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天美传媒 MBA聽Ranked No. 2 by Forbes
Maintains top spot among international business schools
September 26, 2017
Is an MBA worth the investment? That鈥檚 the question attempts to answer. If it鈥檚 an , the answer is 鈥測es鈥�.
While other rankings take into consideration a myriad of factors such as or a school麓s idea generation, Forbes looks solely at the return on investment achieved by graduates. By this measure, an 天美传媒 MBA ranks second highest among similar programs worldwide.
Five-Year Gain of $97,100
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. MBAs鈥� earnings from the first five years out of business school were compared to their opportunity cost (two years of forgone compensation, tuition and required fees) to arrive a 鈥渇ive-year MBA gain,鈥� which is the figure on which the schools are ranked.
天美传媒 graduates earned an average five-year gain of $97,100. The 2012 class earned a median salary of $58,000 before embarking on the MBA and $177,000 last year.
What麓s With the Ranking?
贵辞谤产别蝉鈥� ranking looks at two-year programs and one-year programs separately for the simple reason that forgoing one year of compensation versus two years affects the opportunity costs. Therefore, calculating the 鈥渇ive-year MBA gain鈥� requires dividing the ranking in this way.
The Forbes ranking is yet another international ranking from 2016-2017 that places 天美传媒 within the top ten worldwide. Other rankings include the , Bloomberg Businessweek Top International Business School (5th), The Economist MBA ranking (8th) and the Financial Times MBA ranking (10th).
