Published
February 7 2021
Total Schools
100
Year
| 100 | Queen's University: Smith |
| 99 | Hult International Business School |
| 98 | Copenhagen Business School (CBS) |
| 97 | Western University: Ivey |
| 96 | Lancaster University Management School |
| 94 | UCT Graduate School of Business |
| 94 | Indian Institute of Management Indore |
| 93 | Miami Herbert Business School |
| 92 | Fordham University: Gabelli |
| 91 | McGill University: Desautels |
| 90 | EMLyon Business School |
| 89 | |
| 87 | University of Georgia: Terry |
| 87 | Melbourne Business School |
| 86 | Rutgers Business School |
| 85 | |
| 84 | Ipade Business School |
| 83 | Wisconsin School of Business |
| 82 | The Lisbon MBA Catolica | Nova |
| 81 | Essec Business School |
| 80 | ESMT Berlin |
| 79 | AGSM at UNSW Business School |
| 78 | Eada Business School Barcelona |
| 76 | University of Pittsburgh: Katz |
| 76 | Edhec Business School |
| 75 | University of Toronto: Rotman |
| 74 | Durham University Business School |
| 73 | University of Texas at Dallas: Jindal |
| 71 | Brigham Young University: Marriott |
| 71 | University of Minnesota: Carlson |
| 69 | University of Connecticut School of Business |
| 69 | University of Notre Dame: Mendoza |
| 68 | George Washington University |
| 67 | Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management |
| 66 | SMU: Cox |
| 64 | University of St Gallen |
| 64 | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics: College of Business |
| 63 | Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University |
| 62 | Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business |
| 61 | Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) |
| 60 | University of Rochester: Simon Business School |
| 58 | Mannheim Business School |
| 58 | Singapore Management University: Lee Kong Chian |
| 57 | Arizona State University: WP Carey |
| 56 | Ohio State University: Fisher |
| 55 | Boston College: Carroll |
| 54 | WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management |
| 53 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai |
| 52 | University of Maryland: Smith |
| 51 | Boston University Questrom School of Business |
| 50 | Emory University: Goizueta |
| 48 | CUHK Business School |
| 48 | Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University: Smeal |
| 46 | Babson College: Olin |
| 44 | Indian Institute of Management Calcutta |
| 44 | Imperial College Business School |
| 43 | Michigan State University: Broad |
| 42 | University of California at Irvine: Merage |
| 40 | University of Texas at Austin: McCombs |
| 40 | University of Florida: Warrington |
| 39 | IE Business School |
| 38 | Indiana University: Kelley |
| 37 | Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore |
| 35 | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore |
| 35 | Sungkyunkwan University GSB |
| 32 | Warwick Business School |
| 32 | Rice University: Jones |
| 32 | Fudan University School of Management |
| 31 | Vanderbilt University: Owen |
| 30 | Alliance Manchester Business School |
| 29 | HKU Business School |
| 28 | University of Washington: Michael G. Foster |
| 27 | Carnegie Mellon: Tepper |
| 26 | University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler |
| 25 | Washington University: Olin |
| 24 | University of Southern California: Marshall |
| 23 | Indian School of Business |
| 22 | HKUST Business School |
| 21 | University of Michigan: Ross |
| 20 | Esade Business School |
| 19 | IMD — International Institute for Management Development |
| 17 | Georgetown University: McDonough |
| 17 | University of Oxford: Saïd |
| 16 | University of Cambridge: Judge |
| 15 | Cornell University: Johnson |
| 14 | National University of Singapore Business School |
| 13 | New York University: Stern |
| 12 | SDA Bocconi School of Management |
| 11 | University of Virginia: Darden |
| 10 | Dartmouth College: Tuck |
| 9 | Duke University's Fuqua School of Business |
| 7 | Ceibs |
| 7 | HEC Paris |
| 6 | Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management |
| 4 | IESE Business School |
| 4 | Yale School of Management |
| 3 | University of Chicago: Booth |
| 2 | London Business School |
| 1 | Insead |
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Table notes
Footnotes: * KPMG reported on the results of obtaining evidence and applying specified audit procedures relating to selected survey data provided for the Financial Times 2021 MBA ranking for selected business schools. Enquiries about the assurance process can be made by contacting Lori Huber of KPMG at lahuber@kpmg.ca. The specified audit procedures were carried out between October and November 2020. The audit date published denotes the survey for which the specified audit procedures were conducted. ** Data in this column are for information only and are not used in the rankings. â No data available.Some 202 points separate the top programme, at Insead, from the school ranked 100. The schools are divided into four tiers. Business schools in tiers l and ll score above the average for the cohort, and tiers lll and lV are below it. The difference in scores between schools ranked consecutively is greater within tiers l and lV than in tiers ll and lll. Tier l includes 14 schools from Insead to National University of Singapore Business School. Tier ll includes schools from Cornell University: Johnson, ranked 15, to Babson College: Olin in 46th position. Tier lll, headed by Pennsylvania State University: Smeal, spans schools ranked 47 to 82. Tier lV includes schools from Wisconsin School of Business in 83rd place to Queen's University: Smith at 100.
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