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- The best business schools in the world are ranked each year by education specialists QS Quacquarelli Symonds.
- QS recently released rankings for various MBA specializations, including the top programs for careers in finance.
- QS based its ranking on surveys of employers, academics, and business school programs, and evaluated MBA programs on career outcomes in the finance industry, programs’ reputations in the industry, and research output pertaining to finance.
- Here are the top 25 global MBA programs for careers in finance, according to the QS rankings.
Getting an MBA can be a huge boost to a career in finance. Here are some of the best MBA programs in the world where you can get that boost.
Education specialists QS Quacquarelli Symonds annually rank the best MBA programs in the world based on surveys of employers, academics, and business school programs.
They recently released rankings of MBA programs that are good for specific career specializations, focusing on programs with strong career outcomes in particular industries.
For their ranking of the best MBA programs for careers in finance, they combined their overall ranking of the best MBA programs in the world with further data on career outcomes in the finance industry, programs’ reputations among employers in the industry, and faculty members’ research output in fields related to finance.
Here are the 25 best MBA programs for careers in finance, according to QS, along with the share of recent graduates working in the finance industry and the programs’ scores from 0 to 100 in the three finance-specific categories listed above:
25. Northwestern University (Kellogg)
Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
Location: Evanston, IL
Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 13
Career placement score: Not available
Employer reputation score: 100
Research strength score: 89
Read more about Kellogg at TopMBA»
24. Georgetown University (McDonough)
Courtesy of McDonough School of Business
Location: Washington, DC
Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 33
Career placement score: 75
Employer reputation score: Not available
Research strength score: 69
Read more about McDonough at TopMBA»
23. University of Hong Kong
Reuters/Bobby Yip
Location: Hong Kong SAR
Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 38
Career placement score: 58
Employer reputation score: 40
Research strength score: 81
Read more about University of Hong Kong at TopMBA»
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Source: Business Insider – slebowitz@businessinsider.com (Shana Lebowitz)