So my coworker and I were just talking about this and couldn’t really reach a consensus. What would you say are the best MBA programs in Canada? We agreed that Ivey and Queens were up there, and he wants to include UBC but I’m a little hesitant about that one. Thoughts?
We’re talking from an high finance perspective of course.
So, serious question - do Canadian people cross shop US programs in addition to Canadian programs? If not, is it a matter of cost or visa/admissions? I figure that distance is not really an issue. If there is cross shopping, how do Canadian people generally view Canadian programs compared to US programs?
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Yeah we do for sure, I know quite a few people that have done it. But tuition can come at a significant premium as international students, plus there’s the whole hassle of visa issues and whatever. Beyond that I don’t really see what would stop us. I mean…unless you can’t get over the whole patriotic support your own country’s institutions thing. On the other hand, from what I’ve heard we have some very good programs, some have went as far as to say on par with ivey leagues depending on the specialization. How much of that is just canadian’s blowing smoke up my ass, I couldn’t say. I have a hard time seeing a canadian bank i.e. RBC turning you away because you went to a canadian school though.
Canada doesn’t come out on the FT top MBA list until University of Toronto : Rotman , #44
http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings-2012/
Rank ‘12
School name
Country
Weighted sal. ($)
Salary inc. (%)
1
Stanford Graduate School of Business
US
192,1798,919
12914
2
Harvard Business School
US
178,2498,011
1226
3
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
US
172,353802
1203
4
London Business School
UK
152,9817,205
1342
5
Columbia Business School
US
166,4973,090
13114
6
Insead
France / Singapore
144,3553,528
9711
7
MIT: Sloan
US
157,3371,050
1201
8
IE Business School
Spain
156,6587,074
1393
9
Iese Business School
Spain
133,8881,998
14810
10
Hong Kong UST Business School
China
127,6005,734
1442
11
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
India
175,076636
14012
12
University of Chicago: Booth
US
152,5851,212
1090
13
IMD
Switzerland
144,0451,801
7811
14
University of California at Berkeley: Haas
US
146,8112,021
914
15
Duke University: Fuqua
US
139,4052,842
1081
16
Northwestern University: Kellogg
US
145,8342,469
964
17
New York University: Stern
US
134,0934,772
1154
18
HEC Paris
France
121,0611,767
1071
19
Dartmouth College: Tuck
US
151,1823,838
1112
20
Indian School of Business
India
129,5124,894
17710
20
Yale School of Management
US
142,4554,504
1249
20
University of Oxford: Saïd
UK
134,8051,900
1086
23
National University of Singapore Business School
Singapore
97,6252,831
18545
24
Ceibs
China
123,0583,257
1505
24
Cornell University: Johnson
US
141,7271,454
1169
26
University of Cambridge: Judge
UK
132,7584,441
965
27
Warwick Business School
UK
118,1518,840
9428
28
CUHK Business School
China
100,408
160
29
University of Michigan: Ross
US
129,6497,540
1013
30
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Netherlands
103,6284,341
11423
31
Manchester Business School
UK
117,016916
1165
32
UCLA: Anderson
US
136,3311,395
1082
33
Esade Business School
Spain
114,98810,358
11513
34
Nanyang Business School
Singapore
102,3502,602
1298
35
Carnegie Mellon: Tepper
US
132,3255,247
1099
36
Cranfield School of Management
UK
125,1966,863
881
37
University of Hong Kong
China
106,720
121
38
University of Virginia: Darden
US
134,9364,148
1097
38
City University: Cass
UK
111,55212,454
864
40
Emory University: Goizueta
US
124,8323,997
1116
41
Australian School of Business (AGSM)
Australia
118,9434,577
909
42
SDA Bocconi
Italy
102,8547,332
1203
43
Georgetown University: McDonough
US
123,2904,249
1071
44
University of Toronto: Rotman
Canada
94,2554,505
10114
45
Rice University: Jones
US
118,617805
11713
46
Imperial College Business School
UK
104,61910,944
7418
46
Melbourne Business School
Australia
110,701920
781
46
Indiana University: Kelley
US
113,217541
11832
49
Pennsylvania State University: Smeal
US
109,114971
12537
49
University of Rochester: Simon
US
112,9921,766
12919
51
Coppead
Brazil
110,103
151
51
Texas A & M University: Mays
US
108,606171
13418
51
University of Texas at Austin: McCombs
US
121,1701,872
930
54
Peking University: Guanghua
China
79,914
201
54
University of Cape Town GSB
South Africa
141,490594
9014
56
University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler
US
118,9594,309
924
57
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
US
105,7262,779
1174
58
University of Maryland: Smith
US
109,3751,556
9213
59
York University: Schulich
Canada
88,283434
1006
59
Purdue University: Krannert
US
103,3043,052
11218
61
Washington University: Olin
US
106,668
105
61
Vanderbilt University: Owen
US
114,265929
1014
61
University of Southern California: Marshall
US
121,0604,612
948
61
McGill University: Desautels
Canada
89,6233,314
970
65
Hult International Business School
US / UK / UAE / China
100,6316,448
958
66
Sungkyunkwan University SKK GSB
South Korea
100,779
102
66
Ohio State University: Fisher
US
105,4265,235
11318
68
University of Western Ontario: Ivey
Canada
100,7383,589
889
69
Boston College: Carroll
US
109,4401,674
9512
70
Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
Belgium
94,66110,823
881
71
Lancaster University Management School
UK
97,12413,402
887
72
University of Minnesota: Carlson
US
108,994
96
73
University of Washington: Foster
US
109,0881,970
9017
74
Georgia Institute of Technology: Scheller
US
110,1185,118
8626
74
Wisconsin School of Business
US
108,9902,467
1099
76
Incae Business School
Costa Rica
84,4114,801
13125
77
Michigan State University: Broad
US
98,784
101
77
Boston University School of Management
US
106,7621,966
981
79
George Washington University
US
104,814
104
80
Wake Forest University: Babcock
US
108,737217
12717
81
University of California at Irvine: Merage
US
99,3332,162
9716
82
University of British Columbia: Sauder
Canada
80,8987,996
764
83
University of Pittsburgh: Katz
US
88,783
137
83
University of Edinburgh Business School
UK
97,7334,335
631
85
University of Notre Dame: Mendoza
US
106,1711,743
1043
86
Northeastern University
US
93,824
112
86
Birmingham Business School
UK
87,2749,845
870
86
University College Dublin: Smurfit
Ireland
102,0263,328
702
89
Thunderbird School of Global Management
US
100,8032,181
899
90
University of Iowa: Tippie
US
92,978320
1289
91
S P Jain School of Global Management
Dubai / Singapore
79,8091,703
14640
91
Aston Business School
UK
83,286
85
93
University of St Gallen
Switzerland
91,106
60
94
Durham Business School
UK
91,7189,463
6128
95
University of South Carolina: Moore
US
93,0531,756
10512
95
Ipade
Mexico
90,9005,829
17637
95
Bradford University School of Management
UK
87,228
110
98
Brigham Young University: Marriott
US
101,1891,632
11816
98
SMU: Cox
US
101,2861,864
901
100
Babson College: Olin
US
106,5066,886
85
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McGill!
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Is Mcgill’s bcomm program considered strong? I know the school is known for medicine and law.
I’d add Rotman and McGill to your list of Ivey and Queen’s as top tier in Canada (not necessarily top tier in NA or internationally). As for UBC, I don’t know - I just don’t think it has the same reputation nationally that the other 4 do. Same goes for Schulich - it is recruited heavily by banks in CAN and seems to always rank in the top 100 internationally, but simply based on admission criteria and acceptance rates I wouldn’t put it in the same league as the others.
Also, it depends on the type of MBA, as there are usually options for a joint program with another school (ie Queen’s offers a joint eMBA with Cornell, Schulich with Kellogg, etc) which would add more of an international component, could increase reputation, etc.
Re McGill’s BComm, I’ve always heard great things. I think it is overlooked by a lot of Ontario students due to its location (as well as the presence of strong undergrad programs in the province like Western, Queen’s, U of T). That said, I think a lot of people could be missing out as Montreal really is a great city.