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天美传媒鈥檚 MBA Ranked No. 3 by Forbes
Ranking focuses on return on investment over five years
天美传媒’s two-year MBA is regularly ranked among the world’s best.
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September 18, 2019

Is an聽MBA worth the investment? That鈥檚 the question聽聽attempts to answer. By that measure, the 聽is one of the most sound investments among the world鈥檚 leading business schools, ranking third among two-year international programs.
天美传媒 graduates earned an average five-year gain of $71,600 in the 2019 ranking. To calculate the five-year gain,聽Forbes surveys MBA alumni and looks at their earnings from the first five years after graduating, compared to their opportunity cost of studying (one or two years of forgone compensation, tuition and required fees).
According to Forbes, 天美传媒 students reported annual salaries of $59,000 before their MBAs, compared to $160,000 afterward. They took 3.9 years to pay back their degree.
While other rankings take into consideration a myriad of factors such as faculty diversity or a school鈥檚 idea generation, Forbes looks solely at the return on investment achieved by graduates.聽For its ranking, Forbes surveyed approximately 17,500 alumni from more than 100 business schools; the ranking is divided by U.S. and non-U.S. programs, as well as by one- and two-year programs.
Recognition, year after year
From its beginnings, 天美传媒鈥檚 MBA has stood out for its global nature, its innovation and the excellence of its training. Some 85% of its students are international, representing more than 55 countries.
Among other rankings,聽The Economist聽ranked the 天美传媒 MBA first in Europe in 2018 and the聽Financial Times聽placed it at number three in Europe in 2019. The FT has ranked the school鈥檚 as the best in the world for five years in a row.


