MBA at Ivey Business School vs Rotman School of Business

• The total class at Rotman consists of 51% international students while at Ivey it is only 30%. There are 32 different languages spoken at Rotman and 30 at Ivey.
• Out of the students, the male:female ratio at Ivey is 65:35 while that at Rotman is 56:44.
• The age range of the students at Ivey is 24-35 while that at Rotman is 22-36.
• The majority of the students in both schools had an academic background in business and had prior work experience in the financial services industry.
• Ivey students can choose electives from the categories of Finance, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Corporate Strategy & Leadership, and International Management.
• Rotman offers electives in the categories of Accounting, Economic Analysis & Policy, Finance, Marketing, Operations Management, Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource Management, and Strategic Management. They also have some electives offered through the Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking.
• The majority of Ivey graduates were placed in the consulting industry whereas those of Rotman were placed in the financial services industry.
• Only 85% of MBA graduates from Rotman received job offers within three months of graduation, while the employment rate at Ivey was 91%.
• Ivey is located in London, which is the 11th largest city in Canada and is a very happening place for businesses. It is also called the ‘Forest City’, having a lot of parks and trails for nature lovers.
• Toronto is Canada’s commercial capital and home to the second-largest financial center in North America. It is known the world over for being a city of opportunity, and Rotman students have the advantage of making better entrepreneurial connections.

Ivey has good placements within the country and in the USA, but if you are planning to come back to your home country afterward, then Rotman is the best option for you. University of Toronto is better-known in Asia and hence has more brand value.