Graduation and Attrition Rates of European Business School Doctorate Programs

European business schools accept more students in their Business school doctoral programs as opposed to American Universities. However, they also have a higher attrition and lower graduation rate. Think of it as a funnel: More gets in, and less gets out.

Now, you shouldn't go into a Phd Program with negative or pessimistic thoughts. However, you will be a fool not to consider these factors when you are making perhaps the biggest educational decision of your life.

I have information about a couple of programs that I thought I'd share with you. Please note that my research is limited to aacsb accredited programs only.

Greboble Ecole de Management DBA (France): Very high attrition rates. Only 10-20% students are able to finish the program. In one year, they only had one graduate from a class of 13 students. (source: their website).

University of Surrey (UK): Graduation rates of 40-60% on average. (source: email exchange).

Please share your thoughts and knowledge in this regard.