subject: London Business School Graduates Experience Highest Salary Rise [print this page] London Business School MBA students seek, and find, careers that take them around the world and transform their professional lives. How the programme impacts your career will depend on your past experiences, your current ambitions and the goals you have. The quality and student experience of London Business Schools full-time MBA programme has again been recognised, in the Financial Times annual global ranking.
The Schools programme ranked fourth in the Global MBA Rankings 2012, in the top five with Stanford (1), Harvard (2), Wharton (3) and Columbia (5). The rankings are calculated from data going back three years. The ranking is based on a number of criteria, comprising 20 metrics with a primary focus on career success. This includes the current salary of the business schools MBA class of 2008, three years after they graduated; value for money and recommendations from alumni.
London Business Schools MBA scored particularly highly in aims achieved, ranking second overall, and in alumni recommendations fourth overall. Since the Class of 2008, the School has implemented a significant amount of change, through an MBA review, to further enhance the London connection and the student experience of the programme. The class of 2008 enjoyed the highest percentage salary rise of any of the major schools at 134%, which compares the difference between salaries before and after the MBA. In a particularly challenging economic period, the earning power of the MBA proved its value, with the class commanding a $7,205 weighted salary increase over their predecessors.The London Business School MBA is designed for those looking to take their career to the next level.
Class size has been around 400 students in every annual cohort, with a total of 800 students on the 15-21 month MBA. These are broken into five streams of around 80 students which undertake all core courses together. The school is proud of the diversity of the student body and the 2008 intake - graduating in 2010 - consisted of 320 students from 60 nations with 25 per cent female and only 9 per cent from the UK (20 per cent from North America). LBS is often ranked among the top business schools in Europe, and among the top 10 business schools in the world. In 2011, London Business School was ranked number one in the world for its MBA programme by the Financial Times for the third year in a row.[3] In 2009 the school shared this ranking with The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The school's admissions process is highly selective, making it one of the most competitive business schools in the world.
