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SDA Bocconi, the Best MBA in the World in Terms of Return on Investment

, by Tomaso Eridani, translated by Jenna Walker
The program is first in the Bloomberg BusinessWeek rankings for the average time graduates need to recoup tuition

With an average time of 2.25 years, the SDA Bocconi MBA places 1st in the world as the investment in MBA training which pays itself back most quickly. This is according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek's new ranking of return on investment, the average time graduates need to earn back tuition fees, for the best MBA programs around the world.

The ranking is based on the time 2010 graduates will take to earn back their tuition. The result was reached by dividing expenses (including the cost of the program, room and board expenses and the absence of the average salary during the attendance period) by the average increase in salary after graduating from the MBA.

"This result illustrates that our MBA is a great choice, combining a high quality education with a quick and profitable reentry into the job market, thanks in part to various excellent relationships that the school has with the business world," said Alberto Grando, Dean of SDA Bocconi.

With this placement, SDA Bocconi, the only Italian school on all the major international rankings, continues to add to the positive results obtained in 2010. In business school rankings, SDA placed 17th in Europe in the Financial Times rankings, climbing seven spots, and is now included in the Bloomberg BusinessWeek rankings placing 18th for schools outside the United States.

Top ten schools in the 2011 Ranking for Return on Investment:

School Average time needed to recoup business school costs (years)
1. SDA Bocconi 2.25
2. HEC 2.3
3. Manchester Business School 2.68
4. Cranfield 2.94
5. IESE 3.17
6. Texas Mays Business School 3.42
7. Michigan State Broad College of Business 3.51
8. Schulich School of Business, Ontario 3.6
9. Illinois College of Business 3.85
10. IE Business School 3.9

Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek

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