The Economist magazine has ranked the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA eighth in the world and No. 1 in Canada in its latest EMBA ranking. The Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA program in the Schulich School of Business at York University has consistently rated among the top 10 in the world by the Economist in each of the three EMBA rankings it has conducted.
In placing eighth overall, the Kellogg-Schulich EMBA ranked just behind Oxford, Chicago, IMD and Berkeley, and ahead of Kellogg, its partner school. Three programs in the global Kellogg EMBA network (Kellogg, Kellogg-Schulich and Kellogg-WHU) all placed among the top 10 in the world.
Ranking highlights
The following are some of the major highlights for the Kellogg-Schulich program in the Economist ranking:
- Kellogg-Schulich was ranked second in the world in the broad category of Personal Development and Educational Experience, worth 50 per cent of the total score. The category encompasses faculty quality, student quality, student diversity and program quality. The Kellogg-Schulich program ranked second in the world in the sub-categories of Program Quality and Student Diversity, and ninth in the world in the sub-category of Faculty Quality.
- Schulich ranked 16th in the world in the other major category of Career Development, also worth 50 per cent of the total score. The category encompasses career progression, salary increase and networking. The Kellogg-Schulich program ranked 16th in the world in the sub-category of Career Progression and 13th in the world in post-EMBA salary increase one year after graduation. Our program was also ranked third in the world in the category of Networking.
The Economist results closely mirror the 2018 QS Global EMBA ranking, released in May 2018, which rated the Kellogg-Schulich EMBA No. 6 in the world among joint programs.
The Economist survey is the only major global ranking that rates business schools on criteria deemed most important to MBA students and alumni – everything from career progression and salary increase to networking opportunities. To view the complete ranking results, visit https://www.economist.com/whichmba/executive-mba-ranking/2018.