90% of students who take an MBA online and in Spanish find a job. These are the latest data compiled by the FSO ranking, a project that evaluates the 30 best Spanish-speaking institutions that offer online higher education in the field of Business Administration and Management.
To prepare this prestigious ranking, the consulting firm Hamilton Global Intelligence and Emagister have collaborated and prepared a study based on surveys addressed to 4,000 students, alumni, and program managers from more than 250 centers. Data have been collected from centers in countries such as Spain, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Panama and Argentina, among others.
Three Spanish training centers head the FSO ranking this year. First place goes to the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya for the sixth consecutive year, followed by the International University of La Rioja (UNIR) and the OBS Business School.
But they are not the only Spanish institutions that are part of the ranking. Other institutions such as ESIC Business Marketing School (in fourth position), the European Postgraduate Institute (6th), Nebrija University (8th), La Salle (9th) and the Real Madrid University School (10th) are among the top ten best valued by experts.
According to the data collected in the study, the main reasons that lead a student to take an MBA are to advance in their professional career (49.9%) and to promote in the workplace and increase their training (27%). In addition, the majority opt for doing a master’s degree online because this modality allows them to better reconcile studies with work (69.4%).
This type of regulated training easily translates into getting a job. According to the data, nine out of ten students who have completed one of these master’s degrees found a job. In addition, 72% of students end up working in a field related to the one taught in the Master’s or MBA.
The students have also received an increase in their salary once the training is finished. We are talking about a salary increase of 28.3%, going from 23,623 euros to 29,974 euros per year on average.
1. Open University of Catalonia (Spain)
2. UNIT (Spain)
3. OBS Business School (Spain)
4. ESIC Business
5. Centrum PUCP Business School (Perú)
6. European Postgraduate Institute (Spain)
7. UDLAP (Mexico)
8. Nebrija University (Spain)
9. La Salle – Ramón Llull University (Spain)
10. Real Madrid University School (Spain)
11. Tecmilenio University (Mexico)
12. International University of Valencia (Spain)
13. EUDE Business School (Spain)
14. UPAEP (Mexico)
15. EAN University (Colombia)
16. European University (Spain)
17. Cerem International Business School (España)
18. Westfield Business School (United States)
19. Inter-American University (Puerto Rico)
20. IMF Smart Education (España)
21. King Juan Carlos University (Spain)
22. University of the Isthmus (Panama)
23. Autonomous University of Chihuahua (Mexico)
24. UNAD (Colombia)
25. American School of Management (Guatemala)
26. EOBS Open Business School (España)
27. ESDEN Business School (Spain)
28. INESDI Digital Business School (Spain)
29. INESEM Business School (Spain)
30. CEUPE (Spain)
