Melbourne Business School and AGSM @ UNSW have secured a place on the debut ranking of the top ranking the 100 business schools around the world that best set their alumni up for career success.
The ranking, the first time LinkedIn has done a comparison of MBA providers from around the world, is built exclusively using data from the platform.
Melbourne Business School ranked 68th while AGSM @ UNSW Business School was 80th. The Global Top ten MBA programs included:
- Stanford Graduate School of Business (US)
- ISEAD (France)
- Harvard (US)
- The Wharton School (US)
- MIT Sloan School of Management (US)
- Indian Business School (India)
- Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management (US)
- The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (US)
- Columbia Business School (US)
- The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (US)
Despite its long history dating back to 1908, LinkedIn said its data data showed that the degree is “hardly a relic of the past”.
“In fact, the percentage of senior leaders hired each year with an MBA degree has increased 25% globally since 2010,” LinkedIn said.
“The growth isn’t just among those looking to climb the corporate ladder though. The percentage of entrepreneurs with the degree has increased even more: surging 45% over the same time period.”
The Methodology
The LinkedIn ranking is built exclusively on LinkedIn data, leveraging unique insights on career outcomes of MBA alumni.
The ranking utilises five key pillars among full-time MBA programs: job placement (hiring rate and labor market demand), career advancement, network growth and strength, leadership potential, and gender diversity.
To be eligible, MBA programs must be full-time programs and accredited by AACSB or Equis. Programs must have at least 1,500 total alumni, with at least 400 of them graduating within the recent cohort (2019-2023). We exclude executive MBAs, part-time MBAs, and certificate-based MBAs from our analysis.
“By publishing one global ranking, we’re also able to showcase how schools stack up against one another across each pillar of our methodology, revealing regional trends that are unique to our data,” LinkedIn said.
“For instance, Indian programs dominate our networking pillar, which measures connection volume among alumni, the quality of that network, and how that network has grown post graduation — showing how building networks is a key attribute of the degree in India.
“Ultimately, choosing where to pursue your MBA is a deeply personal decision. Different people prioritize different factors. For some, building a robust network is the primary driver for attending B-school, while for others, it’s about climbing the corporate ladder and even reaching the C-suite one day.”
