MBA programs all over the world offer more or less similar content to their students. However, these programs differ from one college to another mainly because of the prestige associated with them. Apart from the enormous resources that these universities can get and employ in improving their rankings, these universities end up recruiting the best students all over the world and hence continue to get the very important alumni that they have.

Since these rankings will differ from time to time, it is important that you pay great attention to the institution that does the ranking and ensure that the results are authentic and unbiased.  Here are the rankings according to the Financial Times.

London Business School

With an Average class size of 401 students and a GMAT score of 697, London Business School emerged as the top ranking institution according to the Financial Times rankings.

Wharton School of Business

According to the Financial Times ranking, the Wharton’s school of Business comes in second in regard to the best MBA programs. The school has got a higher GMAT score 714 compared to that of LBS, while it has an average class size of 800. According to the available statistics the school has an acceptance rate of 16% only.

In many US rankings however, you will see Wharton Business school as the best business school especially when it comes to entrepreneurship.

Harvard Business School

As one of the most known schools in the world, Harvard Business School comes in third in terms of the school with the best MBA program. The school has an average class of 900 students while at the same time it has GMAT score of 720. IT is best known for the number of executives that it has produced.

Stanford

Fourth on the list of Best MBA programs is the Stanford business school program. It has the least class size of 320 students compared to all the top four universities. This will probably explain why it also has one of the least acceptance ratios of 8% among the top four universities.

INSEAD School of Business

The INSEAD School of business which is found in France has the fifth best MBA program according to the Financial Times rankings. The school has an average class size of 887 students and a GMAT score of 700.

Though these rankings may differ from those which you might have seen somewhere else, they can give you an indication of how prestigious an MBA from any of these colleges might sound.