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Ranking experts explore the 2024 data, from inflation-adjusted alumni salaries to who earned most and saw the biggest increases. Plus start-ups, study abroad and what business schools do best. The Executive MBA Ranking report publishes on October 14.

Alumni are earning less in real terms

Those who completed their EMBA in 2021 earn less three years later than their 2018 counterparts when salaries are adjusted for inflation, with average pay down 9 per cent ($)

Older EMBA graduates earn the most . . . 

Those in their fifties when they started their degree earn significantly more than the youngest cohorts three years after completion, but see smaller increases due to their higher pre-EMBA salaries ($ ’000)

 . . . but younger alumni see bigger increases

The salaries of the youngest alumni doubled between starting the EMBA and three years after completion — but are still much lower than the average (%)

EMBA alumni working in healthcare report the highest salaries

Average pay for alumni in the healthcare sector is significantly higher, while those in government and the public sector are paid markedly less than others who completed their EMBA in 2021 ($ ’000)

Older graduates are more entrepreneurial

Percentage of alumni who set up their own company during or after their EMBA, by age at start of the course, based on 2021 graduate data (%)

Teaching hours abroad are returning to pre-Covid levels

Average percentage of teaching in countries and global regions other than the schools’ home locations

The topics EMBA alumni believe business schools teach best

How well EMBA subjects are taught, rated out of 10 by alumni from participating schools who completed their EMBA in 2021