35 business schools that get the most bang for your buck, ranked

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35 business schools that get the most bang for your buck, ranked

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  • Higher- and business-education specialist QS Quacquarelli Symonds recently released its 2019 Global MBA Ranking, evaluating 251 of the best business schools in the world.
  • One of the components of QS' ranking is the estimated return on investment for an MBA at each school.
  • Here are the 35 schools among the 100 best global MBA programs overall that had the highest return on investment score.

Business school is a big investment, and different MBA programs give a different return on investment.

Higher- and business-education specialists QS Quacquarelli Symonds recently released its 2019 Global MBA Ranking, evaluating 251 of the best business schools in the world.

One of the components of QS' ranking is the estimated return on investment for an MBA at each school. According to QS' methodology, the return on investment ranking compares post-MBA salaries to pre-MBA salaries while factoring in tuition and cost of living.

Here are the 35 schools among the 100 best global MBA programs overall that had the highest return on investment score out of 100, along with their tuition, average post-graduate salaries, and percent difference between the average post-graduate salary and pre-graduate salary.

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33 (tie). Texas A&M (Mays)

33 (tie). Texas A&M (Mays)

Location: College Station, TX

QS return-on-investment score: 89.4

Tuition: $70K to $79K

Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K

Post-program salary growth: 92%

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33 (tie). Dartmouth (Tuck)

33 (tie). Dartmouth (Tuck)

Location: Hanover, NH

QS return-on-investment score: 89.4

Tuition: $100K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K

Post-program salary growth: 84%

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33 (tie). IMD

33 (tie). IMD

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland

QS return-on-investment score: 89.4

Tuition: $60K to $69K

Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K

Post-program salary growth: 55%

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32. University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)

32. University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)

Location: Chapel Hill, NC

QS return-on-investment score: 89.8

Tuition: $100K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K

Post-program salary growth: 115%

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31. University of Washington (Foster)

31. University of Washington (Foster)

Location: Seattle, WA

QS return-on-investment score: 89.9

Tuition: $90K to $99K

Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K

Post-program salary growth: 99%

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29 (tie). University of Minnesota (Carlson)

29 (tie). University of Minnesota (Carlson)

Location: Minneapolis, MN

QS return-on-investment score: 90.5

Tuition: $90K to $99K

Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K

Post-program salary growth: 132%

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29 (tie). University of Illinois (Gies)

29 (tie). University of Illinois (Gies)

Location: Champaign, IL

QS return-on-investment score: 90.5

Tuition: $70K to $79K

Post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K

Post-program salary growth: 133%

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27 (tie). University of Virginia (Darden)

27 (tie). University of Virginia (Darden)

Location: Charlottesville, VA

QS return-on-investment score: 90.6

Tuition: $100K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K

Post-program salary growth: 92%

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27 (tie). University of Texas (McCombs)

27 (tie). University of Texas (McCombs)

Location: Austin, TX

QS return-on-investment score: 90.6

Tuition: $100K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K

Post-program salary growth: 72%

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26. Washington University (Olin)

26. Washington University (Olin)

Location: St. Louis, MO

QS return-on-investment score: 90.8

Tuition: $100K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K

Post-program salary growth: 105%

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24 (tie). HEC Paris

24 (tie). HEC Paris

Location: Jouy-en-Josas, France

QS return-on-investment score: 91.0

Tuition: $70K to $79K

Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K

Post-program salary growth: 135%

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24 (tie). MIT (Sloan)

24 (tie). MIT (Sloan)

Location: Cambridge, MA

QS return-on-investment score: 91.0

Tuition: $100K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K

Post-program salary growth: 87%

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23. Yale

23. Yale

Location: New Haven, CT

QS return-on-investment score: 91.1

Tuition: $100K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K

Post-program salary growth: 92%

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22. Cambridge (Judge)

22. Cambridge (Judge)

Location: Cambridge, UK

QS return-on-investment score: 91.2

Tuition: $70K to $79K

Post-graduation salary: $130K to $139K

Post-program salary growth: 126%

Read more about Judge on TopMBA »

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21. EDHEC

21. EDHEC

Location: Nice, France

QS return-on-investment score: 91.7

Tuition: $50K to $59K

Post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K

Post-program salary growth: 115%

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20. Oxford (Said)

20. Oxford (Said)

Location: Oxford, UK

QS return-on-investment score: 92.1

Tuition: $70K to $79K

Post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K

Post-program salary growth: 47%

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19. ESADE

19. ESADE

Location: Barcelona, Spain

QS return-on-investment score: 92.5

Tuition: $70K to $79K

Post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K

Post-program salary growth: 73%

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18. INSEAD

18. INSEAD

Location: Fontainebleau, France/Singapore

QS return-on-investment score: 92.7

Tuition: $100K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K

Post-program salary growth: 89%

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17. Stanford University

17. Stanford University

Location: Stanford, CA

QS return-on-investment score: 93.0

Tuition: $100K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $140K to $149K

Post-program salary growth: 79%

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15 (tie). Penn State (Smeal)

15 (tie). Penn State (Smeal)

Location: University Park, PA

QS return-on-investment score: 93.4

Tuition: $80K to 89K

Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K

Post-program salary growth: 154%

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15 (tie). Vanderbilt (Owen)

15 (tie). Vanderbilt (Owen)

Location: Nashville, TN

QS return-on-investment score: 93.4

Tuition: $90K to $99K

Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K

Post-program salary growth: 126%

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14. Duke (Fuqua)

14. Duke (Fuqua)

Location: Durham, NC

QS return-on-investment score: 93.5

Tuition: $100K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K

Post-program salary growth: 99%

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13. Emory (Goizueta)

13. Emory (Goizueta)

Location: Atlanta, GA

QS return-on-investment score: 93.7

Tuition: $100K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K

Post-program salary growth: 102%

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12. Indiana University (Kelley)

12. Indiana University (Kelley)

Location: Bloomington, IN

QS return-on-investment score: 94.2

Tuition: $90K to $99K

Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K

Post-program salary growth: 145%

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11. Vlerick

11. Vlerick

Location: Brussels, Belgium

QS return-on-investment score: 94.4

Tuition: $40K to $49K

Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K

Post-program salary growth: 49%

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9 (tie). Durham University

9 (tie). Durham University

Location: Durham, UK

QS return-on-investment score: 94.5

Tuition: $30K to $39K

Post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K

Post-program salary growth: 87%

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9 (tie). Cranfield School of Management

9 (tie). Cranfield School of Management

Location: Cranfield, UK

QS return-on-investment score: 94.5

Tuition: $40K to $49K

Post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K

Post-program salary growth: 124%

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8. University of Hong Kong

8. University of Hong Kong

Location: Hong Kong

QS return-on-investment score: 94.6

Tuition: $70K to $79K

Post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K

Post-program salary growth: 108%

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7. Imperial College London

7. Imperial College London

Location: London, UK

QS return-on-investment score: 95.0

Tuition: $60K to $69K

Post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K

Post-program salary growth: 29%

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5 (tie). Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)

5 (tie). Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

QS return-on-investment score: 95.7

Tuition: $100K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K

Post-program salary growth: 113%

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5 (tie). University of Michigan (Ross)

5 (tie). University of Michigan (Ross)

Location: Ann Arbor, MI

QS return-on-investment score: 95.7

Tuition: $110K to $149K

Post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K

Post-program salary growth: 100%

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4. Strathclyde

4. Strathclyde

Location: Glasgow, UK

QS return-on-investment score: 96.0

Tuition: $40K to $49K

Post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K

Post-program salary growth: 184%

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3. SDA Bocconi

3. SDA Bocconi

Location: Milan, Italy

QS return-on-investment score: 96.6

Tuition: $60K to $69K

Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K

Post-program salary growth: 116%

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2. IE Business School

2. IE Business School

Location: Madrid, Spain

QS return-on-investment score: 96.8

Tuition: $80K to $89K

Post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K

Post-program salary growth: 94%

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1. Mannheim

1. Mannheim

Location: Mannheim, Germany

QS return-on-investment score: 98.3

Tuition: $40K to $49K

Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K

Post-program salary growth: 162%

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