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CONTENTS
1 Foreword pg. 6
4 Enrollment pg. 16
6 Finances pg. 34
7 Collaborations pg.40
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DISCIPLINES UNDERGRADUATE MBA* DOCTORATE
MASTERS
Accounting/Taxation 11.6% 3.9% 19.0% 8.0%
Business Communications 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0%
Business Education 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%
Business Ethics 0.0% 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
Business Law 0.6% 0.4% 0.5% 0.2%
CIS/MIS 6.3% 3.0% 5.6% 6.2%
e-Business 0.2% 0.2% 0.6% 0.3%
Economics 7.7% 0.7% 5.2% 8.2%
Entrepreneurship 2.9% 2.1% 1.7% 0.6%
Finance 12.2% 6.3% 15.5% 10.9%
General Business 12.8% 35.3% 3.4% 10.4%
Human Resource Management 2.5% 1.4% 3.9% 1.0%
Management 18.1% 23.8% 14.2% 22.4%
Marketing 10.3% 4.0% 6.6% 7.7%
Operations Management 1.3% 1.1% 1.1% 3.1%
Quantitative Methods 0.5% 0.5% 1.6% 3.3%
All Others 12.7% 16.8% 20.3% 17.2%
Source: AACSB International Business School Questionnaire (201415)
*Throughout this guide, MBA refers to MBA and Masters Generalist programs that are considered
MBA equivalent.
O
Of all undergraduate business
OL
S
18%
worldwide,
are in the
management discipline
8%
21%
46%
25%
63%
59% 58%
56% 55% 56%
54%
51%
42%
37% 39%
34% 35%
38%
28%
24%
18%
14%
10% 9%
8%
7% 6% 5%
Canada United Latin America Asia Oceania Africa Middle East Europe &
States & Caribbean (excluding Near East
Near &
Middle East)
20102011 201415
At all levels
except doctoral,
45% Supply
Chain
67% Operations
36% Management
Entrepreneurship
Behavioral
32% Science
OL
S
Business
36% Communication
Source: AACSB International Salary Survey (201011 through 201516)
Note: Percentages based on disciplines with at least 100 female faculty members in each year.
32%
68%
Male Female
82%
74% 76%
72% 70%
68%
60%
54%
46%
40%
32% 30%
28% 26% 24%
18%
Africa Asia Europe & Latin Oceania Canada United Middle East
(excluding Near East America States
Near & & Caribbean
Middle East)
2010-11 2014-15
5%
10%
27%
58%
FTE OF PT
FT
FT FT FT FACULTY FTE OF
REGION TENURE
TENURED NON-TENURED TOTAL (NO GTAs
TRACK
GTAs)
U.S. 45.7% 18.8% 19.5% 84.0% 14.3% 1.7%
Canada 48.7% 14.9% 15.4% 79.1% 19.0% 1.9%
Latin America &
30.2% 7.7% 18.4% 58.9% 38.1% 3.0%
Caribbean
Asia (excluding
43.1% 13.6% 13.9% 75.6% 22.8% 1.6%
Near & Middle East)
Oceania 64.9% 8.7% 13.6% 87.2% 8.3% 4.5%
Middle East 32.4% 20.3% 33.0% 90.2% 9.5% 0.3%
Europe - - - 74.1% 18.8% 7.1%
Source: AACSB International Business School Questionnaire (201415)
Note: Tenure-track data is not collected for the European region. Near East and Africa had
insufficient data.
GTA refers to Graduate Teaching Assistant.
352,052
342,760
336,912
332,012
321,206
220
215
205
203
198
Note: No average provided if fewer than three faculty were reported for a discipline.
Note: No average reported when fewer than three administrators were reported for a category.
56.8 55.9
48.7
26.5
24.6
19 20.1
10.9
Canada United Latin Asia Oceania Africa Middle East Europe &
States America & (excluding Near East
Caribbean Near &
Middle East)
76.8% 78.3%
60.0%
32.5%
17.4% 18.8%
5.8% 7.5%
2.9%
Net flow of funds from the business school to the parent institution
77%
of large schools have a net
flow to the parent institution
34.1
32.1
25.5
15.3
12.8 11.8
7.2
3.3
Canada United Latin Asia Oceania Africa Middle East Europe &
States America & (excluding Near East
Caribbean Near &
Middle East)
85.9%
83.0%
77.1%
22.9%
17.0%
14.2%
UNIVERSITY/
TUITION & GOVERNMENT
REGION INSTITUTION
FEES APPROPRIATIONS
ALLOCATIONS
Canada 12.8% 10.0% 61.2%
United States 52.5% 9.2% 21.9%
Latin America & Caribbean 81.5% 0.0% 0.4%
Asia (excluding Near & Middle East) 60.7% 10.4% 7.7%
Oceania 44.6% 16.5% 22.1%
Africa 35.0% 8.3% 23.6%
Europe & Near East 63.5% 9.4% 3.3%
Middle East 71.6% 20.0% 2.4%
All Regions 45.5% 7.7% 16.7%
Source: AACSB International BSQ Finances Module (201415)
Note: Not all categories of school fund sources are listed.
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COLLABORATIONS
COLLABORATIONS
Middle East
2%
Latin America & Caribbean
8%
Northern
Oceania
America
2%
18%
Africa
3%
Asia
Europe & (excluding
Near East Near & Middle
42% East)
25%
5,949
2,636
1,552
957
515
194 105
Undergraduate
22.2% 11.1% 8.7% 3.8% 34.8% 20.5%
and Masters
Masters and
0.7% 1.2% 0.0% 0.3% 1.1% 0.0%
Doctoral
Undergraduate
0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0%
and Doctoral
Undergraduate,
Masters, and 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 1.0% 2.4% 5.1%
Doctoral
NUMBER OF NUMBER OF
COLLABORA- PERCENT SCHOOLS PERCENT
COLLABORATION
TIONS OF TOTAL REPORTING OF TOTAL
ACTIVITY TYPE
THAT INCLUDE COLLABORATIONS ACTIVITY SCHOOLS
ACTIVITY TYPE TYPE
Study Abroad/
10,078 87.4% 441 88.7%
Student Exchange
Faculty Activity 2,455 21.3% 287 57.7%
Dual Degree
775 6.7% 198 39.8%
(or Multiple Degree)
Other 628 5.4% 134 27.0%
Articulation/
423 3.7% 106 21.3%
Twinning Agreement
Non-Degree/
375 3.3% 106 21.3%
Executive Education
Joint Degree 360 3.1% 104 20.9%
Shared Resources 137 1.2% 49 9.9%
Franchise Agreement 57 0.5% 19 3.8%
Validation Agreement 52 0.5% 28 5.6%
Note: Collaborations with multiple elements are included in each applicable row.
Collaboration Definitions
Dual Degree (or Multiple Degree)a collaborative program where a student who completes the
program receives multiple degrees from the collaborative schools.
Faculty Activitypartnerships and alliances wherein the partner schools have collaborative faculty
agreements in any of the following areas: pedagogical development, events, publications, collabora-
tive research, faculty exchange/visiting faculty, or other faculty activity.
Joint Degreea collaborative program where a student who completes the program receives a
single degree from all involved schools.
PERCENTAGE OF
MEMBER TYPE NUMBER
TOTAL
Educational Members 1,435 92.9%
NON-EDUCATIONAL MEMBERS
Corporate Members 33 2.1%
Nonprofit Organization 15 1.0%
Management Associations 7 0.4%
Total Non-Educational 55 3.6%
Total AACSB Members 1,490 100.0%
Source: AACSB International
PERCENTAGE OF
ACCREDITATION TYPE NUMBER
TOTAL
Business 746 100.0%
Business and Accounting 182 24.3%
ACCREDITATION BY DEGREE
LEVELS OFFERED
Undergraduate Only 42 5.6%
Master's Only 32 4.3%
Undergraduate and Master's 357 47.9%
Undergraduate, Master's, and Doctoral 280 37.5%
Master's and Doctoral 35 4.7%
Georgia Lithuania
Ghana Senegal
Honduras Ukraine
74%
47%
36% 33% 33%
35% 33% 33% 33% 33% 33%
29% 30% 27%
22% 20% 22%
19%
14% 14%
4%
Canada United Latin Asia Oceania Africa Middle East Europe &
States America & (excluding Near East
Caribbean Near &
Middle East)
AACSB Networking
123 countries.
in the AACSB Exchange across
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As the worlds largest accreditation association for business schools, AACSB sets and
administers the standards that indicate an accredited schools commitment to quality
and continuous improvement.
With the worlds largest database of business school information, AACSB is uniquely
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business schools throughout the world. AACSB engages in research and survey
projects, maintains relationships with disciplinary associations and other groups,
interacts with the corporate community, and produces a wide variety of publications
and special reports on trends and issues within management education.
AACSB is also the largest professional development organization for business school
deans, faculty, and administrators. The organization holds more than 80 conferences
and seminars at various locations around the world each year to advance quality and
innovation in business education.
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