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Chicago Booth’s Six Highest Paying Industries for the Class of 2011

Industry	Salary	Range	Bonus	Range
Private Equity	$155,000	$105,000 – $300,000	NA	NA
Consulting	$125,000	$70,000 – $150,000	$20,000	NA
Technology *	$120,000	$85,000 – $130,000	$10,000	NA
Internet/E-Commerce	$110,000	$80,000 – $135,000	NA	NA
Health Care **	$110,000	$50,000 – $123,000	$15,000	NA
Energy	$102,000	$85,000 – $140,000	$20,000	NA

Source: Chicago’s Booth School of Business 2011 Employment Report * Technology category covers only electronic equipment ** Includes pharma, biotech and healthcare products and services. Salary, signing bonus and other guaranteed bonus numbers are reported as medians.

Kellogg’s Six Highest Paying Industries for the Class of 2011

Industry	Salary	Range	Signing Bonus*	Range	% of Class
Law/Legal Services	$160,000	$150,000 – $170,000	$20,000	$3,000 – $52,000	1.0%
Venture Capital	$130,500	$100,000 – $175,000	$25,000	$7,500 – $47,500	1.0%
Consulting	$125,000	$45,500 – $172,000	$20,000	$5,000 – $80,000	37.0%
Private Equity	$120,000	$40,000 – $250,000	$25,000	$7,500 – $47,500	4.0%
Healthcare Consulting	$120,000	$89,000 – $140,000	$20,000	$5,000 – $80,000	2.0%
Electronic Equipment	$115,000	$70,000 – $130,000	$15,000	$5,000 – $40,000	2.0%

Source: Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management 2011 Employment Report* In reporting sign-on bonuses, Kellogg grouped several categories. Private equity was combined with venture capital, and health care consulting was combined with consulting, among others similar changes. Salary, signing bonus and other guaranteed bonus numbers are reported as medians. The high median for law and legal services appears to be a special case or two because only 1% of the graduating class went into that field.

Harvard Business School’s Highest Paying Industries for the Class of 2011

Industry	Salary	Range*	Signing Bonus	Other Bonus
Hedge Funds	$150,000	$122,500 – $192,500	$20,000	$150,000
Venture Capital	$145,000	$125,000 – $150,000	NA	NA
Private Equity/LBO	$130,000	$120,000 – $156,250	$25,000	$120,938
High Tech	$125,000	$120,000 – $135,000	$20,000	NA
Consulting	$125,000	$125,000 – $134,750	$20,000	$15,000
Services/Real Estate	$120,000	$101,250 – $130,000	$18,250	NA
Diversified Manufacturing	$120,000	$116,750 – $120,000	$20,000	NA

Source: Harvard Business School 2011 Employment Report * Unlike other business schools, Harvard does not report the full range of salaries but instead reports the 25th percentile figure and the 75 percentile figure. Salary, signing bonus and other guaranteed bonus numbers are reported as medians.

Stanford’s Highest Paying Industries for the Class of 2011

Industry	Salary	Range	Signing Bonus	Other Bonus	Range
Private Equity	$150,000	$52,000 – $250,000	$25,000	$165,000	$40,000 – $250,000
Venture Capital	$150,000	$100,000 – $200,000	NA	$62,500	$26,250 – $120,000
Hedge Funds	$150,000	$110,000 – $200,000	$25,000	$137,500	$25,000 – $500,000
Consulting	$125,000	$60,000 – $145,000	$20,000	$30,000	$4,000 – $50,000
Media/Entertainment	$120,000	$127,400 – $175,000	$10,000	NA	NA
Energy/Clean Tech	$120,000	$122,500 – $150,000	$40,000	NA	NA
Manufacturing	$120,000	$80,000 – $120,000	$10,000	NA	NA
Consumer Electronics	$120,000	$119,167 – $130,000	$25,000	NA	NA

Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 2011 Employment Report Salary, signing bonus and other guaranteed bonus numbers are reported as medians.

Berkeley’s Highest Paying Industries for the Class of 2011

Industry	Salary	Signing Bonus	Other Bonus	% of Class
Private Equity	$150,000	NA	NA	1.5%
Consulting	$130,500	$25,872	$34,590	27.1%
Real Esate	$125,000	NA	NA	3.0%
Investment Mgt.	$120,000	$10,000	$29,778	5.9%
Biopharma	$115,000	$18,929	NA	3.4%
Internet/e-Commerce	$110,000	$19,000	$20,225	12.8%
Technology-Hardware	$110,000	$14,583	$13,000	3.9%
Utilities	$110,000	$25,000	$16,000	3.0%

Source: Berkeley’s Haas School of Business 2011 Employment Report The school does not report the range of salaries or bonuses for each industry. All numbers in the table are medians.

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