{"id":33658,"date":"2016-07-07T10:35:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T17:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=33658"},"modified":"2016-07-27T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T22:34:00","slug":"fts-top-mba-programs-for-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/fts-top-mba-programs-for-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"FT&#8217;s Top MBA Programs for Entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Financial Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published a ranking that is a spin-off from their 2016 global MBA ranking and features the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/next.ft.com\/content\/cbd9b418-314c-11e6-bda0-04585c31b153#axzz4CmNIbfyQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">top 25 MBA programs for entrepreneurship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (last year they published only the top 10). <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/rankings-report\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12437 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/First-Place.jpg\" alt=\"Get your free copy of MBA RANKINGS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW\" width=\"263\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The rankings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/stanford\">Stanford GSB<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Babson Olin<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/uva-darden\">UVA Darden<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/dartmouth-tuck\">Dartmouth Tuck<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/ucla-anderson\">UCLA Anderson<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/uc-berkeley-haas\">UC Berkeley Haas<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/wharton\">UPenn Wharton<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/ie-business-school\">IE Business School<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/london-business-school\">London Business School<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10. IESE Business School<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/mit-sloan\">MIT Sloan<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12. Oxford Sa\u00efd<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/harvardhbs\">Harvard Business School<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business\">Chicago Booth<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15. Ipade Business School<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/georgetown-mcdonough\">Georgetown McDonough<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/insead\">Insead<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/duke-fuqua\">Duke Fuqua<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/nyu-stern\">NYU Stern<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/usc-marshall\">USC Marshall<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21. Birmingham Business School<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/columbia\">Columbia Business School<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/hkust-business-school\">HKUST Business School<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24. Incae Business School<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\/hec-graduate-business-school\">HEC Paris<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is some additional data from the rankings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;\\u2022&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:10755,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16777215},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:2236962},&quot;16&quot;:10}\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span>The data for the ranking was gathered during a larger ranking survey from students who graduated with MBAs in 2012. Schools were ranked based on the percentage of their MBA graduates who started a company, as well as how many of those companies were still trading at the end of 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;\\u2022&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:10755,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16777215},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:2236962},&quot;16&quot;:10}\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span>The ranking looked at how important the school and alumni were in getting the company off the ground. This included everything from motivating the entrepreneur to assisting in finding staff and funding. A size threshold (answers from at least 15 entrepreneurs at each ranked school) was also applied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;\\u2022&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:10755,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16777215},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:2236962},&quot;16&quot;:10}\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span>US schools took 15 of the 25 ranked spots, with Stanford being #1 for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;\\u2022&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:10755,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16777215},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:2236962},&quot;16&quot;:10}\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span>Dartmouth Tuck\u2019s #2 ranking was powered by its <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2015\/09\/02\/tuck-talk-iv-with-the-dean-of-admissions\/\">phenomenal alumni network<\/a>. \u00a0On a scale of 1-10, Tuck has a 9.9 for the extent to which alumni helped secure financing. The next closest school, Stanford GSB, has an 8.6. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;\\u2022&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:10755,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16777215},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:2236962},&quot;16&quot;:10}\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span>Schools from China, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Spain, and the UK were also included in the ranking. Spain\u2019s IE School placed eighth, which is the highest ranking non-US school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;\\u2022&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:10755,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16777215},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:2236962},&quot;16&quot;:10}\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span>When considering all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/zones\/bschools\">MBA programs<\/a>, ranked or not, 19% of graduates from the class of 2012 started their own business. They gave similar answers when asked how much they were driven by their MBA program to go out on their own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;\\u2022&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:10755,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16777215},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:2236962},&quot;16&quot;:10}\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span>The amount of help received from their school and alumni network varied significantly between entrepreneurs of ranked and non-ranked programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;\\u2022&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:10755,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16777215},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:2236962},&quot;16&quot;:10}\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span>Overall, 56% of entrepreneurs from the top 25 MBA programs rated their school and alumni network as extremely helpful. By comparison, only 44% of entrepreneurs from other MBA programs rated their school and alumni network at the same level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;\\u2022&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:10755,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16777215},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:2236962},&quot;16&quot;:10}\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span>Both groups consistently rated their alumni network as being more helpful than the business school. However, approximately 13% of entrepreneurs considered both their school and network as not helpful at all, and about 33% did not seek help from either.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand more about how rankings work, how you should use them, and mistakes to avoid when you <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/rankings-report\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">download your free copy of <\/span><b><i>MBA Rankings: What You Need to Know<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">now<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/rankings-report?utm_campaign=gmatclub&amp;utm_medium=mbarankingreport&amp;utm_source=blog%20cta\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/58291\/CTAs\/MBA_Rankings.jpg\" alt=\"Click here to find out if you are misusing the business school rankings\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37267 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/accepted_admissions_consultancy.jpg\" alt=\"Accepted - The Premier Admissions Consultancy\" width=\"429\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/entrepreneurship\">MBA &amp; Entrepreneurship Resource Page<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2016\/01\/31\/2016-ft-global-mba-rankings\/\">2016 Financial Times Global MBA Rankings<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2016\/03\/21\/u-s-news-ranks-best-business-schools-2016\/\">U.S. News Ranks Best Business Schools in 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2016\/07\/06\/fts-top-mba-programs-entrepreneurship\/\">This article<\/a> <em>originally appeared on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/\">blog.accepted.com<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Applying to a top b-school? 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