Insights on Business Schools, MBA and Master's Programs

In our evaluation, the most affordable schools are those with a $120,000 and above total salary and costs less than $110,000. 

Alliance Manchester Business School, Warwick Business School, and Cranfield Business School were the most affordable MBA programs.

Alliance Manchester Business School offers a post-MBA salary of $140,328 for a $104,412 cost.

Similarly, the Warwick MBA despite a 21% hike in costs offers the MBA program at an affordable $94,289 with an average salary of $125,339 - 32% higher than the cost.

Darden has the lowest difference between in-state and out-of-state fees of $6,480, whereas the highest is at Kelley School of Business, with a difference of $51,220. Between in-state and out-of-state students, the cost difference ranges from $6,480 to $51,220. International MBA candidates must pitch in an additional $30,000 to $40,000. 

For the 2024-25 session, none of the Business schools maintained the same tuition fee or cost as that of 2023. 

On average, the percent increase in the total cost remained in the 5% to 15% range.

The highest increase in the cost was from Paul Merage School of Business with 32% hike and Broad College of Business with a 38% hike. Despite such noticeable hike, these two schools remained at the bottom of the Top 30 US schools ranked based on the post-MBA salary.

In Q1 2024, global M&A activity took an interesting turn. While the number of deals plummeted to a nine-year low, with a 31% drop YoY (10,724 deals), the total deal value surged by 38% to USD 798 billion. This contradiction highlights that larger deals dominated the landscape, especially in the U.S. and Europe, which saw a rise of 78% and 58%, respectively, marking their strongest opening quarter since Q1 2022. In contrast, APAC M&A activity decreased by 28% YoY, impacted by persistent high inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical instability.

Atul Jose (Admissions Consultant, F1GMAT): IIE Placement Model is a model in which The Institute of International Education (IIE) selects the school for which the students will be applying, and they themselves fill out the application. In the other model, students need to apply on their own.
IIE Placement Model applies to India and Taiwan.

France, South Korea, the UK, Canada, and Germany allow Fulbright scholarship applicants to apply on their own.