More top-performing CEOs now have engineering degrees than MBAs

Yet another reason to consider urging your kids to go into engineering: For the second year in a row, the best-performing CEOs in the world were more likely to have an engineering degree than an MBA.

Harvard Business Review, the management bible, released its annual ranking Monday of the top-performing CEOs around the globe. It found that engineering degrees are actually slightly more prevalent among these top corner office occupants than the finance- and strategy-focused MBA, a trend that could reflect strong performance among tech-driven CEOs but also a possible openness to engineering backgrounds among a wider range of companies.