Data Dive: 2024 MBA Salaries, Bonuses & Job Placement Rates At 30 Top-Ranked B-Schools

Data Dive: 2024 MBA Salaries, Bonuses & Job Placement Rates At 30 Top B-Schools

MBA JOB OFFERS 3 MONTHS AFTER GRADUATION AT 30 TOP U.S. B-SCHOOLS 2020-2024

2025 P&Q Rank School 2024 Job Offers After 3 Months 2023 Job Offers After 3 Months 2-Year Trend 2022 Job Offers After 3 Months 2021 Job Offers After 3 Months 2020 Job Offers After 3 Months 5-Year Trend
1 Northwestern (Kellogg) 90.0% 94.5% -4.5 99.0% 97.1% 95.0% -5.0
2 Stanford GSB 88.0% 89.0% -1.0 93.0% 96.0% 91.0% -3.0
3 Chicago (Booth) 86.8% 95.6% -8.8 96.8% 97.7% 92.8% -6.0
4 Harvard Business School 85.0% 86.0% -1.0 95.0% 96.0% 90.0% -5.0
5 Virginia (Darden) 93.0% 95.7% -2.7 97.0% 97.0% 93.0% Even
6 Dartmouth (Tuck) 91.0% 96.0% -5.0 98.0% 98.0% 94.0% -3.0
7 Columbia 89.0% 84.0%

+5.0

95.0% 94.0% 90.0% -1.0
8 Yale SOM 84.8% 91.5% -6.7 96.1% 95.7% 90.2% -5.4
9 Cornell (Johnson) 81.0% 94.0% -13.0 97.0% 97.0% 93.0% -12.0
10 Duke (Fuqua) 85.0% 93.0% -8.0 98.0% 98.0% 93.0%

-8.0

11 NYU (Stern) 86.1% 94.3% -8.2 94.1% 95.8% 92.0% -5.9
12 Penn (Wharton) 93.1% 97.2% -4.1 98.7% 99.0% 93.5% -0.4
13 MIT (Sloan) 85.1% 90.2% -5.1 96.6% 95.9% 95.5% -10.4
14 UCLA (Anderson) 78.0% 86.8% -8.8 93.9% 93.1% 83.3% -5.3
15 CMU (Tepper) 81.4% 93.6% -12.2 97.0% 96.0% 89.0% -7.6
16 Texas-Austin (McCombs) 86.0% 90.0% -4.0 95.0% 93.8% 88.0% -2.0
17 UC-Berkeley (Haas) 86.0% 89.9% -3.9 93.8% 89.9% 89.1% -3.1
18 UNC (Kenan-Flagler) 83.0% 89.0% -6.0 96.0% 93.0% 86.0% -3.0
19 Washington (Foster) 89.0% 94.0%

-5.0

NA NA NA NA
19 Georgia Tech (Scheller) 88.4% 97.0% -8.6 100.0% 97.0% 90.0% -1.6
21 Washington (Olin) 81.0% 86.0% -5.0 95.0% 94.0% 74.0%

+7.0

22 USC (Marshall) NA NA NA 97.0% 95.0% NA NA
23 Emory (Goizueta) 81.8% 96.0% -14.2 98.0% 99.0% 92.0% -10.2
24 Notre Dame (Mendoza) 74.0% 91.0% -17.0 96.0% 96.0% 79.0% -5.0
25 Georgetown (McDonough) 88.8% 93.3% -4.5 96.0% 96.0% 93.0% -4.2
26 Rice (Jones) 72.2% 90.0% -17.8 96.0% 97.0% 90.0%

-17.8

28 Rochester (Simon) NA NA NA 95.0% 95.1% 90.6% NA
29 Michigan (Ross) 84.6% 95.9% -11.3 99.0% 97.5% 90.3% -5.7
30 Vanderbilt (Owen) 91.0% 97.0%

-6.0

97.0% 97.0% 96.0% -5.0
34 Indiana (Kelley) 93.0% 94.2% -1.2 96.2% 95.7% 94.8% -1.8
Source: Business school employment reports

MBA JOB ACCEPTS 3 MONTHS AFTER GRADUATION AT 30 TOP U.S. B-SCHOOLS 2020-2024

2025 P&Q Rank School 2023 Job Acceptance After 3 Months 2023 Job Acceptance After 3 Months 2-Year Trend 2022 Job Acceptance After 3 Months 2021 Job Acceptance After 3 Months 2020 Job Acceptance After 3 Months 5-Year Trend
1 Northwestern (Kellogg) 87.0% 91.9% -4.9 97.0% 96.1% 93.0% -6.0
2 Stanford GSB 80.0% 82.0% -2.0 85.0% 91.0% 85.0% -5.0
3 Chicago (Booth) 84.1% 94.3% -10.2 95.6% 96.4% 91.4% -7.3
4 Harvard Business School 77.0% 80.0% -3.0 90.0% 92.0% 83.0% -6.0
5 Virginia (Darden) 90.0% 94.5% -4.5 93.0% 95.0% 91.0% -1.0
6 Dartmouth (Tuck) 89.0% 93.0% -4.0 96.0% 97.0% 92.0% -3.0
7 Columbia 86.4% 81.0%

+5.4

92.0% 92.0% 87.0% -0.6
8 Yale SOM 81.2% 88.4% -7.2 93.3% 94.1% 85.9% -4.7
9 Cornell (Johnson) 79.0% 93.0% -14.0 96.0% 95.0% 90.0% -11.0
10 Duke (Fuqua) 82.0% 92.0% -10.0 97.0% 96.0% 91.0% -9.0
11 NYU (Stern) 84.6% 94.0% -9.4 94.1% 95.2% 89.0% -4.4
12 Penn (Wharton) 88.2% 92.3% -4.1 96.2% 96.8% 91.6% -3.4
13 MIT (Sloan) 77.2% 86.9% -9.7 94.4% 94.8% 91.1% -13.9
14 UCLA (Anderson) 77.0% 85.6% -8.6 91.9% 92.7% 78.3% -1.3
15 CMU (Tepper) 79.0% 91.5% -12.5 96.2% 95.0% 87.0% -8.0
16 Texas-Austin (McCombs) 85.0% 89.0% -4.0 93.0% 92.9% 85.6% -0.6
17 UC-Berkeley (Haas) 84.0% 88.7% -3.7 92.8% 88.3% 86.9% -2.9
18 UNC (Kenan-Flagler) 82.0% 87.5% -5.5 95.0% 91.0% 85.0% -3.0
19 Washington (Foster) 89.0% 88.8%

+0.2

99.0% 97.2% 94.2% -5.2
19 Georgia Tech (Scheller) 88.4% 96.0% -7.6 100.0% 97.0% 90.4% -2.0
21 Washington (Olin) 78.0% 86.0% -8.0 95.0% 94.0% 73.0%

+5.0

22 USC (Marshall) 80.0% 86.1% -6.1 95.6% 94.2% 91.0% -11.0
23 Emory (Goizueta) 79.6% 96.0% -16.4 98.0% 99.0% 90.0% -10.0
24 Notre Dame (Mendoza) 72.0% 90.0% -18.0 96.0% 94.0% 78.0% -6.0
25 Georgetown (McDonough) 84.3% 92.5% -8.2 95.0% 95.0% 90.0% -5.7
26 Rice (Jones) 72.3% 87.0% -14.7 94.0% 92.0% 89.0% -16.7
28 Rochester (Simon) 87.0% 91.0% -4.0 95.0% 93.2% 90.6% -3.6
29 Michigan (Ross) 83.7% 93.7% -10.0 98.4% 96.1% 88.4% -4.7
30 Vanderbilt (Owen) 90.0% 96.0% -6.0 95.0% 96.0% 90.0% Even
34 Indiana (Kelley) 89.0% 92.1% -3.1 96.2% 87.6% 85.7% +3.3
Source: Business school employment reports

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