Rankings

The University of Alberta MBA program is among the top MBA programs in Canada and is ranked among the top 100 business schools international by the Financial Times. The Financial Times of London is the world’s leading benchmark for Business School rankings. The ranking measures the career development, research capability, and diversity of programs based on a detailed survey of alumni from each program.

Financial Times

Every year, the Financial Times of London conducts a comprehensive survey of International business schools and compiles its annual program rankings. The rankings take into account 21 measures across a number of categories including graduate salary and career progress, international student and faculty counts, and faculty research. MBA graduates are surveyed 3 years after graduation for the rankings. 

The Alberta School of Business MBA Program is currently ranked 86th globally (2010 FT rankings). 

The joint Executive MBA program offered by the Alberta and the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary is currently ranked 36th internationally in Financial Times Executive MBA rankings. 

Career Progress

The Alberta MBA is ranked 38th overall and 1st in Canada for Career progress. This is calculated according to changes in the level of seniority and the size of the company alumni are working in now versus before their MBA. Data for the current year and the one or two preceding years are included where available.

Value for Money

The Alberta MBA is ranked 29th overall in terms of value for money and 2nd overall in Canada (McGill is ranked 27th overall).  The value for money ranking takes into account salary earned by alumni today, course length, fees and other costs, including the opportunity cost of not working for the duration of the course.

Aims Achieved

The Alberta MBA is ranked 3rd in Canada for Aims Achieved.  This is based on the graduate survey and is an indication of the extent to which alumni fulfilled their goals or reasons for doing an MBA.