These two, like London Business School and Wharton School, share the same position. However, in 2008, Stanford (USA) stood 4th and IE Business School (Spain) stood at the 8th position.
So while Stanford moved two points down the ladder IE Business School moved two points up.
Average alumni salary today (in US $) for Stanford GSB: 1,70,340
Average alumni salary today (in US $) for IE Business School: 1,32,925
Photograph courtesy: Stanford University; IE Business School. Image: (Top) Stanford University GSB and (bottom) IE Business School
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