What You Can Expect To Make With An MBA From A Top School

Highest Starting Salary & Bonus For Graduating MBAs At Top Business Schools

School 2014 Pay 2013 Pay 2012 Pay 2011 Pay 2010 Pay 5-Year Change
Wake Forest $94,298 $93,957 $100,897 $91,504 $88,390 6.7%
South Carolina (Moore) $93,069 NA NA NA NA NA
Howard University $92,653 NA NA NA NA NA
Georgia (Terry) $92,432 $86,096 $91,830 NA NA NA
Texas Christian (Neeley) $90,117 NA NA NA NA NA
George Washington $89,671 $87,198 $89,508 NA NA NA
UC-Irvine (Merage) $88,519 $89,719 $80,809 $79,149 $76,981 15.0%
Massachusetts (Isenberg) $87,083 NA NA NA NA NA
Babson (Olin) $87,057 NA NA NA NA NA
Tulane (Freeman) $86,925 NA NA NA NA NA
Pittsburgh (Katz) $83,936 NA NA NA NA NA
Texas-Dallas $83,901 NA NA NA NA NA
Case Western (Weatherhead) $83,465 NA NA NA NA NA
NC State (Jenkins) $83,215 NA NA NA NA NA
Arizona (Eller) $83,207 NA NA NA NA NA
Utah (Eccles) $82,172 NA NA NA NA NA
Thunderbird $81,265 NA NA NA NA NA
Delaware (Lerner) $81,125 NA NA NA NA NA
William & Mary (Mason) $80,240 NA NA NA NA NA
Baruch (Zicklin) $79,712 NA NA NA NA NA
St. Thomas $79,453 NA NA NA NA NA
San Francisco $79,400 NA NA NA NA NA
Tennessee-Knoxville $78,695 NA NA NA NA NA
San Diego $77,915 NA NA NA NA NA
Bentley (McCallum) $77,779 NA NA NA NA NA

Source: Business schools reporting to U.S. News & World Report

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