Forbes's Ranking  "The Best Bang for the Buck" 2001
   
MBA Programs outside the US

  5-YEAR MBA GAIN YEARS CLASS OF '96 SALARY CLASS OF '02
Rank School total *
($thou)		 as % of
expenses **		 to break
even		 pre-MBA
($thou)		 2000
($thou)		 tuition ***
($thou)		 GMAT
score
1 IMD****/Switzerland $164 191% 1.7 $68 $163 $28 650*****
2 INSEAD****/France 151 189 1.8 55 146 34 692
3 London/England 149 130 2.6 45 163 46 690
4 Cranfield****/England 110 173 2.1 48 136 30 640*****
5 Western Ontario (Ivey)/Canada 86 137 2.7 28 95 26 659
6 IESE/Spain 49 55 3.9 37 100 30 655
7 Manchester/England 48 53 3.7 32 106 35 610
8 York (Schulich)/Canada 42 73 3.5 26 77 25 640
9 Rotterdam/Netherlands 41 41 3.6 40 85 21 625
10 HEC/France 36 20 4.2 45 100 23 631
11 ESADE/Spain 24 41 4.2 23 72 27 675
12 Australian GSOM/Australia 11 11 4.6 42 80 21 640
All figures are medians. Five-year figures are before taxes and adjusted for the time value of money. *Compensation after graduation minus the sum of tuition and foregone compensation. **MBA profits divided by the sum of tuition and two years of foregone compensation. ***Out-of-country students. ****One-year program. *****Class of 2001.