Fast Facts: Graduate
Total graduate population: 1,618 (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: 12
- Business Analytics: 21
- Finance: 12
- International Business: 12
- Marketing: 14
- Part-time MBA: 63
- Full-time MBA: 64
- Executive MBA: 31
Businessweek Rankings:
- Full-time MBA: 43
Poets & Quants Graduate Rankings:
- MBA: 51
- EMBA: 10
Financial Times Global MBA Rankings:
- Corporate social responsibility: 29
- EMBA: 23 in the U.S. (98, globally)
Financial Times Global Masters in Finance - Pre-Experience Rankings:
- MS in Global Finance:
- 50 worldwide
- 9 in North America
Corporate Knights Better World MBA Rankings
- MBA: 24 worldwide
Forbes MBA Rankings:
- Full-time MBA: 58
- Full-time MBA Ranking: 38
- Part-time MBA Ranking: 42
The Economist Rankings:
- EMBA: 33
- WhichMBA 2020 EMBA Gender Balance: 1
QuantNet Best Financial Engineering Programs:
- MS in Quantitative Finance: 17 in North America
Risk.net Quant Finance Masters Guide ranking: 17 worldwide (MSQF)
QS Business Schools Rankings:
- MBA: 56 nationwide
- MS in Business Analytics: 37 worldwide
CEO Magazine Rankings:
- MBA: Tier 1, North America
- EMBA: Tier 1, Global; 52 worldwide
MBA-program specific facts:
Percentage of International students: 35%
Percentage of Male / Female: 56% / 44%
Mean GMAT: 659
Average age: 28
Average years of work experience: 5.3
Students in all MS programs are also offered the Gabelli Leadership™ Certification.
MS-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