EDHEC Business School of Roubaix, France claimed the top spot in the annual Financial Times ranking for the first time, knocking HEC Paris down a peg. Schools with French campuses claimed five of the top six spots. MIT Sloan School of Management was the top-ranked U.S. program at No. 5.
| Rank in 2017 | Rank in 2016 | School | Country | Program Name | Salary Today (US$) | Salary Increase | Value Rank | Career Progress Rank | Employment After 3 Months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 44 | EDHEC Business School | France | Edhec MSc in Financial Markets | $105,455 | 79% | 1919 | 88 | 97% |
| 22 | 11 | HEC Paris | France | MSc in International Finance | $118,476 | 48% | 1515 | 3535 | 99% |
| 33 | 77 | Essec Business School | France/Singapore | Master in Finance | $107,435 | 64% | 1111 | 99 | 96% |
| 44 | 22 | ESCP Europe | FR/UK/DE/ES/IT | Advanced Master in Finance | $101,815 | 39% | 1212 | 77 | 100% |
| 55 | 55 | MIT (Sloan) | U.S. | Sloan Masters of Finance | $143,654 | 78% | 4747 | 5353 | 77% |
| 66 | 1010 | Skema Business School | France | MSc Financial Markets and Investments | $89,748 | 73% | 1313 | 11 | 100% |
| 77 | 99 | Universita Bocconi | Italy | Master of Science in Finance | $113,552 | 75% | 1616 | 1818 | 100% |
| 88 | 33 | IE Business School | Spain | Master in Finance | $105,513 | 80% | 4141 | 66 | 96 |
| 99 | 1616 | Warwick Business School | UK | Warwick MSc in Finance | $93,868 | 104% | 3333 | 44 | 95 |
| 1010 | 88 | University of St. Gallen | Switzerland | HSG MA in Banking and Finance | $104,036 | 42% | 66 | 1515 | 100 |
| 1111 | 1111 | University of Oxford (Said) | UK | MSc Financial Economics | $115,302 | 54% | 3030 | 3838 | 82 |
| 1212 | 1313 | Imperial College Business School | UK | MSc in Finance | $91,569 | 55% | 4848 | 1919 | 91 |
| 1313 | 66 | Esade Business School | Spain | MSc in Finance | $93,837 | 52% | 2020 | 1616 | 95 |
| 1414 | 2828 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Saif | China | Master of Finance | $111,718 | 85% | 77 | 1111 | 100 |
| 1515 | 1818 | Kozminski University | Poland | Master in Finance | $89,988 | 109% | 2929 | 22 | 92 |
| 1616 | 1616 | Stockholm School of Economics | Sweden | Master in Finance | $99,465 | 68% | 33 | 2323 | 96 |
| 1717 | 1515 | Peking University (Guanghua) | China | Master of Finance | $122,310 | 67% | 1717 | 4040 | 100 |
| 1818 | -- | Tsingua University School of Economics and Management | China | Master of Finance | $119,962 | 69% | 1414 | 3737 | 100 |
| 1919 | 1414 | Nova School of Business and Economics | Portugal | International Masters in Finance | $66,467 | 58% | 99 | 2424 | 95 |
| 2020 | 2626 | City University (Cass) | UK | MSc in Finance | $75,630 | 72% | 4242 | 3030 | 77 |
| 2121 | 1212 | Grenoble Ecole de Management | France/UK/Singapore | MSc in Finance | $72,495 | 36% | 2828 | 2020 | 97 |
| 2222 | 2727 | Brandeis University International Business School | U.S. | MA in International Economics and Finance | $94,626 | 76% | 4646 | 5858 | 76 |
| 2323 | 1919 | Eada Business School Barcelona | Spain | International Master in Finance | $73,855 | 54% | 4343 | 3636 | 100 |
| 2424 | 2424 | EMLyon Business School | France | MSc in Finance | $77,881 | 38% | 2222 | 1010 | 89 |
| 2525 | -- | Universite Paris-Dauphine | France | Master of Finance | $72,091 | 40% | 11 | 2222 | N/A |
| 2626 | -- | Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics | Portugal | MSc in Finance | $61,921 | 55% | 3131 | 2727 | 95 |
| 2727 | 3030 | Lancaster University Management School | UK | MSc in Finance | $68,743 | 90% | 2323 | 4141 | 77 |
| 2828 | 2020 | Frankfurt School of Finance and Management | Germany | Master of Finance | $93,752 | 36% | 3535 | 3232 | 94 |
| 2929 | 2525 | Cranfield School of Management | UK | MSc in Finance and Management | $76,940 | 44% | 3838 | 4848 | 100 |
| 3030 | 2323 | Vlerick Business School | Belgium | Masters in Financial Management | $65,457 | 46% | 1818 | 4343 | 100 |
| 3030 | 2121 | HEC Lausanne | Switzerland | MSc in Finance | $77,010 | 43% | 22 | 1212 | 86 |
