Stanford’s MBA programme is best for entrepreneurship, an indicator created by the Financial Times reveals. Five other schools from the US, three from Europe and one from China complete the top 10.
Using data collected for the Global MBA ranking 2015, the FT used 10 criteria to judge the best MBA programmes for budding entrepreneurs. The criteria included the percentage of graduates who created their own company, the percentage of companies still operating at the end of 2014, whether it was their main source of income and how the school and the alumni network helped set things up.
Graduates from Stanford particularly praise the transformational experience they went through. “I never anticipated starting my own business before starting my MBA,” says one graduate.