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The benefits attached to an MBA qualification are significant. Career progression, networking opportunities and salary increases are just some of the reasons why application volumes have been increasing. »

Having made the decision to pursue an MBA, deciding upon a school is not easy. Many factors need to be considered, including location, reputation and teaching methods.

However, preparing a shortlist of schools is perhaps the most difficult task, given the plethora of schools offering an MBA option. Therefore, in order to simplify the decision-making process, CEO Magazine has assessed the performance of MBA providers based upon certain key performance indicators:

2012 SPRING MBA RANKINGS

Key Performance Indicators

❯ FACULTY ❯ TUITION FEES ❯ INTERNATIONAL REACH ❯ INNOVATION ❯ DELIVERY METHODS ❯ CAREER PROGRESSION (WHERE POSSIBLE)

Those schools, which have been identified

for inclusion into the tables below, are

considered by the CEO Review Panel (CRP) to

be of tier-one status. Typically, these schools

demonstrate a high level of innovation and

thought leadership; class sizes tend to be

moderate, senior faculty are used and the

make up of students is diverse.

ONLINE MBA School Rankings (Tier One)

Babson CollegeBoston UniversityCyprus Institute of MarketingColorado State UniversityDuke UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityGeorgia WebMBAGonzaga UniversityGrand Canyon UniversityHofstra UniversityIE Business SchoolIndiana UniversityInternational University of MonacoJones International UniversityKeiser UniversityManchester Business SchoolPennsylvania State UniversityRochester Institute of TechnologySchouten UniversityThunderbird School of Global ManagementUniversity of LiverpoolUniversity of PhoenixUniversity of San FranciscoUniversity of Wisconsin WhitewaterWarwick UniversityWorcester Polytechnic Institute

EMERGING MARKETS MBA School Rankings: ‘The Rising Stars’

(Tier One)

SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAESAN University FIA Business School Florida Atlantic University IAE Business School IESE Universidad de La Sabana Universidad de los Andes Universidad Torcuato Di Tella University of the West Indies Cave Hill

EASTERN EUROPEAalto University of Economics Bucharest School of Management CEU Business SchoolCity University of Seattle – BulgariaGFKMPolish Open UniversityRiga Business School Sarajevo Graduate School of BusinessUniversity American College Skopje University of Lodz USBSP Business School Praha Warsaw University of Technology Business School

NORTH AFRICACape Breton University German University in Cairo Regional IT Institute: Maastricht

MBA School Rankings BY REGION (Tier One)

WESTERN EUROPEAshridgeAston Business School Audencia Nantes School of Management City University: Cass Cranfield University EADAEDHEC EGP University of Porto Business School ENPC School of International ManagementEOIErasmus University: RSM ESADE

HEC LausanneHEC Paris Henley Business SchoolICNInstitute for Management (IfM)IMDINSEAD International University of MonacoISCTEISEGLemniscaat School of ManagementLondon Business School Lorange Institute of Business ZurichMIP Politecnico di Milano Nebrija UniversityNottingham University Business SchoolOxford University: Saïd Paris School of BusinessRWTH Aachen UniversityUniversity of SussexUniversity College Dublin: Smurfit University of Bath University of Durham University of Edinburgh University of Cambridge: Judge University of Warwick University of ZurichVlerick Leuven Business School Westminster Business School

NORTHERN EUROPEAalto University of EconomicsBI Norwegian School of ManagementCopenhagen Business SchoolHanken School of EconomicsOulu Business SchoolStockholm School of Economics University of Gothenburg

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Southern europeSDA Bocconi University American College SkopjeUniversity of Bologna: AlmaUniversity of Pisa

eaStern europeBucharest School of Management CEU Business SchoolGFKMPolish Open UniversityRiga Business School Sarajevo Graduate School of BusinessUniversity American College Skopje University of Lodz US Business School Praha

north africaCape Breton University German University in CairoRegional IT Institute: Maastricht

South africaEastern & Southern African Management Institute Milpark Business SchoolNorth-West UniversityRAU University Regent Business School Stellenbosch University Wits University UNISA UniversityUniversity of Cape TownUniversity of Durban-Westville University of Nairobi University of PretoriaUniversity of the Free State

eaStern aSiaAoyama Gakuin UniversityAsian Institute of Technology China Europe International Business School Chinese University of Hong KongCity University of Hong KongHitotsubashi UniversityHong Kong University of Science and TechnologyKeio UniversityKorea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyUniversity of Hong Kong Waseda University

South aSia and oceaniaAsian Institute of ManagementChicago Graduate School of BusinessINSEAD Macquarie Graduate School of ManagementUniversity of MelbourneNanyang Technological UniversityNational University of SingaporeThe University of New South WalesUniversity of Auckland University of Canterbury University of New EnglandUniversity of Queensland Victoria University of Wellington

north america

Carnegie Mellon: TepperColumbia UniversityCornell University: Johnson University of Denver: Daniels Dartmouth College: TuckDuke University: Fuqua

Emory University: Goizueta Fordham University: GSBGeorgetown: McDonough Georgia State University: Robinson Harvard UniversityHEC MontrealIndiana University: Kelley Kent State UniversityMassachusetts Institute Technology: Sloan Northwestern University: Kellogg Princeton UniversityPurdue University: Krannert Rutgers Business SchoolStanford University The University of Texas at Austin: McCombs Thunderbird School of Global ManagementUCLA: Anderson University of Arizona: Eller University of British Columbia: SauderUniversity of California Berkeley: Haas UC San Diego: Rady University of Chicago: BoothUniversity of Michigan: RossUniversity of North Carolina: Kenan-FlaglerUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of Pennsylvania: WhartonUniversity of Washington : FosterUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison University Texas at Austin: McCombsVanderbilt University: OwenWashington University in St. Louis: OlinYale University

executive mBa programme Global mBa rankings (tier one)

Aalto University School of EconomicsArizona State University: Carey Ashridge AVT Baylor University Bradford University Brigham Young University: Marriott China Europe International Business School Chinese University of Hong Kong City University: Cass College of William and Mary: Mason Columbia UniversityConcordia University: Molson Copenhagen Business School Cranfield UniversityDrexel University: LeBow Duke University: Fuqua Durham University EADA Emory University: Goizueta ENPC School of International ManagementErasmus University: RSM ESCP Europe Essec Business SchoolFIA Fordham University: GSBGeorgetown University: McDonoughGeorgia State University: RobinsonHenley Business School Hong Kong University of Science & TechnologyIAE Business SchoolIE Business School IMDImperial College INSEADKent State UniversityKoç University

London Business SchoolLorange Institute of Business ZurichLoyola University Maryland: Sellinger LSE Michigan State University: Broad

National Taiwan University College of Management

National University of Singapore New York University: SternNorthwestern University: Kellogg Ohio State University: FisherPepperdine University: Graziadio Princeton UniversityPurdue University: Krannert Rice University: JonesRollins College: Crummer Rutgers Business SchoolSuffolk University: Sawyer Stockholm School of Economics Temple University: Fox TiasNimbas Thunderbird School of Global Management UCLA: AndersonUniversidad Panamericana: IPADE University College Dublin: Smurfit University of California Berkeley: Haas University of California Irvine: MerageUniversity of Cambridge: Judge University of Chicago: Booth University of Denver: Daniels University of Maryland: Smith University of MiamiUniversity of Michigan: Ross University of Minnesota: Carlson University of Navarra: IESEUniversity of Oxford: Saïd University of Pennsylvania: Wharton University of Rochester: Simon University of Strathclyde University of St.Gallen University of Texas at Austin: McCombs University of Texas at DallasUniversity of Toronto: RotmanUniversity of Washington: FosterUniversity of Western Ontario: IveyUniversity of ZurichVillanova School of BusinessVlerick Leuven Gent Management School Warwick Business School Washington University: OlinYork University: Schulich

part-time Global mBa rankings (tier one)

Carnegie Mellon: Tepper City University: Cass Drexel: LeBow Elon University: LoveGeorgia State: RobinsonHEC ParisISEGNorthwestern University: Kellogg Rice University: Jones University of Richmond: Robins SMU: Cox The University of Chicago: BoothThe University of Nebraska: LincolnUCLA: Anderson University of California Berkeley: Haas University of Edinburgh University of Michigan: RossUSC: Marshall Westminster Business School

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