1. You answered your own question. The great schools produce much higher salaries. They are much better investments.
2. HHL has mostly German students, and the long track there is ideal for people aiming to improve fluency in English. But don't pick a sub-optimal MBA on the basis of language classes. Outcomes from the German language MBA at the FP will be much worse. Any school can help you with learning German.

Hi Duncan. Thanks a lot for your answer. I had read many of your posts before and would like to thank you for being so kind and professional in this field. So your suggestion would be FSFM>HHL>Pforzheim>EBS. Right?

Frankfurt first if you want finance work in Frankfurt. Otherwise I would put HHL above Frankfurt. EBS and Pforzheim are so different. EBS is posh and private, Pforzheim is very much a state school for engineering firms.

Any school can help you with learning German.

I would just clarify: they will provide language classes, but due to bandwidth issues it will be pretty difficult to make a substantial improvement in your German language level during a full-time MBA.

You'll gain some if you focus but if you are starting from scratch there's simply not enough time to become fluent.

Thanks Duncan and Larry. For language, I will try to get B1 or B2 before the start of course. I also found in Frankfurt, I could find a language center at night or weekends which I think would be an advantage of considering the city.

Just on Larry's point about improving in the course. Different schools will have different settings and different levels of German language support. Imagine the long MBA in Leipzig, where they will have to learn some German, and a short MBA in a big West German city where you can so everything in English, like Frankfurt.

Thanks Duncan and Larry. For language, I will try to get B1 or B2 before the start of course. I also found in Frankfurt, I could find a language center at night or weekends which I think would be an advantage of considering the city.

Don't underestimate the time requirements of a full-time MBA: nights and weekends will often be consumed by school work, networking, and events.

@candy2020 Pforzheim is a great school and it's focus isn't just on engineering. I'm currently doing the International MBA and we have C-suite & director level guests in classroom. They offer intensive language courses as part of the curriculum & the program is SUPER international, we have over 9 different nationalities in the classroom. Some of the regular master's courses have more Germans but the International MBA is very diverse as I know from experience.

The curriculum is also more focused on applied sciences instead of theory so you do a lot more practical work. In regards to salaries, you can still get a high salary with an MBA from Pforzheim. We have a TON of alumni in upper level management in Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Cologne, etc. In regards to bang for your buck, this is easily one of the best MBA's you can get.

Nine is super international?!?

Class size is something like 20-25 students. My guess is there are (relatively) quite a lot of students from single countries (India, China...) Probably not a lot of Germans in the MBA so in that sense it might be considered international!

Nine is super international?!?

We have had dozens of different countries in our program. My class of 20 has 9 different nationalities, all from different regions of their respective countries. In that regard, it is more international than many MBA programs such as Heilbronn, ESB, etc.

On another note, I don't appreciate your passive aggressive remarks, it is not conducive to the nature of this site. It feels like you constantly attack others for voicing their actual opinions and experiences. Please accept others right to state their opinions in this forum.