Best MBA Programs For Finance

Despite the rise of tech firms (Amazon, together with Google and Apple, is among the biggest recruiters from top-tier business schools), the banking sector is holding its own as an MBA employer. Actually, the slowdown in tech in 2022 has even helped Finance re-establishing itself as the second most popular industry among MBA professionals. 

Our list of top MBA for Finance is significantly shorter than our list for Consulting. Even more so than for  any other industry, the location of a program plays a huge role for candidates looking at a career in Finance, and we also looked at the widely quoted Global Financial Centres Index to refine our list of Best MBA Programs for Finance.  While schools like Berkeley-Haas or INSEAD have lower placement rates in Finance, their prime locations in major Venture Capital markets make them attractive for people looking at a career in VC. The United States dominates the list and the school’s location plays a predominant role. New York University Stern, which benefits from proximity to Wall Street, places about a third of the most recent graduating class in the finance sector, a proportion that has remained unchanged for years.  In Europe, the U.K. is still leading the  pack with 3 programs represented  - Oxford Said, Cambridge Judge and London Business School are all safe choices for people looking at a career in Finance.