What to Expect from the QS Business Masters Rankings 2019

The QS Business Masters Rankings 2019 will be released on September 25, ranking over 430 business master’s programs worldwide, including master’s in management, master’s in finance, master’s in business analytics, and, new to the rankings this year, the master’s in marketing.

Our comprehensive Business Masters Rankings rank more business master’s degrees than ever before, including 135 schools for the master’s in management, 158 for the master’s in finance, 75 for the master’s in business analytics, and 70 for the new master’s in marketing ranking.

The rankings cover data points relating to all aspects of master’s programs, from alumni outcomes to diversity.

On September 25, the full results will be available, but we’ve found some interesting insights for you to consider before they’re announced, based on data we have collected on the world’s top business master’s programs.

European schools dominate the master’s in management rankings, with 96 programs included in the table compared to the US’s 21. This is very different from the Global MBA rankings, where US schools are much more prevalent.

In fact, the only business masters that has more US than European schools represented in the rankings is the master’s in business analytics, and even this is only by five schools.

In Europe, the number of marketing courses available have more than doubled compared to the US, and the master’s in finance has more degrees in Europe too (79 vs 55).

There’s a high proportion of international students in the business master’s rankings, ranging from 48 percent globally for the master’s in management to 72 percent globally for the master’s in business analytics, while a whopping 83 percent of students on master’s in marketing courses in Europe are international.