Highest & Lowest Paid MBAs of 2016

HIGHEST PAID MBAS OF 2016 IN THE U.S. & OVERSEAS

School	U.S. Salary	U.S. Sign-On	U.S. Other	Foreign Salary	Foreign Sign-on	Foreign Other
Harvard	$500,000	$100,000	$300,000	$250,000	$130,000	$250,000
Stanford	$450,000	$75,000	$400,000	$225,000	$70,000	$246,000
Columbia	$325,000	$70,000	$227,000	$280,000	$75,000	$250,000
Emory	$300,000	$60,000	$110,000	$150,000	$50,000	$25,500
Cornell	$280,000	$65,000	$125,000	$160,000	$60,000	$51,200
Wharton	$250,000	$150,000	$250,000	$250,000	$175,000	$200,000
Dartmouth	$250,000	$90,000	$250,000	$170,000	$62,166	$60,000
Kellogg	$250,000	$202,710	$145,000	NA	NA	NA
Duke	$225,000	$60,000	$150,000	$160,000	$88,000	$125,000
Chicago	$215,000	$77,000	$272,500	$180,000	$75,000	$160,000
INSEAD	$190,000	NA	NA	$204,100	NA	NA
MIT	$200,000	$77,000	NA	NA	NA	NA
Yale	$200,000	$65,000	$150,000	$260,000	$70,000	$165,000
UNC	$180,000	$60,000	$31,250	$147,000	$50,000	$89,000
NYU	$180,000	$75,000	$65,000	$175,000	$60,000	$100,000
Indiana	$180,000	$60,000	NA	$140,000	$42,000	$12,000
Vanderbilt	$180,000	$65,000	$89,390	$140,000	$60,000	NA
Michigan	$175,000	$77,500	$80,000	$150,000	$75,000	$90,000
Berkeley	$170,000	$60,000	$99,000	$170,000	$65,000	$99,000
Carnegie	$170,000	$65,000	$44,000	$167,000	$88,500	$20,500
Virginia	$168,000	$65,000	$58,360	$147,000	$75,000	$60,000
Wash U	$163,000	$50,000	$57,500	$120,000	$35,000	NA
Texas	$160,000	$60,000	$80,000	$147,000	$45,000	$28,527
London	$155,000	NA	$95,045	$200,000	NA	$136,000
Georgetwn	$150,000	$60,000	$60,000	$167,000	$57,500	$41,000
UCLA	$150,000	$89,500	$50,000	$170,000	$88,000	$128,000
Univ. Wash	$150,000	$60,000	$80,000	$145,000	$45,000	$28,527
Rice	$150,000	$60,000	$20,000	$147,000	$47,500	$60,000

Source: Business school employment reports and schools reporting to U.S. News Notes: INSEAD reports both sign-on bonus and other guaranteed compensation together

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