The Economist Full-Time MBA Ranking

Chicago Booth earned the number one spot on the 2018 Economist full-time MBA ranking, thanks to high marks in post-grad salary, career opportunities, highly valued career services, and more.

The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University comes in second on the 2018 Economist ranking, thanks to high grades in categories such as: new career opportunities; student diversity; networking potential; and its strong alumni network.

Harvard Business School earned its place in the top three thanks to exceptional post-grad salary increases among its students and a supreme alumni network.

The Wharton School earns its place in the top five of the 2018 Economist ranking in part due to high salary marks for its full-time MBA grads (3rd best overall) and a top four ranking for the percentage of graduates who earn a job within three months of earning their degree.

The top-ranked California business school on the Economist 2018 list, the Stanford Graduate School of Business earned high grades for exceptional post-grad salary and career development.

The IESE Business School at the University of Navarra in Barcelona jumped 11 spots in the 2018 Economist ranking, earning the best overall score for the internationalism of alumni.

The University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business lands back into the top 10 of the Economist ranking, with top five honors in opening new careers, educational experiences, and the number one overall student rating of alumni.

The UCLA Anderson School of Management earned the eighth spot on the Economist full-time MBA ranking thanks to a top five honors in opening career opportunities and its career services.

The number nine school in the full-time MBA ranking by the Economist is the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, which had the publication's highest grade for "education experience."

Columbia Business School earned the number ten spot in the most recent Economist best full-time ranking thanks to unanimous high marks in post-graduate salary ratings, and salary increases.

#11: University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business

#12: Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business

#13: HEC School of Management

#14: Yale School of Management

#15: Duke University Fuqua School of Business

#16: MIT Sloan School of Management

#17: NYU Stern School of Business

#18: University of Warwick Business School

#19: INSEAD

#20: Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management

#21: University of Florida Warrington College of Business

#22: University of Washington Foster School of Business

#23: University of Melbourne Melbourne Business School

#24: SDA Bocconi School of Management

#25: University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business

#26: Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management

#27: London Business School

#28: University of Southern California Marshall School of Business

#29: Emory University Goizueta Business School

#30: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

#31: Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business

#32: University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management

#33: Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business

#34: EDHEC Business School

#35: International Institute for Management Development

#36: Indiana University Kelley School of Business

#37: Washington University in St Louis Olin Business School

#38: The University of Queensland Business School

#39: University of Hong Kong Faculty of Business and Economics

#40: Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business

#41: Rice University Jesse H Jones Graduate School of Business

#42: University of Mannheim Business School

#43: Hult International Business School

#44: University of Georgia Terry College of Business

#45: University of Cambridge Judge Business School

#46: ESADE Business School

#47: University of Bath School of Management

#48: Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

#49: University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business

#50: Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business

#51: University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business

#52: University of California at Irvine Paul Merage School of Business

#53: SMU Cox School of Business

#54: University of California at Davis Graduate School of Management

#55: The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business

#56: ESMT Berlin

#57: University of Rochester Simon Business School

#58: University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin School of Business

#59: Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business

#60: Western University Ivey Business School

#61: Henley Business School

#62: International University of Monaco

#63: IE Business School

#64: Boston University Questrom School of Business

#65: Durham University Business School

#66: York University Schulich School of Business

#67: Texas Christian University Neeley School of Business

#68: Nanyang Business School

#69: Sun Yat-sen Business School

#70: EMLYON Business School

#71: Grenoble Ecole de Management

#72: City University Cass Business School

#73: The NUS Business School

#74: Cranfield School of Management

#75: Leeds University Business School

#76: University of Edinburgh Business School

#77: HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

#78: University of Oxford Saïd Business School

#79: Macquarie Graduate School of Management

#80: Purdue University Krannert Graduate School of Management

#81: University of Maryland Robert H Smith School of Business

#82: Lancaster University Management School

#83: Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School of Business

#84: George Washington University School of Business

#85: WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management

#86: University of Birmingham Business School

#87: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

#88: Queen's University Smith School of Business

#89: Copenhagen Business School

#90: Audencia Business School

#91: Nottingham University Business School

#92: University of St.Gallen

#93: ESSEC Business School

#94: Concordia University John Molson School of Business

#95: University of Arizona Eller College of Management

#96: The University of Liverpool Management School

#97: North Carolina State University Poole College of Management

#98: Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management

#99: Fordham University Gabelli School of Business

#100: EADA Business School Barcelona