MBA Boost To Salary Declining, Says FT

The Salary Boosting Power of The MBA Over The Years

 

School Salary Increase in 2012 Salary Increase in 1999 Decline in % Points
Harvard 121% 209% 88
Stanford 115% 175% 60
UPenn (Wharton) 121% 193% 72
London Business School 124% 149% 25
Columbia 123% 236% 113
Northwestern (Kellogg) 99% 155% 56
Chicago (Booth) 108% 195% 87
Dartmouth (Tuck) 117% 193% 76
INSEAD 96% 130% 34
New York (Stern) 106% 166% 60
Virginia (Darden) 110% 177% 67
UNC (Kenan-Flagler) 98% 162% 64

Source: The Financial Times’ 1999 and 2013 global MBA rankings

Notes: The salary increase numbers reflect the average salary of an alumnus of the school three years after graduation compared to his or her pre-MBA annual salary.

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