There's a surprise in the 2016 ranking of Grandes Ecoles: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWai0_9WoAAtWXi.jpg

Kedge gets in at #5, pushing EDHEC into sixth place, seemingly because of its greater diversity. EDHEC ranks second (after ESSEC) for workplace insertion (internships, start-ups, salaries).

The top 15 are:
HEC
ESSEC
ESCP
EMLyon
Kedge
EDHEC
Skema
Montpellier
Grenoble
Toulouse
Audencia
EM Strasbourg
Neoma
ISG
ESC Troyes.

Of course this reflects the French-language core MSc programme at these schools. The new ranking is especially good news for Kedge, Skema and Montpellier. Telecom EM fell ten places to 21st.

hi, what do you think of IESEG and its masters programs? I was interested in applying for the school's Digital Marketing & CRM master's but now that I do not see it on this list I am not so sure.

I guess that depends on your goals. I don't see why anyone would attend IESEG if they could attend a better school for their goals.

ESCP is a great school and is in the central of Paris so very convenient to see the best of one of the liveliest major capital cities in the world.
The school also has campuses in other European countries

Paris is also very accessible to many places in Europe by the fast train

The Finance faculty is also particularly strong and the teachers are very accessible

[Edited by donho199 on Dec 20, 2015]

ESCP would be a great option, and if you are interested in marketing the school offers an MSc in Marketing and Creativity.

Of course, there's also HEC Paris, which, name notwithstanding, is actually a bit outside of Paris and offers an MSc in Marketing.

Yes, but the IESEG program is within my budget, the HEC and ESCP programs are not.

That's an inexpensive course. The M.Sc. Marketing at the Toulouse Business School in Barcelona might be worth looking at. The M.A. in International Marketing Management at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore might be better, and I would certainly suggest you look at M.Sc. Marketing at Alba Graduate Business School and M.Sc. Marketing at UCD's Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.