Where MBA Career Pay Totals $3 Million-Plus

Top 25 Schools Whose MBAs Make The Most

Rank & School	Career Pay Total	Pay At 20-Year Mark	Pay At 10-Year Mark	Pay at 5-Year Mark
1. Harvard	$3,639,643	$224,000	$169,000	$136,000
2. UPenn (Wharton)	$3,460,707	$214,000	$164,000	$146,000
3. Stanford GSB	$3,432,013	$220,000	$166,000	$129,000
4. Columbia	$3,164,298	$191,000	$149,000	$117,000
5. Dartmouth (Tuck)	$3,107,417	$174,000	$147,000	$128,000
6. Northwestern (Kellogg)	$3,069,620	$204,000	$139,000	$119,000
7. MIT (Sloan)	$3,029,653	$169,000	$143,000	$125,000
8. Chicago (Booth)	$3,004,828	$215,000	$137,000	$115,000
9. UC-Berkeley (Haas)	$2,976,382	$171,000	$141,000	$117,000
10. Yale School of Mgt.	$2,939,871	$172,000	$144,000	$125,000
11. Virginia (Darden)	$2,937,835	$191,000	$142,000	$108,000
12. Duke (Fuqua)	$2,781,032	$170,000	$131,000	$104,000
13. New York (Stern)	$2,750,304	$176,000	$129,000	$102,000
14. Cornell (Johnson)	$2,738,723	$180,000	$129,000	$97,400
15. Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)	$2,673,352	$158,000	$130,000	$101,000
16. UCLA (Anderson)	$2,662,331	$171,000	$129,000	$103,000
17. Michigan (Ross)	$2,604,044	$157,000	$121,000	$104,000
18. Emory (Goizueta)	$2,573,954	$164,000	$116,000	$94,400
19. Vanderbilt (Owen)	$2,562,743	$168,000	$113,000	$95,300
20. Georgetown (McDonough)	$2,552,660	$160,000	$114,000	$101,000
21. Notre Dame (Mendoza)	$2,546,294	$162,000	$121,000	$96,100
22. UNC (Kenan-Flagler)	$2,506,915	$157,000	$110,000	$95,700
23. Southern Cal (Marshall)	$2,484,016	$165,000	$115,000	$95,900
24. Texas-Austin (McCombs)	$2,449,480	$164,000	$115,000	$91,800
25. Rice (Jones)	$2,434,747	$140,000	$120,000	$98,500

Source: Payscale

(See following page for the next 25 schools that round out the top 50)

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