Does the Triple Crown make a Corvinus degree more valuable?

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Does the Triple Crown make a Corvinus degree more valuable?

Corvinus University has been awarded EQUIS accreditation for three years, making it the first university in Hungary to join the exclusive group of Triple Crown institutions, which comprises just 1% of the world’s business schools. But how does this affect the value of degrees held by current and former students?

In business education, the “Triple Crown” refers to an institution holding three major international business accreditations simultaneously:

AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business)

AMBA (Association of MBAs)

EQUIS (EFMD Quality Improvement System)

By achieving the Triple Crown, Corvinus has joined an exclusive group: currently, only 153 institutions worldwide – less than one percent of business schools – hold all three accreditations. Corvinus now holds this distinction alongside prestigious higher education institutions such as INSEAD in France, Aarhus University in Denmark, King’s College London and Norwegian Business School. Corvinus is the first university in Hungary and the eighth in Central and Eastern Europe to join this group.

A few years ago, we tried to estimate and quantify the value of a Corvinus degree based on data from Hungary’s Graduate Career Tracking System. We found, for example, that a Corvinus graduate with a degree in Business Administration and Management earns approximately 30% more than graduates of other universities. The Triple Crown is now expected to further increase the value of a Corvinus degree – not only for those graduating from the university in the coming years, but also for alumni who already hold a Corvinus degree:

As the Triple Crown is a globally recognised distinction that can only be earned by meeting very strict requirements, graduating from a Triple Crown-accredited university may provide an advantage when applying for jobs on both the Hungarian and international labour markets.

There are further factors from which alumni can benefit. Business schools holding all three accreditations have extensive international alumni, industry and academic networks – as these connections are among the requirements for achieving the Triple Crown. Alumni can also make use of this extensive network to build professional relationships and support their own development as well as the development of their organisations.

Professional development: AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS accreditations demonstrate that the university meets strict quality standards in its educational programmes. This means that students can be confident that they will gain up-to-date and valuable knowledge when enrolling in one of Corvinus’ postgraduate specialist programmes, the Corvinus Executive MBA, or one of the university’s master’s programmes. What’s more, alumni discounts are available for most of these programmes: 10% for postgraduate specialist programmes and the Executive MBA, and 30% for Corvinus’ English-language master’s programmes.