Forbes 2011 Ranking of Global B-Schools

One of the more surprising data points in the survey is the relatively low pre-MBA salaries of incoming students into these international programs. Along with GMAT and GPA scores, pre-MBA pay is often considered an indicator of student quality. Even accounting for differences in income levels in some countries, these numbers were quite low. At the National University of Singapore, the median pre-MBA salary for the class was a mere $14,000, while the equivalent number for China’s best known business school, CEIBS, was just $20,000.

2011 Forbes Ranking of Non-U.S. One-Year MBA Programs

Rank & School	2009 Rank	2007 Rank	Pre-MBA Salary	2010 Salary	Yrs to Breakeven
1. IMD	2	1	$80,000	$247,000	2.0
2. INSEAD	1	2	$73,000	$193,000	2.0
3. IE Business School	3	4	$44,000	$141,000	2.5
4. SDA Bocconi	8	6	$52,000	$152,000	2.4
5. Cambridge (Judge)	4	3	$66,000	$155,000	2.8
6. Oxford (Said)	5	7	$68,000	$156,000	2.9
7. Lancaster	7	8	$38,000	$86,000	1.9
8. Warwick	NR	NR	$55,000	$130,000	3.1
9. City University (Cass)	6	9	$54,000	$124,000	2.9
10. Cranfield	9	5	$68,000	$132,000	3.1
11. EM Lyon	11	NR	$59,000	$121,000	3.2
12. HEC-Montreal	10	11	$38,000	$90,000	3.0