MBA grads, especially from the top schools, earn considerably more than others
LIFETIME MEDIAN CASH COMPENSATION FOR MBAS FROM TOP BUSINESS SCHOOLS
| Boston University – School of Management |
$93,400 |
$2,510,000 |
$5,650,000 |
| Babson College – F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business |
$92,000 |
$2,470,000 |
$5,560,000 |
| Southern Methodist University (SMU) – Cox School of Business |
$91,700 |
$2,460,000 |
$5,540,000 |
| Indiana University – Kelley School of Business |
$91,400 |
$2,460,000 |
$5,530,000 |
| University of Wisconsin (UW) – Madison School of Business |
$91,100 |
$2,450,000 |
$5,510,000 |
| University of Utah – David Eccles School of Business |
$89,300 |
$2,400,000 |
$5,400,000 |
| University of Connecticut (Uconn) – School of Business |
$88,900 |
$2,390,000 |
$5,370,000 |
| Washington University – Olin Business School |
$88,700 |
$2,380,000 |
$5,360,000 |
| University of Maryland – Robert H. Smith School of Business |
$88,100 |
$2,370,000 |
$5,330,000 |
| Johns Hopkins University – Carey Business School |
$87,900 |
$2,360,000 |
$5,320,000 |
| Arizona State University (ASU) – W. P. Carey School of Business |
$87,800 |
$2,360,000 |
$5,310,000 |
| The University of Iowa – Henry B. Tippie College of Business |
$87,500 |
$2,350,000 |
$5,290,000 |
| Rutgers Business School |
$86,900 |
$2,340,000 |
$5,260,000 |
| Villanova University – Villanova School of Business |
$86,900 |
$2,330,000 |
$5,250,000 |
| Brigham Young University (BYU) – Marriott School of Business |
$86,600 |
$2,330,000 |
$5,240,000 |
| Case Western Reserve University – Weatherhead School of Management |
$86,400 |
$2,320,000 |
$5,230,000 |
| University of Rochester – Simon School of Business |
$85,700 |
$2,300,000 |
$5,180,000 |
| University of Colorado Boulder (CU) – Leeds School of Business |
$85,400 |
$2,300,000 |
$5,170,000 |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College – Zicklin School of Business |
$85,400 |
$2,290,000 |
$5,160,000 |
| Ohio State University (OSU) – Fisher College of Business |
$85,300 |
$2,290,000 |
$5,160,000 |
| Drexel University – Bennett S. LeBow College of Business |
$85,100 |
$2,290,000 |
$5,140,000 |
| University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business |
$84,800 |
$2,280,000 |
$5,130,000 |
| Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management |
$83,100 |
$2,230,000 |
$5,020,000 |
| Syracuse University – Martin J. Whitman School of Management |
$83,000 |
$2,230,000 |
$5,020,000 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) College of Business |
$82,000 |
$2,200,000 |
$4,960,000 |
* Early career median pay reflects pay for workers with 0 to 5 years of experience. SOURCE: Payscale Data provided by 
under license. Last updated in 2021.
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