Tuck | Mr. Invest In Change
GMAT 710, GPA 3.1
Tuck | Mr. Chemical Engineer
GRE 326, GPA 3
INSEAD | Mr. Future AI Product Manager
GMAT 715, GPA 3.7
NYU Stern | Mr. Operations Strategy & Youth Leadership
GMAT 770, GPA 4
IE Business School | Mr. JD Garay
GRE GPA: 3.9, GPA 3.0
Kellogg SOM | Mr. Military To Entrepreneur
GMAT 745, GPA 2.38
London Business School | Mr. Decarbonisation
GMAT 695, GPA 3.5
Kellogg SOM | Mr. MENA Growth Equity
GMAT 730, GPA 3.4
Kellogg SOM | Mr. West Point Logistics
GRE 327, GPA 2.76
Harvard | Mr. Energy & AI PM
GRE 328, GPA 9.65
Tepper | Mr. Tech Mil-Veteran
GMAT TBD, GPA 3.35
Columbia | Mr. European MBB Consultant
GMAT 645 (Gmat Focus), GPA 8.2
MIT Sloan | Mr. Startup Strategy
GMAT 720, GPA 3.7
Stanford GSB | Mr. Mid-Market PE
GMAT 770, GPA 4
Stanford GSB | Mr. MBB Guy From Big 4 & Startup
GRE 325, GPA 3

MBA Boost To Salary Declining, Says FT

Has the MBA’s power to increase your pay fallen?

by: John A. Byrne on January 29, 2013 | 5 minute read

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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