Forbes 2019 Best Business Schools Booth Tops the List

Forbes has released its 2019 rankings of full-time MBA programs in the U.S. and one-year programs internationally. These rankings are based on responses from more than 100 schools and 17,500 alumni around the world. Graduates’ earnings in their first five years after graduation from business school were compared to their opportunity cost, which gave Forbes a five-year MBA gain – the basis for the final rank. The alumni survey reveals that an MBA from one of the top schools continues to be very valuable, and pays for itself in approximately four years. Alumni from the class of 2014 at the top 25 U.S. programs boosted their salaries from an average of $73,000 before their MBA to $193,000 last year. Salaries have gone up on average 10% each year since graduation. Top 10 U.S. business schools RankSchoolLocation5-Year MBA GainYears to PaybackPre-MBA Salary2018 SalaryTuitionGMAT 1Chicago BoothChicago, IL$94.4K3.9$83K$245K$149K730 2StanfordPalo Alto, C$90.8K4.2$86K$250K$144K732 3Northwestern KelloggEvanston, IL$89.6K3.9$76K$215K$150K740 4Harvard Business SchoolBoston, MA$86.5K4.1$88K$230K$161K730 5Pennsylvania WhartonPhiladelphia, PA$84.7K4.1$92K$230K$158K732 6Dartmouth TuckHanover, NH$82.7K4$84K$233K$153K720 7Columbia Business SchoolNew York, NY$80.9K4.1$82K$230K$160K740 8MIT SloanCambridge, MA$80.9K4.1$80K$215K$154K730 9Cornell JohnsonIthaca, NY$78.3K4$68K$195K$142K700 10Michigan RossAnn Arbor, MI$78K3.9$72K$180K$140K720 Top 10 one-year international programs RankSchoolLocation5-Year MBA GainYears to PaybackPre-MBA Salary2018 SalaryTuitionGMAT 1IMDLausanne, Switzerland$168.9K2.7$82K$200K$85K680 2INSEADFountainebleau, France; Singapore$154.7K2.6$79K$195K$90K710 3Cambridge JudgeCambridge, United Kingdom$153K2.4$67K$183K$65K700 4SDA BocconiMilan, Italy$135.5K2.5$60K$165K$57K665 5Oxford SaidOxford, United Kingdom$127.3K2.8$76K$177K$71K690 6IE Business SchoolMadrid, Spain$104.3K3.2$58K$149K$79K686 7Indian School of BusinessHyderabad, India$90.5K2.4$15K$62K$37K710 8WarwickCoventry, United Kingdom$83.8K2.9$53K$139K$48K660 9MannheimMannheim, Germany$83K3$51K$125K$42K680 10ESMT BerlinBerlin, Germany$86.2K3.4$49K$118K$49K650 Do you need help choosing the best business school for you? Get matched with an Accepted advisor today who will guide you through the process of finding, applying to, and getting accepted to the ideal MBA program for you. Explore our MBA Admissions Consulting for more information. hbspt.cta.load(58291, '8759ad4b-61cd-4b71-8746-e7a0a50aab2e', {}); By Linda Abraham, president and founder of Accepted. Linda earned her bachelors and MBA at UCLA, and has been advising applicants since 1994 when she founded Accepted. Linda is the co-founder and first president of AIGAC. She has written or co-authored 13 e-books on the admissions process, and has been quoted by The  Wall Street Journal, U.S. News, Poets Quants, Bloomberg Businessweek, CBS News, and others. Linda is the host of Admissions Straight Talk, a podcast for graduate school applicants.  Want an admissions expert help you get accepted? Click here to get in touch! Related Resources: †¢ Navigate the MBA Application Maze: 9 Tips to Acceptance, a free guide †¢ A Conversation About Today’s MBA Marketplace, a podcast episode †¢ Do MBA Rankings Matter? Forbes 2019 Best Business Schools Booth Tops the List Forbes has released its 2019 rankings of full-time MBA programs in the U.S. and one-year programs internationally. These rankings are based on responses from more than 100 schools and 17,500 alumni around the world. Graduates’ earnings in their first five years after graduation from business school were compared to their opportunity cost, which gave Forbes a five-year MBA gain – the basis for the final rank. The alumni survey reveals that an MBA from one of the top schools continues to be very valuable, and pays for itself in approximately four years. Alumni from the class of 2014 at the top 25 U.S. programs boosted their salaries from an average of $73,000 before their MBA to $193,000 last year. Salaries have gone up on average 10% each year since graduation. Top 10 U.S. business schools RankSchoolLocation5-Year MBA GainYears to PaybackPre-MBA Salary2018 SalaryTuitionGMAT 1Chicago BoothChicago, IL$94.4K3.9$83K$245K$149K730 2StanfordPalo Alto, C$90.8K4.2$86K$250K$144K732 3Northwestern KelloggEvanston, IL$89.6K3.9$76K$215K$150K740 4Harvard Business SchoolBoston, MA$86.5K4.1$88K$230K$161K730 5Pennsylvania WhartonPhiladelphia, PA$84.7K4.1$92K$230K$158K732 6Dartmouth TuckHanover, NH$82.7K4$84K$233K$153K720 7Columbia Business SchoolNew York, NY$80.9K4.1$82K$230K$160K740 8MIT SloanCambridge, MA$80.9K4.1$80K$215K$154K730 9Cornell JohnsonIthaca, NY$78.3K4$68K$195K$142K700 10Michigan RossAnn Arbor, MI$78K3.9$72K$180K$140K720 Top 10 one-year international programs RankSchoolLocation5-Year MBA GainYears to PaybackPre-MBA Salary2018 SalaryTuitionGMAT 1IMDLausanne, Switzerland$168.9K2.7$82K$200K$85K680 2INSEADFountainebleau, France; Singapore$154.7K2.6$79K$195K$90K710 3Cambridge JudgeCambridge, United Kingdom$153K2.4$67K$183K$65K700 4SDA BocconiMilan, Italy$135.5K2.5$60K$165K$57K665 5Oxford SaidOxford, United Kingdom$127.3K2.8$76K$177K$71K690 6IE Business SchoolMadrid, Spain$104.3K3.2$58K$149K$79K686 7Indian School of BusinessHyderabad, India$90.5K2.4$15K$62K$37K710 8WarwickCoventry, United Kingdom$83.8K2.9$53K$139K$48K660 9MannheimMannheim, Germany$83K3$51K$125K$42K680 10ESMT BerlinBerlin, Germany$86.2K3.4$49K$118K$49K650 Do you need help choosing the best business school for you? Get matched with an Accepted advisor today who will guide you through the process of finding, applying to, and getting accepted to the ideal MBA program for you. Explore our MBA Admissions Consulting for more information. hbspt.cta.load(58291, '8759ad4b-61cd-4b71-8746-e7a0a50aab2e', {}); By Linda Abraham, president and founder of Accepted. Linda earned her bachelors and MBA at UCLA, and has been advising applicants since 1994 when she founded Accepted. Linda is the co-founder and first president of AIGAC. She has written or co-authored 13 e-books on the admissions process, and has been quoted by The  Wall Street Journal, U.S. News, Poets Quants, Bloomberg Businessweek, CBS News, and others. Linda is the host of Admissions Straight Talk, a podcast for graduate school applicants.  Want an admissions expert help you get accepted? Click here to get in touch! Related Resources: †¢ Navigate the MBA Application Maze: 9 Tips to Acceptance, a free guide †¢ A Conversation About Today’s MBA Marketplace, a podcast episode †¢ Do MBA Rankings Matter?