FT Executive MBA ranking 2026: Earnings for graduates of world's top programmes surpass Covid-era levels

Kellogg/HKUST Business School, from Hong Kong, climbs to first place in the FT Executive MBA ranking 2026, up from 4^th in 2025. CEIBS, also from China, follows in second place, while IESE Business School, from Spain, rises from 14^th to third.

The Financial Times ranking of Executive MBA 2026 was published on 12/10/2026 and ranks 100 schools from 28 countries by the performance of their executive MBA programmes.

The United States is the most featured country in the ranking, hosting 23 of the ranked executive MBAs. It is followed by France with 13 and the UK and China, with 8 each.

Based on the ranking's data, FT stated that earnings for graduates of the world’s top executive MBA programmes have surpassed 2021 Covid-era levels for the first time.

"The recent uptick suggests employers are again…