Nearly All EAE Business School Grads Found Jobs In 2025, With Salaries Growing 70%

For graduate business students weighing the cost of a master’s degree against an uncertain job market, EAE Business School has an answer – of a sort: 97% of its graduates found employment after completing their studies last year, with average salary growth reaching 70% over time.

The figures come from EAE’s Employment Report 2025, released June 16 by the Barcelona- and Madrid-based school. EAE operates a rolling intake, with autumn-cohort students finishing in January and spring-cohort students finishing in June, meaning the graduates tracked in the report entered the job market at various points across 2025. 

It’s a key asterisk. Most business schools will not release employment data for their latest graduating classes until October or November, meaning EAE’s 2025 figures capture a market that has shifted significantly – and, many would argue, grown more challenging – since the start of 2026.

SALARY GROWTH & THE TRIPLE JUMP

Part of the Planeta Formación y Universidades network and a partner institution of Babson College in Boston, EAE draws students from more than 60 countries across programs in marketing, finance, human resources, logistics, project management, and MBA tracks, among others.

Of EAE’s 2025 grads who provided information to their alma mater, 87% were working within six months of finishing their studies, a figure that climbed to 93% after 10 months. Some 82% say their career situation improved as a result of completing the program.

The salary trajectory, meanwhile, was gradual but sustained. Average compensation grew 7.2% within three months of completing studies, 23.4% after six months, and 53.3% after a year, reaching a cumulative increase of up to 70% over time, EAE reports.

A central finding of the report is what schools call the “triple jump effect,” the tendency of grads to simultaneously change job role, industry, and country. Among EAE grads tracked last year, 65% changed roles, 51.6% moved into a new sector, and 48.7% relocated to a different country. Year-over-year, cross-border moves increased 36% and sector transitions rose 23.8%.

CORPORATE TIES & RANKINGS

On the employer engagement side, EAE’s annual Talent EAE careers fair – which the school describes as the largest private job fair in Spain – posted more than 1,400 internship and employment opportunities this cycle, drawing more than 230 participating companies, including Deloitte, L’Oréal, and Siemens. Roughly 70% of those companies return year after year, the school says.

In the QS rankings, EAE rates as the top institution in Spain for employability in international trade and places among the 15 most international business schools globally in executive education, per the QS EMBA Ranking 2026.

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