The 25 best MBA programs in the world to get ahead in finance

Shana Lebowitz,Andy KierszMar 28, 2019, 22:49 IST

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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:

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25. Northwestern University (Kellogg)

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

24. Georgetown University (McDonough)

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

23. University of Hong Kong

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

22. IE Business School

Location: Madrid, Spain

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 18

Career placement score: 55

Employer reputation score: 80

Research strength score: 52

21. ESADE

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 21

Career placement score: 47

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 66

20. HKUST

Location: Hong Kong SAR

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 42

Career placement score: 67

Employer reputation score: 40

Research strength score: 81

19. UCLA (Anderson)

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 18

Career placement score: 43

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 76

18. INSEAD

Location: Fontainebleau and Singapore

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 13

Career placement score: 48

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 67

17. MIT (Sloan)

Location: Cambridge, MA

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 14

Career placement score: Not available

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 95

16. University of Virginia (Darden)

Location: Charlottesville, VA

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 24

Career placement score: 75

Employer reputation score: Not available

Research strength score: 82

15. Yale School of Management

Location: New Haven, CT

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 22

Career placement score: 55

Employer reputation score: 80

Research strength score: 75

14. IESE Business School

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 18

Career placement score: 55

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 76

13. University of Cambridge (Judge)

Location: Cambridge, UK

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 25

Career placement score: 58

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 77

12. HEC Paris

Location: Jouy-en-Josas, France

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 21

Career placement score: 55

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 76

11. Cornell University (Johnson)

Location: Ithaca, NY

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 33

Career placement score: 75

Employer reputation score: 40

Research strength score: 92

10. Duke University (Fuqua)

Location: Durham, NC

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 20

Career placement score: 63

Employer reputation score: 80

Research strength score: 92

9. University of Toronto (Rotman)

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 37

Career placement score: 83

Employer reputation score: 60

Research strength score: 91

8. NYU (Stern)

Location: New York, NY

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 32

Career placement score: 83

Employer reputation score: 80

Research strength score: 83

7. University of Oxford (Saïd)

Location: Oxford, UK

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 29

Career placement score: 75

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 93

6. London Business School

Location: London, UK

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 26

Career placement score: 83

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 81

5. Stanford Graduate School of Business

Location: Stanford, CA

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 32

Career placement score: 83

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 92

4. University of Chicago (Booth)

Location: Chicago, IL

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 30

Career placement score: 92

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 92

3. Columbia Business School

Location: New York, NY

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 34

Career placement score: 100

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 92

2. Harvard Business School

Location: Boston, MA

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 31

Career placement score: 100

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 97

1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Share of graduates going into the finance industry: 33

Career placement score: 100

Employer reputation score: 100

Research strength score: 98

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The 25 best MBA programs in the world to get ahead in finance

25. Northwestern University (Kellogg)

24. Georgetown University (McDonough)

23. University of Hong Kong

22. IE Business School

21. ESADE

20. HKUST

19. UCLA (Anderson)

18. INSEAD

17. MIT (Sloan)

16. University of Virginia (Darden)

15. Yale School of Management

14. IESE Business School

13. University of Cambridge (Judge)

12. HEC Paris

11. Cornell University (Johnson)

10. Duke University (Fuqua)

9. University of Toronto (Rotman)

8. NYU (Stern)

7. University of Oxford (Saïd)

6. London Business School

5. Stanford Graduate School of Business

4. University of Chicago (Booth)

3. Columbia Business School

2. Harvard Business School

1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)