The FT publishes a ranking of the top 100 full-time MBAs but, of course, it has to consider more than 100 schools to find the best 100. In its European Business Schools ranking, published annually, it ranks the major MBA programmes, including a dozen or so that didn't get into the top 100. https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2869/european-business-school-rankings-2021
Many of these are world-class schools whose falling out from the top 100 may be short-term, such as Cranfield and Edinburgh. Admissions to these schools will generally be much easier after one or two years out of the top 100. In the current European ranking, it uses the Global MBAs 2021 ranking's full-time MBA data. The schools that didn't get into the 2021 Global ranking at listed below. After each school, you'll see the average salary.
At the bottom of the rankings, the schools are very tightly clustered, so I have sorted them by salary. I think that's a better guide to the selectivity and quality of the programmes.
School Name MBA 2021 salary today ($)
Cranfield School of Management 115,895
University of Strathclyde Business School 106,608
University of Edinburgh Business School 104,955
Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Business School 99,827
Birmingham Business School 96,361
Politecnico di Milano School of Management 91,992
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management 91,504
Audencia Business School 88,789
Tias Business School, Tilburg University 87,834
University of Liverpool Management School 87,274
Nyenrode Business Universiteit 86,662
Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow 83,859
Porto Business School, University of Porto 77,508
University of Exeter Business School 76,990
PS I updated this list after the 2021 European ranking came out at the end of 2021.
[Edited by Duncan on Dec 07, 2021]
The FT publishes a ranking of the top 100 full-time MBAs but, of course, it has to consider more than 100 schools to find the best 100. In its European Business Schools ranking, published annually, it ranks the major MBA programmes, including a dozen or so that didn't get into the top 100. https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2869/european-business-school-rankings-2021 <br><br>Many of these are world-class schools whose falling out from the top 100 may be short-term, such as Cranfield and Edinburgh. Admissions to these schools will generally be much easier after one or two years out of the top 100. In the current European ranking, it uses the Global MBAs 2021 ranking's full-time MBA data. The schools that didn't get into the 2021 Global ranking at listed below. After each school, you'll see the average salary.<br><br>At the bottom of the rankings, the schools are very tightly clustered, so I have sorted them by salary. I think that's a better guide to the selectivity and quality of the programmes.<div><br> School Name</div><div> MBA 2021 salary today ($)</div><div><br></div><div> Cranfield School of Management</div><div> 115,895</div><div><br></div><div> University of Strathclyde Business School</div><div> 106,608</div><br><div> University of Edinburgh Business School</div><div> 104,955</div><div><br></div><div> Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Business</div><div> School</div><div> 99,827</div><div><br></div><div> Birmingham Business School</div><div> 96,361</div><div><br></div><div> Politecnico di Milano School of</div><div> Management</div><div> 91,992</div><div><br></div><div> Frankfurt School of Finance and</div><div> Management</div><div> 91,504</div><div><br></div><div> Audencia Business School</div><div> 88,789</div><div><br></div><div> Tias Business School, Tilburg University</div><div> 87,834</div><div><br></div><div> University of Liverpool Management School</div><div> 87,274</div><div><br></div><div> Nyenrode Business Universiteit</div><div> 86,662</div><div><br></div><div> Adam Smith Business School, University of</div><div> Glasgow</div><div> 83,859</div><div><br></div><div> Porto Business School, University of</div><div> Porto</div><div> 77,508</div><div><br></div><div> University of Exeter Business School</div><div> 76,990</div><br><div>PS I updated this list after the 2021 European ranking came out at the end of 2021. </div>