) 26 31 42 33 48 37 25 9 0 94 24 63

18 17 15 17 Peking University: Guanghua China 121,076 66 15 32 81 2 100 (100) 27 45 5 9 12 82 62 33 0 97 22 95

20 20 26 22 City University: Cass UK 79,110 56 43 19 86 31 79 (89) 25 41 50 71 91 57 18 22 0 95 13 11

21 19 14 18 Nova School of Business and Economics Portugal 69,767 59 10 13 83 40 100 (83) 35 31 50 30 53 75 28 12 2 100 16 66

22 23 19 21 Eada Business School Barcelona Spain 82,212 47 30 36 86 37 97 (97) 28 27 29 56 97 33 21 6 1 78 11 100

23 26 - - Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics Portugal 63,694 55 27 25 89 35 88 (100) 36 45 31 43 40 46 30 13 2 95 19 75

24 32 45 34 Rennes School of Business France 66,805 44 22 11 83 53 84 (81) 36 43 50 90 63 38 9 18 0 90 17 100

25 41 30 32 Neoma Business School France 65,216 27 18 20 84 8 93 (94) 45 28 50 64 50 62 11 16 0 97 14 100

26 30 23 26 Vlerick Business School Belgium 70,732 45 16 31 87 17 98 (93) 28 16 6 36 54 39 23 7 1 95 10 100

27 40 - - ISCTE Business School Portugal 47,212 93 13 3 88 23 90 (69) 47 53 50 9 42 78 49 24 0 100 23 0

28 30 21 26 HEC Lausanne Switzerland 79,093 43 1 16 76 61 75 (40) 25 21 29 82 65 43 39 35 0 100 24 85

29 27 30 29 Lancaster University Management School UK 67,900 88 31 21 79 48 84 (25) 32 51 38 57 96 31 43 40 0 95 12 0

30 38 - - University of Maryland: Smith US 83,547 41 58 59 87 26 71 (86) 29 45 32 37 77 16 20 50 0 98 21 0

31 28 20 26 Frankfurt School of Finance and Management Germany 89,659 32 37 43 84 24 97 (84) 16 22 21 25 44 32 42 15 1 98 23 27

32 29 25 29 Cranfield School of Management UK 78,225 43 32 45 83 52 100 (63) 33 32 26 45 94 32 24 50 0 92 12 8

33 24 24 27 EMLyon Business School France 73,726 37 19 24 84 25 97 (61) 34 13 36 51 27 79 37 19 0 96 13 100

34 36 22 31 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Netherlands 69,916 42 2 35 81 56 72 (81) 24 27 33 55 48 31 27 37 0 100 15 23

35 22 27 28 Brandeis University International Business School US 88,063 54 50 65 84 59 94 (47) 42 56 23 39 89 23 36 29 0 87 21 71

36 36 34 35 University College Dublin: Smurfit Ireland 58,320 54 29 22 82 51 82 (82) 35 35 29 50 74 54 31 39 0 100 13 43

37 35 38 37 University of Edinburgh Business School UK 66,110 49 48 47 79 32 91 (53) 41 40 40 62 93 40 51 38 0 95 12 0

38 - - - USI Lugano Switzerland 66,500 53 17 12 80 65 97 (67) 13 31 21 70 89 42 17 25 0 100 28 77

39 39 32 37 Lund University School of Economics and Management Sweden 56,968 41 4 26 83 33 84 (71) 35 38 29 32 65 21 29 42 0 86 9 9

40 - - - Bentley University US 87,949 50 47 55 79 20 90 (58) 40 49 29 3 76 0 33 23 0 68 20 24

41 33 40 38 Henley Business School UK 62,169 56 51 14 78 57 76 (62) 49 42 36 54 99 36 53 49 0 88 11 0

42 42 35 40 Illinois Institute of Technology: Stuart US 87,064 51 54 61 77 63 78 (74) 27 38 21 32 86 12 22 50 0 92 21 10

42 43 39 41 University of Rochester: Simon US 84,115 57 57 48 84 60 86 (85) 17 50 11 39 92 17 35 50 0 79 16 0

44 46 - - University of Texas at Austin: McCombs US 92,600 38 34 62 86 19 96 (100) 24 33 17 28 25 1 58 50 0 84 10 0

45 46 - - HEC Montreal Canada 76,346 58 6 60 85 49 50 (7) 35 27 10 45 39 60 34 50 0 77 32 67

45 44 42 44 Singapore Management University: Lee Kong Chian Singapore 66,620 54 52 42 75 43 58 (91) 22 58 26 62 94 53 45 48 0 98 12 14

47 45 35 42 Washington University: Olin US 85,000 47 56 64 80 45 77 (87) 26 41 13 37 73 1 41 50 0 88 14 0

48 - - - BI Norwegian Business School Norway 56,942 29 33 46 84 41 83 (92) 29 41 50 29 49 12 15 28 0 78 24 0

49 53 - - CUHK Business School China 77,481 34 45 17 83 14 98 (87) 24 79 29 52 1 43 61 44 0 99 12 55

50 57 - - Fordham University: Gabelli US 72,129 35 59 53 78 54 53 (88) 35 53 22 28 99 2 26 50 0 85 16 44

51 51 40 47 Durham University Business School UK 54,645 39 49 34 79 36 89 (51) 35 79 21 64 99 57 48 36 0 97 12 1

51 55 45 50 Ohio State University: Fisher US 81,262 36 42 63 85 30 87 (100) 24 40 15 22 66 4 46 50 0 71 9 0

53 52 54 53 University of Utah: Eccles US 76,178 33 24 49 84 22 54 (100) 31 22 22 27 32 7 56 41 0 85 16 29

54 49 50 51 University of Bath School of Management UK 43,669 57 62 33 76 29 81 (79) 36 74 27 64 99 20 52 43 0 100 12 4

55 48 33 45 University of Strathclyde Business School UK 49,074 35 36 41 79 58 95 (71) 36 46 35 48 90 47 44 50 0 79 12 7

56 - - - Purdue University: Krannert US 61,238 60 61 57 76 42 41 (41) 20 57 27 40 98 0 54 50 0 98 10 0

57 - 47 - Nottingham University Business School UK 46,280 28 55 44 81 46 76 (76) 42 64 25 41 91 0 40 50 0 85 14 0

58 59 48 55 Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow UK 42,018 45 60 40 81 3 81 (36) 38 50 27 63 100 9 63 50 0 84 12 0

59 - 53 - Aston Business School UK 43,730 23 39 8 84 38 89 (30) 35 28 36 44 80 24 12 32 0 70 12 14

60 56 52 56 Lingnan College at Sun Yat-sen University China 59,843 50 20 39 76 21 100 (100) 25 61 24 4 2 16 64 46 0 97 24 100

61 54 - - Leeds University Business School UK 37,754 95 64 29 79 28 100 (25) 38 84 64 44 98 18 47 50 0 83 14 100

62 - - - University of Exeter Business School UK 51,442 36 53 51 74 44 83 (21) 40 52 18 46 90 27 65 26 0 82 12 0

63 - 55 - University of Liverpool Management School UK 35,157 47 63 58 73 50 90 (75) 41 51 31 50 94 23 50 45 0 89 12 0

64 - - - University of Arizona: Eller US 77,641 19 46 50 77 62 100 (25) 30 32 11 25 65 0 54 50 0 75 14 18

65 - - - University of California at San Diego: Rady US 52,250 10 65 54 78 64 46 (81) 22 62 24 39 97 9 32 47 0 83 13 28

Table notes Some 230 points separate the top programme HEC Paris from the school ranked number 65. The top 10 participants, from HEC Paris to Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at SJTU, form the top group of pre-experience Masters in Finance providers. The second group is headed by IE Business School and spans schools ranked from 11 to 27. The third goup is headed by HEC Lausanne Business School and include schools ranked from 28 to 53. The remaining 12 schools headed by University of Bath School of Management make up the fourth group.

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