The SMU COX Executive MBA is ranked at #18 in The Economist magazine’s first-ever Executive MBA (EMBA) rankings survey. The results were released Friday, July 19. SMU Cox School of Business ranks in the top 20 out of 62 global business schools.   

Tom Perkowski, Assistant Dean of the Cox Executive MBA Program, credits its continued success to the strategic leadership and vision of Albert W. Niemi, Jr., Dean of the Cox School of Business, and Marci Armstrong, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs.

“Their leadership, coupled with the Executive MBA team’s high energy, customer service and constant pursuit of excellence has resulted in recruiting the highest quality Executive MBA students,” said Perkowski. “These students take advantage of the increasing program resources and move into more successful roles after graduation.” 

The business school data portion of the survey was conducted in the winter of 2013, and student questionnaires were distributed to students and alumni of the last three graduating classes. The programs were ranked on two broad measures: personal development/educational experience and career development, with both categories equally weighted and each consisting of 27 subcategories. Those included such factors as the quality of students and faculty, student diversity, the percentage of students promoted after graduation, student and alumni networking potential and average alumni salary increases.  

SMU Cox is one of four Texas-based business schools included in this new Executive MBA ranking. The Economist plans to make it a biennial rankings survey.  

Story courtesy of Anna Martinez, SMU Cox School of Business