The male-dominated world of business has always been reflected in the world of business education. Despite years of talking about improving equality in this sector, there are still disparities in the numbers of men and women admitted for MBAs, and in their career progress after leaving business school.
We can now track how much progress is being made, using data collected for the FT global MBA rankings. Ahead of the 2022 rankings, published on February 14, we have pulled together a snapshot of how women have fared, at business school and beyond, using data from the past 15 years.
Every year, our information comes from those people who finished their programmes three years previously, to assess different aspects of the course they completed, as well as the uplift in their salaries and careers once they have an MBA. Business schools also provide data related to faculty, enrolment and programme information.