Fourteen Australian MBA programs have been awarded Tier One status in the latest Global MBA Rankings by US-based CEO Magazine.
The 2021 report also recognised three Australian Executive MBA programs and 11 online MBA programs.
CEO Magazine has released its annual Global MBA rankings each year since 2012. This year, 338 programs from 180 business schools from across North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa were ranked.
The magazine ranks MBAs across a range of factors including quality of faculty, international diversity, class size, accreditation, faculty to student ratio, price, international exposure, work experience, professional development, gender parity and delivery method. Given the current climate, and in the absence of meaningful data, scores were expressed as an average based upon data received over a four-year period (2017- 2019/20).
The MBA rankings were separated into European, North American, and Rest of the World. Australian MBAs included in Tier One under the banner of Rest of the World MBA Rankings were:
- Central Queensland University
- Griffith University
- La Trobe University
- Macquarie Graduate School of Management
- RMIT University
- Swinburne University of Technology
- The University of Adelaide
- The University of Newcastle
- Torrens University Australia
- University of South Australia
- University of Southern Queensland
- University of Western Australia Business School
- University of Wollongong Sydney Business School
- Victoria Graduate School of Business
Australian programs that made CEO Magazine’s Executive MBA Ranking’s list were:
- Swinburne University of Technology
- University of Wollongong Sydney Business School
- RMIT University
Griffith MBA Program Director Associate Professor Stephanie Schleimer said the results were testament to program’s exceptional quality and the diversity of talented staff.
“Being recognised again as a ‘Tier One’ University in 2021 confirms we are on the right path in delivering a program of exceptional standard,” she said.
“This achievement also echoes the ongoing feedback we regularly receive from those who complete our MBA and have gone on to shape the new future of business.”
CEO Online MBA Rankings
CEO Magazine also assessed 89 online MBA programs with 11 Australian programs included on the list.
- Macquarie Business School
- University of South Australia
- La Trobe University
- Griffith University
- RMIT University EMBA
- Torrens University Australia
- University of Southern Queensland
- Central Queensland University
- Victoria Graduate School of Business
- Swinburne University of Technology
- The University of Newcastle Australia
More Australian MBA programs were including in the 2021 CEO Magazine Rankings compared to 2020. Last year, eleven Australian programs were awarded Tier One status in the latest Global MBA Rankings, there were three Australian Executive MBA programs and 10 online MBA programs.
