The ranking produced by the Financial Times includes both U.S. and
international business schools and reflects data from an audit that took
place between November 2006 and January 2007. The current audit is based
on a survey distributed to the graduating MBA class of 2003. Taken into
account in the construction of its ranking, FT considers the following
with the weighted percentage of each in parenthesis:
Weighted Salary (20): Average alumni salary today with
adjustment for salary variations between industry sectors. Includes data
for the current year and the one or two preceding years, where available.
Salary Percentage Increase (20): Percentage increase
in average alumni salary from before the MBA to today as a percentage of
the pre-MBA salary. Includes data for the current year and one or two
preceding years, where available.
Value for Money (3): Calculated using the salary
earned by alumni today, course length, fees and other costs, including the
opportunity cost of not working for the duration of the course.
Career Progress (3): Calculated according to changes
in the level of seniority and the size of the company alumni are working
in now versus before their MBA. Includes data for the current year and one
or two preceding years, where available.
Aims Achieved (3): The extent to which alumni
fulfilled their goals or reasons for doing an MBA. This is measured as a
percentage of total returns for a school.
Placement Success (2): Alumni ranking of the
effectiveness of their schools career service center in their job search.
Employed at Three Months (2): The percentage of the
most recent graduating class that had found employment or accepted a job
offer within three months of graduation.
Alumni Recommend (2): Alumni were asked to name three
business schools from which they would recruit MBA graduates.
Women Faculty (2): Percentage of female faculty.
Women Students (2): Percentage of female students.
Women Board (1): Percentage of female members on the
advisory board.
International Faculty (4): The percentage of faculty
whose citizenship differs from their country of employment.
International Students (4): The percentage of students
whose citizenship differs from the country in which they are studying.
International Board (2): The percentage of the board
whose citizenship differs from the country in which the business school is
based.
International Mobility (6): This is calculated by
analyzing the employment movements of alumni between the time prior to
their MBA and graduation and also, the time between graduation and today.
International Experience (2): Weighted average of four
criteria that measure international exposure during the MBA program.
Languages (2): Number of extra languages required on
completion of the MBA.
Faculty with Doctorates (5): Percentage of faculty
with a doctoral degree.
FT Doctoral Rank (5): Calculated according to the number
of doctoral graduates from each business school during the past three
years. Additional points are given if these graduates took up faculty
positions at one of the top 50 full-time MBA schools of 2006.
FT Research Tank (10): Calculated according to the number
of faculty publication in 40 international academic and practitioner
journals. The total is weighted for faculty size.
Source: Financial Times
