HEC Paris again ranks first among providers of “pre-experience” masters in finance courses, for students with little or no relevant professional history. The business school’s Master of Science in International Finance has come top every year — apart from 2017, when French rival Edhec edged it aside, and 2019, when the ranking was not produced.
Financial uplift for alumni is central to HEC Paris’s success: its students had the highest percentage salary increase three years after completion, and the third-highest average salary, at just under $173,000. The school also ranked second for its career service, and third for international work mobility — measured by changes in the country of employment between course completion and today.
As in recent years, French business schools dominate the top five places for this ranking, with ESCP in second, Skema in third, Essec in fourth and Edhec in fifth. This continuing success is rooted in their long history of running MiF degrees and their connection with the finance sector.