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Salaries at Top 20 Business Schools - Class of 2018 03 Feb 2020, 14:42
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Hi all,
Out of curiosity- anyone has the average salary post MBA for the last 10-15 years? (avergae salary per school for each of the years post the financial crisis)

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Hi Everyone, I am presenting here placement stats of class of 2018 MBA students at top 20 US Bschools and salaries offered to domestic and international students. Salary figures shown here have been taken from latest US News MBA ranking.

  • NYU Stern reported the highest increase - 7% - in the salaries offered to their graduates.
  • We can also see decent increase in the salaries offered to the graduates of MIT, Yale, Duke, and UNC.
  • There is a large difference in the salaries offered to domestic students of Stanford in comparison with the salaries offered to their international students.

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US News RankSchoolOverall SalaryIncrease / (Decrease) from Last YearSalary to Domestic ApplicantsSalary to International Applicants
2Stanford146K1%150K132K
1Wharton140K3%142K133K
3Harvard139K1%141K136K
3MIT Sloan135K5%135KN/A
3Chicago Booth132K2%134K127K
6Columbia131K2%131K130K
12Tuck130K2%132K126K
12NYU Stern129K7%130K126K
6Kellogg128K0%132K120K
6Berkeley Haas128K2%130K123K
10Duke Fuqua128K4%130K125K
12UVA Darden128K2%N/AN/A
10Michigan Ross127K2%128K123K
9Yale SOM126K6%127K124K
15Cornell Johnson126K0%129K120K
17USC Marshall123K4%124K104K
16UCLA Anderson122K2%124K118K
21Emory Goizueta121K1%122K117K
17CMU Tepper120K1%121K119K
19McCombs119K3%120K114K
19Kenan-Flagler117K5%117K115K



US News RankSchoolSalary Figures by Industries
ConsultingConsumer ProductsFinancial ServicesHealthcareManufacturingReal EstateTechnology
1Wharton143K117K146K131K134K128K132K
2Stanford146K133K167K129K118K136K
3Harvard145K119K152K135K133K124K130K
3MIT Sloan143K121K134K133K135K183K134K
3Chicago Booth140K116K133K128K118K106K128K
6Columbia143K115K135K125K98K123K122K
6Kellogg141K110K132K120K115K122K126K
6Berkeley Haas132K121K126K115K121K99K133K
9Yale SOM136K115K127K110K112K102K126K
10Duke Fuqua140K107K125K120K116K127K
10Michigan Ross137K110K126K118K119K125K
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I found this yesterday when looking for something else. Menlo Coaching has similar write ups on the other top 25 schools (search "menlo mba ranking" to find it; I wasn’t able to find it via their main page). Scroll down about half way and you’ll see they have the average compensation at 175k for Ross (and similarly higher for other schools).

Any ideas on the source of the discrepancy?
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Hi! I think this is due to some including signing bonus and this table having pure salary. We have changed our methodology to also include bonus and other Comp. that seemed a lot more realistic of a picture.


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I found this yesterday when looking for something else. Menlo Coaching has similar write ups on the other top 25 schools (search "menlo mba ranking" to find it; I wasn’t able to find it via their main page). Scroll down about half way and you’ll see they have the average compensation at 175k for Ross (and similarly higher for other schools).

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In our school pages at https://menlocoaching.com/top-mba-programs/, we are using the signing bonuses and salaries as reported in each school's employment report.

As bb points out, there are many types of compensation that are not included anywhere in the employment reports, which are published according to the standards of the MBA CSEA. For example:

  • Many tech companies grant stock to their employees
  • PE/VC firms offer carried interest (i.e. participation in the returns of the fund) to employees at the VP and up levels
  • There are many non-guaranteed bonuses besides the signing bonus

So, data from employment reports will always under-report total compensation. But because all schools report to the same standard, you can make apples-to-apples comparisons across schools when comparing data on the employment reports.
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What would be examples of big tech opportunities for an MBA grad from a top school with a financial background?
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It is disheartening to see MBA program cost is way higher than after MBA one year salary. Standford MBA cost is ~ $200,000.

One of my friend, who is totally against of me going for MBA, asked me whether I will get $200K after MBA. I couldn't say YES. LOL
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It is disheartening to see MBA program cost is way higher than after MBA one year salary. Standford MBA cost is ~ $200,000.

One of my friend, who is totally against of me going for MBA, asked me whether I will get $200K after MBA. I couldn't say YES. LOL
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I don’t know why in a year? Where did this benchmark come from? You planning to retire after just a year? 😂

Frankly I don’t know ANY investments that pay back in 1 year…. But yes, look at all those idiots lining up at Stanford to pay the tuition. At the same time, Stanford has need based financial assistance and if you get in and can’t afford it, you can get funding. So if you get into Stanford, don’t reject it right away because it is too expensive.

Here is the thing, applications are a complex process. Even I am learning some of the details still. There are a lot of details and the more you research and know, the better. Just as people get financial assistance, nobody takes home 200k. Taxes in the US take up to a third of your income or more in California. There are costs of living and other required expenses.

MBA is not for the faint-hearted.

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