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Out Now: QS MBA by Specialization Rankings 2019

By Craig OCallaghan

Updated May 29, 2020 Updated May 29, 2020

Find the best MBA program for a career in your chosen field with the QS MBA by Specialization Rankings 2019, which are released today.

The rankings feature the top business schools from around the world for seven different specializations: consulting, entrepreneurship, finance, information management, marketing, operations management and technology.

Schools have been ranked on three indicators: employer reputation, research strength and the percentage of graduate who go on to work in a relevant industry or field. This final indicator is particularly important, as it demonstrates the proven industry connections a school has and suggests the possibile sources of support you'll find through the school's alumni network. Read more about the methodology here.

Find out more about the top business schools for each specialization below.

QS MBA by Specialization Rankings 2019: Consulting

Rank

School

Location

% of graduates going into relevant industry or function, based on 2017 employment data

1

INSEAD

Fontainebleau; Singapore

47

2

Columbia Business School

New York (NY)

33

3

Harvard Business School

Cambridge (MA)

23

4

The Wharton School

Philadelphia (PA)

28

5

London Business School

London

41

6

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Chicago (IL)

33

7

The Kellogg School of Management

Evanston (IL)

33

8

MIT Sloan School of Management

Cambridge (MA)

32

9

Michigan Ross School of Business

Ann Arbor (MI)

33

10

Yale School of Management

New Haven (CT)

36

 

QS MBA by Specializations Rankings 2019: Entrepreneurship

Rank

Business School

Location

% of graduates starting their own business, based on 2017 employment data

1

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford (CA)

16

2=

IE Business School

Madrid (Spain)

25

2=

Imperial College Business School

London (UK)

13

4

Saïd Business School

Oxford (UK)

11

5

ESADE Ramon LLull University

Barcelona (Spain)

10

6=

Harvard Business School

Boston (MA)

8

6=

IESE Business School

Barcelona (Spain)

10

8

Haas School of Business

Berkeley (CA)

8

9

The Wharton School

Philadelphia (PA)

5

10

Judge Business School

Cambridge (UK)

8

 

                                                  QS MBA by Specialization Rankings 2019: Finance

Rank

Business School

Location

% of graduates going into relevant industry or function, based on 2017 employment data

1

The Wharton School

Philadelphia (PA)

33

2

Harvard Business School

Cambridge (MA)

31

3

Columbia Business School

New York (NY)

34

4

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Chicago (IL)

30

5

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford (CA)

32

6

London Business School

London (UK)

26

7

Saïd Business School

Oxford (UK)

29

8

NYU Stern School of Business

New York (NY)

32

8

Rotman School of Management

Toronto (ON)

37

10

The Fuqua School of Business

Durham (NC)

20

 

QS MBA by Specialization Rankings 2019: Information Management

Rank

Business School

Location

% of graduates going into relevant industry or function, based on 2017 employment data

1

MIT Sloan School of Management

Cambridge (MA)

32

2

The Kellogg School of Management

Evanston (IL)

25

3

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford (CA)

25

4

The Wharton School

Philadelphia (PA)

16

5

Harvard Business School

Boston (MA)

16

6

ESADE Ramon Llull University

Barcelona (Spain)

28

7

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Los Angeles (CA)

30

8

Haas School of Business

Berkeley (CA)

37

9

Columbia Business School

New York (NY)

16

10

Michigan Ross School of Business

Ann Arbor (MI)

24

 

 

QS MBA by Specialization Rankings 2019: Marketing

Rank

School

Location

% of graduates going into relevant industry or function, based on 2017 employment data

1

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford (CA)

22

2

The Kellogg School of Management

Evanston (IL)

19

3

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Los Angeles (CA)

22

4

ESADE Ramon Llull University

Barcelona

31

=5

Harvard Business School

Cambridge (MA)

12

=5

IE Business School

Madrid

29

7

Kelley School of Business

Bloomington (IN)

32

8

Michigan Ross School of Business

Ann Arbor (MI)

20

9

Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business

Babson Park (MA)

44

10

SDA Bocconi

Milan

27

 

QS MBA by Specialization Rankings 2019: Operations Management

Rank

School

Location

% of graduates going into relevant industry or function, based on 2017 employment data

1

MIT Sloan School of Management

Cambridge (MA)

13

2

HEC Paris

Jouy-en-Josas, France

14

3

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

Rotterdam, Netherlands

19

4

SDA Bocconi

Milan, Italy

16

5

The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management

East Lansing (MI)

58

6

Schulich School of Business

Toronto (ON)

18

7

Alliance Manchester Business School

Manchester, UK

21

8

IE Business School

Madrid, Spain

12

9

Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Atlanta (GA)

15

10

Krannert School of Management

West Lafayette (IN)

39

 

QS MBA by Specialization Rankings 2019: Technology

Rank

School

Location

% of graduates going into relevant industry or function, based on 2017 employment data

1

MIT Sloan School of Management

Cambridge (MA)

32

2

Haas School of Business

Berkeley (CA)

37

3

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford (CA)

25

4

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Los Angeles (CA)

30

5

The Kellogg School of Management

Evanston (IL)

25

6

Judge Business School

Cambridge, UK

40

7

London Business School

London, UK

20

8

Michigan Ross School of Business

Ann Arbor (MI)

24

=9

Harvard Business School

Cambridge (MA)

16

=9

The Wharton School

Philadelphia (PA)

16

 

This article was originally published in March 2019 . It was last updated in May 2020

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