London Business School Achieves Best International Ranking from Forbes
If you’re set on getting the right bang for your buck, why not head to London?
The London Business School just topped Forbes‘ new list for two-year international schools with the best return on investment, or ROI.
The business publication puts out lists every two years deciphering MBA programs’ ROI. One of those lists looks specifically at two-year programs outside the United States. Forbes calculated that the London Business School is the best after looking at how much its graduates earn during those first five years post-graduation. The publication reports that graduates from the best two-year international schools gained, on average, $74,300 over five years. Those within the U.S. saw that number stay at $50,000.
This is the business school’s breakdown, per Forbes:
“Alumni of its class of 2012 realized a 5-year gain of $119,100, the highest of any 2-year program in the world, and it took the typical graduate 3.4 years to pay back their investment. In comparison, alumni of Wharton, the top-ranked MBA program in the U.S., saw a 5-year gain of $97,100 and took 3.8 years to pay back.”
LBS is looking good right about now. The business school has been around since 1964 and offers a full-time MBA, executive MBA, masters in finance, masters in management, and other masters programs. The median GMAT score among enrolled students is currently 708, writes Forbes. So it’s no surprise that this is the school’s fifth consecutive time topping the list.
“Going to business school represents one the most significant professional, personal and financial investments that one can make,” said Gareth Howells, Executive Director of the London Business Schools’ MBA program to Forbes. “That investment is for the long term, rather than just about the role upon graduation.”
An investment into the London Business School isn’t easy though. It’s super competitive. Just 17 percent of applicants are accepted. May the odds be in your favor.
Laurier’s Lazaridis School Entrepreneurial Education Honored
For its commitment to creating and incubating business innovation and fostering entrepreneurship, AACSB International—the world’s largest global education network—recognized Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis School of Business & Economics. They were one of only 35 business schools from around the globe to receive this distinction for helping the next generation of business leaders. Continue reading…
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Lerner College of Business alumnus Thomas Pike has been recognized as one of AACSB’s Influential Leaders. Pikes one of the first 100 influential leaders recognized by AACSB. The group of selected individuals are from a variety of backgrounds but all share qualities that exemplify their roles as a visionary figure in the business community. Pike currently serves as the CEO of one of the largest pharmaceutical outsourcing services companies in the country, Quintiles.
This year’s group of AACSB Influential Leaders list includes professionals from more than 20 different industries and sectors including healthcare, non-profits and consumer products from 21 different countries. Individuals on this list were nominated by their alma-mater to recognize their outstanding efforts to produce a positive change in the world. The recognition was created to showcase the benefits of studying business at an AACSB-accredited institution and how business school graduates can generate positive outcomes for society.
San Fran State Students Inducted to Beta Gamma Sigma
San Francisco State University’s College of Business honored 54 top students at the annual Beta Gamma Sigma, Mu Chapter, induction ceremony held May 23, 2014.
During the ceremony, 13 MBA students and two Executive MBA students were sworn in to the Beta Gamma Sigma, Mu chapter, and presented with the Beta Gamma Sigma honor cord and membership certificate by Dean Linda Oubré, Associate Dean Kathleen O’Donnell and other department faculty members.
The Simmons School of Management Receives Recognition from AACSB
The Simmons College School of Management announced that it continues to maintain its prestigious business accreditation from The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). AACSB accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in business education and fewer than five percent of the world’s business programs have this distinction.
“We are delighted to receive this external recognition for the quality of our business school, ranging from the rigor of our academic programming and our exceptional faculty, to the cutting edge research we produce,” said Cathy Minehan, dean of the Simmons School of Management. “The Simmons MBA program offers a powerful combination of high quality academic instruction and a crucial education in the gender dynamics that exist in organizations, in order to prepare our graduates for success.
Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in business and accounting. 694 institutions, representing 45 countries and territories, currently hold accreditation.
