The 25 best MBA programs in the world for a career in tech
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- QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a global higher education analyst, released its list of the best MBA programs for people interested in a career in technology.
- This ranking is one of seven specializations lists that were recently published; The best MBAs for a career in finance was another one of these rankings that looks at a specific career path.
- MIT Sloan School of Management's MBA program was named the best MBA for a career in tech.
- The following are the top 25 MBAs in the world for a career in tech, according to QS.
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If you are planning to enroll in a MBA program to get ahead in a career within the tech industry, you may want to check out one of these top schools.
QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a global higher education analyst, recently released the best MBAs for seven different career specializations. This includes the best MBAs for a career in tech.
QS used three different data sources to develop these rankings: its Global Employer Survey, its Business School Survey, and publishing company Elsevier's Scopus database. Each program's overall score out of 100 is based on three metrics used to evaluate the business school's MBA program. These three metrics are career placement in the tech industry, research strength related to "management of technology and innovation," and employer reputation in the industry per QS' website.
The MBA program at MIT Sloan School of Management was named the best for a career in tech in this year's ranking, same as last year's ranking. According to QS, MIT Sloan had scores of at least 95 for the three metrics that make up the overall index: 95 in career placement, 99.4 in employer reputation, and 97 in research strength. Stanford Graduate School of Business took on the second spot, and the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkley, took on third, swapping spots from last year's ranking.
The following are the 25 best MBA programs for a career in tech, according to QS Quacquarelli Symonds. We also included the overall specialization ranking score and the share of the 2019 class that are going into this industry. The full list and other specialization rankings can be found on QS' website.
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Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Overall score: 74.3
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 21%
Read more about UNC Kenan-Flager Business School here.
24. IESE Business SchoolAlbert Gea/Reuters
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Overall score: 74.4
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 15%
Read more about IESE Business School here.
23. NYU (Stern)Noam Galai/Getty Images
Location: New York, New York
Overall score: 75.6
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 15%
Read more about NYU Stern School of Business here.
22. HEC ParisHEC Paris
Location: Jouy en Josas, France
Overall score: 76.2
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 16%
Read more about HEC Paris here.
21. Columbia Business SchoolRob Kim/Getty Images
Location: New York, New York
Overall score: 77.3
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 11%
Read more about Columbia Business School here.
20. Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)Barry Winiker/Getty Images
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Overall score: 79.4
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 30%
Read more about Tepper School of Business here.
19. National University of Singapore (NUS)kittijaroon/Getty Images
Location: Singapore
Overall score: 80.6
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 37%
Read more about the National University of Singapore here.
18. IE Business SchoolJoeLogan/Shutterstock
Location: Madrid, Spain
Overall score: 80.7
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 23%
Read more about IE Business School here.
17. Chicago (Booth)EQRoy/Shutterstock
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Overall score: 81.3
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 20%
Read more about The University of Chicago Booth School of Business here.
16. Washington (Foster)KingWu/Getty Images
Location: Seattle, Washington
Overall score: 82.3
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 60%
Read more about the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington here.
15. INSEADROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images
Location: Paris, France; Singapore
Overall score: 83.0
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 14%
14. Texas (McCombs)Ritu Manoj Jethani/Shutterstock
Location: Austin, Texas
Overall score: 83.1
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 26%
Read more about McCombs School of Business here.
13. London Business SchoolSpiroview Inc / Shutterstock.com
Location: London, United Kingdom
Overall score: 84.8
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 20%
Read more about London Business School here.
12. Esade Business SchoolGustau Nacarino/Reuters
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Overall score: 85.1
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 34%
11. Duke (Fuqua)Bryan Pollard/Shutterstock
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Overall score: 85.2
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 23%
Read more about The Fuqua School of Business here.
10. Penn (Wharton)REUTERS
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overall score: 85.8
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 15%
Read more about Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania here.
9. Oxford (Saïd)John Wreford/Getty Images
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
Overall score: 87.0
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 24%
Read more about Saïd Business School here.
8. UCLA (Anderson)Pamela Brick/Shutterstock
Location: Los Angeles, California
Overall score: 87.9
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 31%
Read more about UCLA Anderson School of Management here.
7. Michigan (Ross)ca_wonder/Shutterstock
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Overall score: 88.5
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 22%
Read more about Michigan Ross School of Business here.
6. Northwestern (Kellogg)TASOS KATOPODIS/AFP via Getty Images
Location: Evanston, Illinois
Overall score: 88.7
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 23%
Read more about Kellogg School of Management here.
5. Harvard Business SchoolAdam Hunger/Reuters
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Overall score: 90.3
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 20%
Read more about Harvard Business School here.
4. Cambridge (Judge)Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Overall score: 90.6
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 36%
Read more about Judge Business School here.
3. UC Berkeley (Haas)gary yim/Shutterstock
Location: Berkeley, California
Overall score: 94.2
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 33%
Read more about Haas School of Business here.
2. Stanford Graduate School of BusinessSteve Proehl/Getty Images
Location: Stanford, California
Overall score: 94.4
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 24%
Read more about Stanford Graduate School of Business here.
1. MIT (Sloan)MIT Sloan
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overall score: 95.2
Share of graduates going into the tech industry: 29%