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Masters in Finance Pre-experience 2018

	2018	2017	2016	3-year average	School name	Country	Salary today (US$)^[1]	Sal inc (%)	Value^[2]	Career progress rank	Aims achieved^[3]	Careers service rank	Employment^[4]	Female faculty (%)	Female students (%)	Women on board (%)	Intl. faculty^[5]	Intl. students^[6]	Intl. board^[7]	Intl. mobility^[8]	Intl. course^[9]	Languages^[10]	PhD Faculty^[11]	Prog. length	Internships^[12]
	1	2	1	10	HEC Paris	France	135,87317,397	8234	96	926	921	41	99 (93)0	190	226	130	701	873	670	11	84	10	1000	100	955
	2	4	2	30	ESCP Europe	FR / UK / DE / ES / IT	111,3419,526	489	84	16	923	11	100 (99)0	380	239	344	782	533	564	51	15	01	991	130	1000
	3	1	4	31	Edhec Business School	France	104,552903	6514	212	71	881	181	97 (90)0	401	379	411	536	641	862	21	42	10	911	155	1000
	4	6	10	70	Skema Business School	FR / CN / US / BR	87,7641,984	763	141	21	871	90	100 (100)0	433	403	336	484	740	589	105	21	01	9212	120	1000
	5	3	7	50	Essec Business School	France	109,9172,482	662	121	63	891	130	97 (93)1	343	244	380	561	475	697	40	114	10	990	130	1000
	6	10	8	81	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	111,9587,922	5513	33	411	882	151	100 (91)0	160	201	326	755	622	533	195	32	10	1000	290	926
	7	5	5	61	MIT: Sloan	US	140,8882,766	6315	443	563	912	396	90 (100)13	213	373	217	391	933	462	72	310	00	990	130	244
	8	7	9	80	Università Bocconi, SDA Bocconi	Italy	110,3163,236	723	237	180	861	54	100 (47)0	401	301	285	341	289	721	168	145	10	981	271	1000
	9	12	13	111	Imperial College Business School	UK	91,60233	4312	417	3718	862	166	95 (93)4	301	5010	433	951	923	714	142	201	00	1000	140	436
	10	14	28	17	Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at SJTU	China	119,9968,278	872	70	2716	7810	101	100 (95)0	253	461	180	5410	113	180	597	277	10	1000	220	1000
	11	8	3	72	IE Business School	Spain	93,54311,970	737	401	159	911	345	91 (85)5	402	152	471	653	851	906	85	349	10	980	100	710
	12	11	11	111	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	109,4035,899	459	355	5214	903	117	81 (93)1	192	420	403	601	960	6710	130	304	00	1000	90	00
	13	9	16	130	Warwick Business School	UK	86,2007,668	968	385	51	820	273	95 (93)0	341	423	4010	781	913	200	3813	503	10	1000	140	00
	14	13	6	114	Esade Business School	Spain	90,5703,267	4210	288	3014	881	124	96 (93)1	361	2712	2012	401	976	804	34	174	10	931	120	1713
	15	18	-	-	Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management	China	124,7704,808	690	113	381	826	62	100 (100)0	361	297	71	61	206	723	605	217	01	981	251	1000
	16	21	12	161	Grenoble Ecole de Management	France	80,6288,133	5721	262	233	842	550	82 (64)15	430	378	530	460	841	7320	66	51	00	917	201	758
	17	15	18	170	Kozminski University	Poland	89,673685	8425	254	108	900	71	94 (89)2	382	3419	150	192	5539	620	574	101	01	871	240	463
	18	16	16	172	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	90,6658,800	599	52	285	861	474	98 (97)2	261	311	427	332	4812	3711	252	98	00	945	242	633
	18	17	15	171	Peking University: Guanghua	China	121,0761,234	661	152	328	812	23	100 (100)0	272	451	50	91	127	820	624	331	01	971	220	952
	20	20	26	220	City, University of London: Cass	UK	79,1103,480	5616	431	1911	860	317	79 (89)2	250	410	500	711	913	577	1816	227	00	950	130	117
	21	19	14	181	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	69,7673,300	591	101	1311	832	405	100 (83)5	350	315	5021	303	5313	7546	282	1211	20	1000	164	665
	22	23	19	211	Eada Business School Barcelona	Spain	82,2128,357	477	3013	360	862	375	97 (97)3	286	272	299	561	970	335	214	64	10	789	110	1000
	23	26	-	-	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	63,6941,773	550	274	252	897	3513	88 (100)7	360	4518	317	430	4016	4622	301	131	20	950	190	752
	24	32	45	34	Rennes School of Business	France	66,8052,166	440	223	116	836	531	84 (81)12	363	432	5010	900	633	382	922	182	01	903	170	1000
	25	41	30	32	Neoma Business School	France	65,2163,190	277	189	2019	847	817	93 (94)7	450	2815	507	648	508	625	110	162	01	978	140	1000
	26	30	23	260	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	70,7325,275	451	162	3112	872	176	98 (93)2	281	164	66	364	5423	392	237	71	10	950	100	1000
	27	40	-	-	ISCTE Business School	Portugal	47,2124,700	9320	1311	32	889	2311	90 (69)5	470	538	500	90	423	780	493	241	00	1002	230	00
	28	30	21	261	HEC Lausanne	Switzerland	79,0932,083	430	11	164	765	611	75 (40)11	252	217	297	822	653	431	390	3513	01	1000	240	854
	29	27	30	293	Lancaster University Management School	UK	67,900843	882	318	2120	792	4811	84 (25)7	321	516	3820	573	960	3111	4311	401	00	950	120	00
	30	38	-	-	University of Maryland: Smith	US	83,5471,145	413	582	595	8710	2616	71 (86)2	291	4513	3211	372	7720	163	2010	503	00	980	210	00
	31	28	20	263	Frankfurt School of Finance and Management	Germany	89,6594,093	324	372	4311	841	244	97 (84)3	162	222	210	252	443	320	420	156	10	980	231	270
	32	29	25	294	Cranfield School of Management	UK	78,2251,285	431	326	453	832	520	100 (63)0	332	327	267	4519	946	321	243	503	00	923	121	835
	33	24	24	27	EMLyon Business School	France	73,7264,155	371	193	2414	840	252	97 (61)8	340	135	363	514	275	7910	373	194	01	961	130	1000
	34	36	22	314	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	69,916230	422	28	354	812	563	72 (81)4	242	272	337	553	486	311	2712	372	00	1000	151	2313
	35	22	27	282	Brandeis University International Business School	US	88,0636,563	5422	504	657	840	5913	94 (47)18	424	5611	231	394	893	231	3614	295	00	872	213	7111
	36	36	34	350	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	58,3201,384	547	295	224	821	516	82 (82)13	353	352	297	500	7413	542	3111	391	00	1000	130	4313
	37	35	38	373	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	66,1102,012	494	483	4713	790	321	91 (53)6	410	404	401	620	932	401	513	382	00	952	120	07
	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	371	Lund University School of Economics and Management	Sweden	56,9684,174	411	40	265	832	337	84 (71)1	351	382	292	323	650	211	295	4210	00	860	90	94
	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	383	Henley Business School	UK	62,1695,937	563	5112	141	783	576	76 (62)14	492	4210	360	545	990	367	5315	493	00	880	110	00
	42	42	35	403	Illinois Institute of Technology: Stuart	US	87,0643,275	517	540	6112	770	634	78 (74)5	270	381	210	320	861	120	224	503	00	923	210	108
	42	43	39	414	University of Rochester: Simon	US	84,1152,134	5712	574	484	845	6011	86 (85)6	173	501	110	396	922	171	351	503	00	792	162	015
	44	46	-	-	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	US	92,6003,540	388	346	6211	8610	1921	96 (100)14	241	338	173	280	258	11	587	503	00	841	100	00
	45	46	-	-	HEC Montreal	Canada	76,346127	585	61	604	853	491	50 (7)50	351	271	101	451	395	601	3411	503	00	772	325	6714
	45	44	42	444	Singapore Management University: Lee Kong Chian	Singapore	66,620430	542	520	422	750	434	58 (91)6	220	584	262	624	943	530	4524	481	00	983	120	143
	47	45	35	426	Washington University: Olin	US	85,0003,750	4719	565	644	801	459	77 (87)9	264	416	132	370	7315	10	414	507	00	887	141	00
	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	77,4815,948	3413	455	173	839	147	98 (87)2	240	794	290	523	10	430	614	441	00	991	120	551
	50	57	-	-	Fordham University: Gabelli	US	72,1296,461	354	591	537	7813	543	53 (88)7	352	5311	222	283	991	24	267	503	00	851	160	443
	51	51	40	475	Durham University Business School	UK	54,6451,077	392	490	345	792	3611	89 (51)7	352	794	211	641	992	574	487	363	00	976	120	10
	51	55	45	50	Ohio State University: Fisher	US	81,262737	367	426	634	8512	304	87 (100)38	242	406	152	225	666	40	463	506	00	7110	90	00
	53	52	54	53	University of Utah: Eccles	US	76,17810,177	331	248	492	844	228	54 (100)27	312	223	229	274	321	70	567	416	00	852	165	297
	54	49	50	512	University of Bath School of Management	UK	43,6692,934	575	623	3330	761	291	81 (79)16	365	746	272	642	990	209	525	436	00	1000	120	45
	55	48	33	459	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	49,0742,383	353	368	414	792	5810	95 (71)1	360	460	350	481	907	470	4411	503	00	792	120	71
	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	556	Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow	UK	42,0186,854	4513	600	4010	811	34	81 (36)19	382	506	273	633	1009	91	634	503	00	8411	120	00
	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	59,843331	5014	201	393	766	214	100 (100)0	251	615	240	41	22	161	644	464	01	970	240	1000
	61	54	-	-	Leeds University Business School	UK	37,75430	9511	649	291	790	2813	100 (25)14	382	843	642	441	980	185	473	503	00	833	140	1000
	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
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Table notesSome 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.

Footnotes

1. An average of salaries three years after graduation. The figure shown is in US Dollars, based on purchasing power parity equivalency.

2. The rank is calculated using alumni salaries three years after graduation and course costs. The length of the course is also taken into consideration.

3. The extent to which alumni fulfilled their goals or reasons for doing a Masters in Finance. This is measured as a percentage of total returns for a school.

4. The percentage of the most recent graduating class that were in employment three months after graduation. The figure in brackets shows the percentage of the class for which the school was able to provide employment data.

5. Percentage of faculty whose citizenship differs from their country of employment.

6. Percentage of students whose citizenship differs from the country in which they are studying.

7. Percentage of the board whose citizenship differs from the country in which the business school is based.

8. A measure based on changes in the country of employment of alumni between graduation and today.

9. Weighted average of four criteria that measure international exposure during the Masters programme.

10. Number of additional languages required on graduation from the Masters programme.

11. Percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree.

12. The percentage of the last graduating class that completed company internships as part of the Masters programme.

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