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The benefits attached to an MBA are well documented: career progression, networking opportunities, personal development, salary... and the list goes on.

1 The benefits attached to an MBA are well documented: career progression, networking opportunities, personal development, salary... and the list goes on. However, in an increasingly congested market, selecting the right business school can be difficult, which is far from ideal given the time and investment involved. Using a ranking system entirely geared and weighted to fact-based criteria, CEO Magazine aims to cut through the noise and provide potential students with a performance benchmark for those schools under review. NORTH AMERICAN American University: Kogod Appalachian State University Auburn University: Harbert Bentley University: McCallum Boston University: Questrom Bryant University California State University- Chico California State University- Long Beach California State University- Northridge California State University-East Bay California State University-San Bernardino College of William and Mary: Mason Colorado Technical University Drexel University: LeBow Florida International University Fordham University Georgia Institute of Technology: Scheller Georgia State University: Robinson Gonzaga University HEC Montreal Hofstra University: Zarb Hult Internatonal Business School Jacksonville University Kent State University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago: Quinlan Marquette University Mercer University-Atlanta: Niagara University Northern Illinois University Oakland University Pepperdine University: Graziadio Queens University of Charlotte Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Lally Rochester Institute of Technology: Saunders Saint Joseph's University: Haub Quality of Faculty: International Diversity: Class Size: Accreditation: Faculty to Student Ratio: Price: International Exposure: Work Experience: Professional Development: Gender Parity: Delivery methods: Weighting of Data Points (full-time and part-time MBA) 9.71% 9.71% 8.74% 7.76% 5.83% 3.8% 0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 % 25 % 30 % 35 % % Saint Mary's College of California Seattle University: Albers Suffolk University Temple University: Fox Texas A&M University- College Station: Mays Texas Christian University: Neeley University of Akron University of Alberta University of Baltimore University of California at Davis University of California-San Diego: Rady University of Cincinnati: Lindner University of Connecticut University of Delaware: Lerner University of Louisiana- Lafayette: Moody University of Massachusetts- Boston University of Massachusetts- Lowell University of Michigan-Flint University of Nebraska-Omaha University of New Mexico: Anderson University of North Carolina-Charlotte: Belk University of Oklahoma: Price University of Oregon: Lundquist University of Pittsburgh: Katz University of Portland: Pamplin University of South Florida: Muma University of Tampa: Sykes University of Texas at Arlington University of Texas- Dallas : Jindal University of the Sciences University of Vermont: Grossman University of Washington: Foster University of West Georgia University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Lubar Virginia Tech: Pamplin *EMBA Weighting: Work experience and international diversity are adjusted accordingly. **Online MBA Weighting: Delivery mode and class size are removed.

TIER TWO Bowling Green State University Cleveland State University: Monte Ahuja Kennesaw State University Millsaps College Northwest Missouri State University Purdue University-West Lafayette:

Bradford University School of Management Brunel Business School Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences Germany Durham University Business School EBS Business School Germany École des Ponts Business

2 TIER TWO Bowling Green State University Cleveland State University: Monte Ahuja Kennesaw State University Millsaps College Northwest Missouri State University Purdue University-West Lafayette: Krannert* University of Hawaii- Manoa: Shidler University of Kentucky: Gatton University of Nebraska -Lincoln EUROPEAN Aston Business School Audencia Business school Birmingham Business School Bradford University School of Management Brunel Business School Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences Germany Durham University Business School EBS Business School Germany École des Ponts Business School EDHEC Business School, Singapore and the EU Business School Germany, Spain and Switzerland IE Business School Spain ISEG Portugal Leeds University Business School Maastricht School of Management Germany MIP Politecnico di Milano Italy Nebrija Business School Spain SBS Swiss Business School Switzerland Toulouse Business School Toulouse Business School (with IIMB) India Trinity College Dublin School of Business Republic of Ireland United International Business Schools Belgium, Italy Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland University of Exeter University of Liverpool Management School University of Sheffield Management School -THE REST OF THE WORLD Central Queensland University Griffith University IAE Business School INCAE Business School La Trobe University Lagos Business School RMIT University The Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) The University of Adelaide University Adolfo Ibáñez Argentina Costa Rica Nigeria Mexico Chile University of Chile University of Otago Business School University of South University of Southern Queensland University of Waikato, Waikato Management School University of Wollongong Sydney Business School Victoria Graduate School of Business Western Sydney University Chile New Zealand New Zealand

3 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE 1 University of Ottawa: Telfer Canada 2 Global OneMBA (Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP); Rotterdam School of Management, Brazil, China, Erasmus University (RSM); Mexico, the Tecnológico de Monterrey (EGADE); Netherlands University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC); and Xiamen University, and North School of Management (SMXMU)) America 3 SBS Swiss Business School Switzerland 4 EDHEC Business School, Singapore and the 5 The Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) Mexico 6 Temple University: Fox 7 Kennesaw State University 8 EU Business School Germany, Spain and Switzerland 9 École des Ponts Business School Global Executive MBA 10 Leeds University Business School 11 Rutgers Business School 12 Georgia State University: Robinson 12 Loyola Marymount University 14 IE Business School Spain =15 Hult Internatonal Business School =15 Maastricht School of Management Germany 16 Purdue University-West Lafayette: Krannert 17 University Adolfo Ibáñez (AMBA) Chile 18 Audencia Business school 19 Texas Christian University: Neeley 20 IfM Institut für Management Austria 21 INCAE Business School Costa Rica 22 AIX Marseille Graduate School of Management 23 University of California-San Diego: Rady 24 Stockholm School of Economics Sweden 25 Maastricht University The Netherlands 26 Northern Illinois University 27 Kent State University 28 Trinity College Dublin School of Business Republic of Ireland 29 Pepperdine University: Graziadio 30 University of Wollongong Sydney Business School 31 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Lubar 32 Florida International University 33 RMIT University 34 University of Oregon: Lundquist 35 University of Kentucky: Gatton 36 Virginia Commonwealth University =37 Saint Mary's College of California (Global EMBA) =37 Saint Mary's College of California 38 Bradford University School of Management Dubai 39 EBS Business School (with Durham) Germany 40 University of Chile Chile 41 Aston Business School 42 University of Oklahoma: Price 43 University of Tampa: Sykes 44 Jacksonville University 45 Mercer University-Atlanta: Stetson 46 IAE Business School Argentina 47 Rochester Institute of Technology: Saunders 48 Bradford University School of Management 49 Villanova University 50 Boston University: Questrom 51 University of Texas-Dallas: Jindal 52 University of Texas at Arlington 53 Fordham University 54 Oakland University 55 University of Nebraska-Omaha 56 University of Sheffield Management School 57 University of Exeter 58 Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Chile 59 Virginia Tech: Pamplin 60 University of Washington: Foster 61 University of Pittsburgh: Katz 62 Texas A&M University- College Station: Mays 63 University Adolfo Ibáñez Chile 64 University of South Florida: Muma 65 Auburn University: Harbert 66 Georgia Institute of Technology: Scheller 67 MIP Politecnico di Milano Italy 68 University of Alberta Canada 69 Loyola University Chicago: Quinlan 70 Lagos Business School Nigeria 71 University of Hawaii- Manoa: Shidler 72 Saint Joseph's University: Haub 73 California State University-Long Beach 74 Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management Belgium 75 Seattle University: Albers 76 College of William and Mary: Mason 77 Niagara University 78 Millsaps College 79 University of Connecticut 80 Suffolk University 81 California State University-East Bay 82 Western Sydney University 83 University Adolfo Ibáñez Peru 84 Marquette University 85 University of New Mexico: Anderson TIER TWO 86 Birmingham Business School 87 Drexel University: LeBow* 88 Bowling Green State University 89 Cleveland State University: Monte Ahuja 90 University of North Alabama 91 Hofstra University: Zarb

4 GLOBAL ONLINE 1 EU Business School Germany, Spain and Switzerland 2 SBS Swiss Business School Switzerland 3 University of Otago Business School New Zealand 4 Maastricht School of Management Germany 5 IE Business School Spain 6 United International Belgium, Italy Japan, Business Schools the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland 7 INCAE Business School Costa Rica 8 Nebrija Business School Spain 9 University of South 10 Temple University: Fox 11 University of Southern Queensland =12 Audencia Business school =12 Bradford University Business School =13 The EuroMBA (Aix-Marseille, Audencia Nantes, EADA, HHL Leipzig, Kozminski University and Maastrict University), Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain =13 La Trobe University 14 Washington State University: Carson 15 University of Massachusetts-Boston 16 Griffith University 17 MIP Politecnico di Milano Italy 18 Pepperdine University: Graziadio 19 RMIT University EMBA 20 Jack Welch Management Institute 21 Suffolk University 22 Durham University Business School 23 Colorado Technical University 24 Mercer University-Atlanta: Stetson 25 University of Cincinnati: Lindner 26 University of Massachusetts- Lowell 27 Rochester Institute of Technology: Saunders 28 RMIT University 29 Birmingham Business School 30 Washington State University: Carson EMBA 31 Georgia WebMBA (Columbus State University, Georgia College, Georgia Southern University, Kennesaw State University, University of West Georgia, Valdosta State University) 32 University of Liverpool Management School 33 Queens University of Charlotte 34 University of Delaware: Lerner 35 University of Baltimore 36 Niagara University 37 Aston Business School* 38 Saint Joseph's University: Haub EMBA 39 University of the Sciences 40 University of South Florida: Muma TIER TWO 41 California State University San Bernardino 42 Saint Joseph's University: Haub 43 Cleveland State University: Monte Ahuja 44 American University: Kogod 45 University of Texas-Dallas: Jindal 46 College of William and Mary: Mason 47 University of North Alabama EMBA 48 University of Washington: Foster* 49 Florida International University 50 Drexel University: LeBow* 51 University of Hawaii-Manoa: Shidler 52 Virginia Commonwealth University 53 Central Queensland University 54 University of North Alabama 55 Hofstra University: Zarb* 56 Kennesaw State University 57 Auburn University: Harbert 58 Northwest Missouri State University GLOBAL DBA LISTING Based upon accreditation, quality of faculty, geography, and international standing, this year s Global DBA Listing is designed to showcase the market s premier DBA providers. Aston Business School Baruch College, City University of New York: Zicklin Case Western Reserve: Weatherhead Cranfield School of Management DePaul: Kellstadt Drexel University: LeBow Durham University Business School École des Ponts Business School EU Business School Georgia State University: Robinson Harvard Business School IE Business School Kennesaw State University: Coles Maastricht School of Management Rollins College: Crumer SBS Swiss Business School Temple University: Fox University of Dallas: Gupta University of Manchester: Alliance University of Missouri-St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis: Olin

5 SCHOOL RANKINGS AT A GLANCE SCHOOL COUNTRY MBA EMBA Online MBA AIX Marseille Graduate School of Management N/A 22nd N/A American University: Kogod Tier One N/A 44th Appalachian State University Tier One N/A N/A Aston Business School* Tier One 41st 37th Auburn University: Harbert Tier One 65th 57th Audencia Business school Tier One 18th =12th Bentley University: McCallum Tier One N/A N/A Birmingham Business School Tier One 86th 29th Boston University: Questrom Tier One 50th N/A Bowling Green State University Tier Two 88th N/A Bradford University School of Management N/A 48th =12th Bradford University School of Management Dubai N/A 38th N/A Brunel Business School Tier One N/A N/A Bryant University Tier One N/A N/A California State University- Chico Tier One N/A N/A California State University- Long Beach Tier One 73rd N/A California State University- Northridge Tier One N/A N/A California State University-East Bay Tier One 81st N/A California State University-San Bernardino Tier One N/A 41st Central Queensland University Tier One N/A 53rd Cleveland State University: Monte Ahuja Tier One 89th 43rd College of William and Mary: Mason Tier One 76th 46th Colorado Technical University Tier One N/A 23rd Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences Germany Tier One N/A N/A Drexel University: LeBow* Tier One 87th 50th Durham University Business School Tier One N/A 22nd EBS Business School Germany Tier One 39th N/A École des Ponts Business School Tier One 9th N/A EDHEC Business School, Singapore and the Tier One 4th N/A EU Business School Germany, Spain and Switzerland Tier One 8th 1st Florida International University Tier One 32nd 49th Fordham University Tier One 53rd N/A Georgia Institute of Technology: Scheller Tier One 66th N/A Georgia State University: Robinson Tier One 12th N/A Georgia WebMBA (Columbus State University, Georgia College, Georgia Southern University, Kennesaw State University, University of West Georgia, Valdosta State University) Global OneMBA (Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP); Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM); Tecnológico de Monterrey (EGADE); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC); and Xiamen University, School of Management (SMXMU)) N/A N/A 31st Brazil, China, Mexico, the Netherlands and N/A 2nd N/A Gonzaga University Tier One N/A N/A Griffith University Tier One N/A 16th AIX MarseillHEC Montreal Canada Tier One N/A N/A Hofstra University: Zarb* Tier One 91st 55th Hult Internatonal Business School Tier One =15th N/A IAE Business School Argentina Tier One 46th N/A IE Business School Spain Tier One 14th 5th IfM Institut für Management Austria N/A 20th N/A INCAE Business School Costa Rica Tier One 21st 7th ISEG Portugal Tier One N/A N/A Jack Welch Management Institute N/A N/A 20th Jacksonville University* Tier One 44th N/A

6 SCHOOL RANKINGS AT A GLANCE SCHOOL COUNTRY MBA EMBA Online MBA Kennesaw State University Tier Two 7th 56th Kent State University Tier One 27th N/A La Trobe University Tier One N/A =13th Lagos Business School Nigeria Tier One 70th N/A Leeds University Business School Tier One 10th N/A Loyola Marymount University Tier One 12th N/A Loyola University Chicago: Quinlan Tier One 69th N/A Maastricht School of Management Germany Tier One =15th 4th Maastricht University The Netherlands N/A 25th N/A Marquette University Tier One 84th N/A Mercer University-Atlanta: Stetson Tier One 45th 24th Millsaps College Tier Two 78th N/A MIP Politecnico di Milano Italy Tier One 67th 17th Nebrija Business School Spain Tier One N/A 8th Niagara University Tier One 77th 36th Northern Illinois University Tier One 26th N/A Northwest Missouri State University Tier One N/A 58th Oakland University Tier One 54th N/A Pepperdine University: Graziadio Tier One 75,24 18th Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Chile N/A 58th N/A Porto Business School Portugal N/A N/A N/A Purdue University-West Lafayette: Krannert* Tier Two 16th N/A Queens University of Charlotte Tier One N/A 33rd Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Lally Tier One N/A N/A RMIT University Tier One 33rd 28th RMIT University (EMBA Online) N/A N/A 19th Rochester Institute of Technology: Saunders Tier One 47th 27th Rutgers Business School N/A 11th N/A Saint Joseph's University: Haub Tier One 72nd 42nd Saint Joseph's University: Haub (EMBA online) N/A N/A 38th Saint Mary's College of California Tier One =37th N/A Saint Mary's College of California (Global EMBA) N/A =37th N/A SBS Swiss Business School Switzerland Tier One 3rd 2nd Seattle University: Albers Tier One 75th N/A Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management Belgium N/A 74th N/A Stockholm School of Economics Sweden N/A 24th N/A Suffolk University Tier One 80th 21st Temple University: Fox Tier One 6th 10th Texas A&M University- College Station: Mays Tier One 62nd N/A Texas Christian University: Neeley Tier One 19th N/A The EuroMBA (Aix-Marseille, Audencia Nantes, EADA, HHL Leipzig, Kozminski University and Maastrict University) The Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain N/A N/A =13th de México (ITAM) Mexico Tier One 5th N/A The University of Adelaide Tier One N/A N/A Toulouse Business School Tier One N/A N/A Toulouse Business School (with IIMB) India Tier One N/A N/A Trinity College Dublin School of Business Republic of Ireland Tier One 28th N/A United International Business Schools Belgium, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland Tier One N/A 6th

7 SCHOOL RANKINGS AT A GLANCE SCHOOL COUNTRY MBA EMBA Online MBA University Adolfo Ibáñez Peru N/A 83rd N/A University Adolfo Ibáñez Chile Tier One 63rd N/A University Adolfo Ibáñez (AMBA) Chile N/A 17th N/A University of Akron Tier One N/A N/A University of Alberta Canada Tier One 68th N/A University of Baltimore Tier One N/A 35th University of California at Davis Tier One N/A N/A University of California-San Diego: Rady Tier One 23rd N/A University of Chile Chile Tier One 40th N/A University of Cincinnati: Lindner Tier One N/A 25th University of Connecticut Tier One 79th N/A University of Delaware: Lerner Tier One N/A 34th University of Exeter Tier One 57th N/A University of Hawaii- Manoa: Shidler N/A 71st 51st University of Kentucky: Gatton N/A 35th N/A University of Liverpool Management School Tier One N/A 32nd University of Louisiana- Lafayette: Moody Tier One N/A N/A University of Massachusetts- Boston Tier One N/A 15th University of Massachusetts- Lowell Tier One N/A 26th University of Michigan-Flint Tier One N/A N/A University of Nebraska-Lincoln N/A N/A N/A University of Nebraska-Omaha Tier One 55th N/A University of New Mexico: Anderson Tier One 85th N/A University of North Alabama N/A 90th 54th University of North Alabama (EMBA online) N/A N/A 47th University of North Carolina-Charlotte: Belk Tier One N/A N/A University of Oklahoma: Price Tier One 42nd N/A University of Oregon: Lundquist Tier One 34th N/A University of Otago Business School New Zealand Tier One N/A 3rd University of Ottawa: Telfer Canada N/A 1st N/A University of Pittsburgh: Katz Tier One 61st N/A University of Portland: Pamplin Tier One N/A N/A University of Sheffield Management School Tier One 56th N/A University of South Tier One N/A 9th University of South Florida: Muma Tier One 64th 40th University of Southern Queensland Tier One N/A 11th University of Tampa: Sykes Tier One 43rd N/A University of Texas at Arlington Tier One 52nd N/A University of Texas- Dallas : Jindal Tier One 51st 45th University of the Sciences Tier One N/A 39th University of Vermont: Grossman Tier One N/A N/A University of Waikato Waikato Management School New Zealand Tier One N/A N/A University of Washington: Foster* Tier One 60th 48th University of West Georgia Tier One N/A N/A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Lubar Tier One 31st N/A University of Wollongong Sydney Business School Tier One 30th N/A Victoria Graduate School of Business Tier One N/A N/A Villanova University N/A 49th N/A Virginia Commonwealth University N/A 36th 52nd Virginia Tech: Pamplin Tier One 59th N/A Washington State University: Carson N/A N/A 14th Washington State University: Carson (EMBA Online) N/A N/A 30th Western Sydney University Tier One 82nd N/A

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