Fast Facts: Graduate
As of September 2024
Total graduate population: 1,166 (including non-degree students)
Average class size: 26
Number of full-time faculty: 123
Percent with terminal degrees: 89%
Student-faculty ratio: 14:1
U.S. News and World Report Graduate Rankings:
- Accounting: 14
- Business Analytics: 25
- Finance: 16
- International Business: 13
- Marketing: 13
- Part-time MBA: 42
- Full-time MBA: 62
- Executive MBA: 18
Businessweek Rankings:
- Full-time M.B.A.: 55
Poets & Quants Graduate Rankings:
- Full-time M.B.A.: 60
- E.M.B.A.: 12
Financial Times Global Rankings:
- Corporate social responsibility: 29
- E.M.B.A.: 23 in the U.S.
- E.M.B.A.: 81 Globally
- Full-time M.B.A.: 100 Globally
Financial Times Global Masters in Finance - Pre-Experience Rankings:
- M.S. in Global Finance:
- 50 worldwide
- 9 in North America
Corporate Knights Better World M.B.A. Rankings
- M.B.A.: 24 worldwide
Forbes M.B.A. Rankings:
- Full-time M.B.A.: 58
- Full-time M.B.A. Ranking: 51
- Part-time M.B.A. Ranking: 42
The Economist Rankings:
- E.M.B.A.: 33
- WhichMBA 2020 EMBA Gender Balance: 1
QuantNet Best Financial Engineering Programs:
- M.S. in Quantitative Finance: 17 in North America
Risk.net Quant Finance Masters Guide ranking: 17 worldwide (M.S.Q.F.)
QS Business Schools Rankings:
- M.B.A.: 56 nationwide
- M.S. in Business Analytics: 37 worldwide
CEO Magazine Rankings:
- M.B.A.: Tier 1, North America
- E.M.B.A.: Tier 1, Global; 52 worldwide
M.B.A. program specific facts:
Percentage of International students: 60%
Percentage of Male / Female: 61% / 39%
Mean GMAT: 659
Average age: 28
Average years of work experience: 5.3
Full-Time, Professional, Executive - M.B.A. program specific facts:
Percentage of International students: 28%
Percentage of Male / Female: 57% / 43%
Students in all MS programs are also offered the Gabelli Leadership™ Certification.
M.S. program specific facts:
Percentage of International students: 80%
Percentage of Male / Female: 47% / 53%
Mean GMAT: 620-690
Average age: 24
Average years of work experience: 1.0
Academic competitions
Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Cup
Offers real-world experience in mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, financial advisory, and private equity.
- No. 1, New York Regional (2019)
- No. 1, New York Regional (2017)
- No. 1, New York Regional (2016)
- No. 2, New York regional (2014)
- No. 1, New York regional (2013)
- No. 1, New York regional (2012)
Institutional Investor All-America Student Analyst Competition
Attracts more than 2,000 students from 75 to 80 universities. Competitors invest a mock portfolio for three months, trading on day-end prices and balancing long and short strategies.
- No. 1 school overall (2014), placing the most students—nine—into the Top 100 ranking tables
- 1st and 3rd place in the individual competition (2014) with four students in the national Top 20
- 5th place in the individual competition (2015) with 14 students in the national Top 100
University Trading Challenge
- No. 1 overall (2016, 2015, 2014)
- Best Team Trading Award (2015)
- Best Presentation Award (2015)
CFA Institute Research Challenge
Promotes best practices in research among the next generation of analysts, providing practical experience in researching and reporting on publicly traded companies.
- No. 1, New York region (2014), and Americas finalist (Top 10) — competed in Denver
- No. 1, New York region (2013), and Americas finalist (Top 10) — competed in London
- Final Four, New York region (2015)
PRMIA Risk Management Competition
Simulates real-life risk-management challenges via a case-study approach. Sponsored by the Professional Risk Managers International Association, it carries a cash prize of about $10,000.
- No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 teams in New York regional (2014) were from Fordham, out of 24 total entrants