Recently, The Economist released their ranking of Global B-Schools offering full-time MBA programs, with some surprising results. As can be seen in the top ten list, North American schools have take a clear lead over schools world-wide .

Global Full-Time MBA Ranking: The Top Ten

1. University of Chicago Booth School of Business (USA)
2. Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business (USA)
3. University of California at Berkeley Haas School of Business (USA)
4. Harvard Business School (USA)
5. IESE Business School University of Navarra (Spain)
6. IMD International Institute for Management Development(Switzerland)
7. Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
8. University of Pennsylvania Wharton School (USA)
9. HEC School of Management Paris (France)
10. York University Schulich School of Business (Canada)

When creating these rankings, The Economist judges programs on their ability to provide students with the things that they themselves cite as most important. They are:

• opening of new career opportunities and/or furthering of current career;
• personal development and educational experience;
• increase in salary;
• potential to network.