Haas Courtyard. Credit: Noah Berger

TECHNOLOGY

Finance delivers high pay. Consulting provides variety. And fields like Entertainment and Non-Profit enable MBAs to pursue what they love. What’s the appeal of Technology? Call it a glimpse into the future…and the ability to shape it. Not surprisingly, Stanford GSB – which sits on the outskirts of Silicon Valley – produces graduates who average the highest pay at $192,394. Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan, found in the tech-heavy Boston ecosystem, rank 2nd and 3rd in starting pay. At the same time, UC Berkeley Haas, where nearly 40% of its graduates join the Tech sector, also cashed in with 2025 grads pulling in $159,457 bases to start. At the high end, a Wharton grad started at $374,000 last year as well.

U.S. News Rank	School	2025 Technology Industry Low	2024 Technology Industry Low	2023 Technology Industry Low	2025 Technology Industry Average	2024 Technology Industry Average	2023 Technology Industry Average	2025 Technology Industry High	2024 Technology Industry High	2023 Technology Industry High
1	Stanford	NA	NA	$105,000	$192,394	$187,645	$178,673	NA	NA	$290,000
2	Wharton	$115,200	$57,000	$70,000	$166,987	$162,324	$160,912	$374,000	$273,000	$245,000
3	University of Chicago (Booth)	$78,000	$94,731	$97,000	$159,138	$155,116	$159,082	$250,000	$218,000	$225,000
4	Northwestern (Kellogg)	$105,000	$120,000	$120,000	$152,860	$159,617	$156,992	$190,000	$260,000	$200,000
4	Harvard	$90,000	$30,000	$36,590	$179,638	$165,072	$157,995	$275,000	$310,000	$300,000
6	MIT (Sloan)	$115,000	$110,000	$85,800	$169,849	$157,423	$161,035	$224,000	$200,000	$250,000
7	New York University (Stern)	$82,009	$120,000	$100,000	$157,962	$146,761	$148,360	$220,000	$186,000	$186,000
7	Columbia	$55,000	$44,991	$50,000	$154,332	$160,560	$158,694	$225,000	$293,000	$309,000
9	Dartmouth (Tuck)	$65,955	$100,000	$126,000	$144,047	$152,263	$159,855	$185,000	$200,000	$212,500
10	California-Berkeley (Haas)	$82,945	$73,769	$100,800	$159,457	$154,167	$162,492	$230,000	$230,000	$215,000
11	Yale SOM	$70,000	$53,086	$125,000	$139,756	$142,695	$160,250	$180,000	$175,000	$200,000
11	Virginia (Darden)	$66,000	$110,000	$90,000	$137,965	$146,948	$152,681	$200,000	$180,000	$200,000
13	Michigan (Ross)	$72,800	$115,880	$115,000	$140,669	$156,066	$155,220	$185,000	$230,000	$194,000
14	Duke (Fuqua)	$91,128	$120,000	$90,000	$143,979	$152,961	$150,370	$175,000	$194,750	$205,000
15	Cornell (Johnson)	$85,000	$80,000	$82,000	$129,592	$134,453	$138,374	$169,000	$153,000	$186,000
16	Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)	$54,000	$100,000	$107,000	$144,022	$143,378	$144,824	$170,100	$194,400	$170,000
16	Vanderbilt (Owen)	$70,000	$82,500	$115,000	$136,857	$123,850	$139,062	$143,800	$142,800	$169,100
18	Texas (McCombs)	$96,500	$100,000	$100,000	$141,276	$137,777	$137,111	$190,000	$169,500	$167,000
18	UCLA (Anderson)	$80,000	$66,002	$100,000	$148,731	$143,697	$146,729	$245,000	$208,000	$215,000
20	University of Washington (Foster)	$110,000	$95,000	$87,400	$143,528	$144,328	$152,106	$190,000	$171,000	$198,634
21	Indiana (Kelley)	$115,000	$80,565	$90,000	$141,554	$127,117	$142,663	$197,000	$167,000	$171,000
21	North Carolina (Kenan Flagler)	$105,000	$105,000	$90,000	$133,945	$145,509	$138,219	$148,000	$190,000	$171,000
23	Emory (Goizueta)	$90,000	$126,000	$110,250	$118,993	$136,833	$132,513	$135,000	$150,000	$175,000
23	Texas-Dallas (Jindal)	NA	$100,000	$88,000	NA	$126,829	$98,700	NA	$165,000	$110,000
25	USC (Marshall)	$85,000	$100,000	$50,000	$135,994	$142,489	$138,171	$220,000	$185,000	$150,000
25	Georgia (Terry)	$125,000	$110,000	$117,000	$131,000	$127,933	$130,000	$150,000	$142,800	$147,000
27	Georgia Tech (Scheller)	$95,000	$105,000	$91,600	$140,759	$137,861	$140,229	$190,000	$185,000	$165,000
27	Washington U. (Olin)	$114,000	$125,000	$80,000	$130,325	$136,477	$123,959	$169,100	$143,000	$187,000
29	Rice (Jones)	$100,000	$110,000	$85,000	$141,018	$133,515	$138,817	$185,000	$169,500	$170,000
29	Arizona State (Carey)	$127,900	$62,500	$85,000	$146,927	$108,799	$134,980	$169,100	$142,800	$160,000
31	Georgetown (McDonough)	$100,000	$80,000	$92,700	$137,224	$133,950	$144,556	$170,000	$180,000	$200,000
32	Ohio State (Fisher)	$90,000	$90,000	$100,000	$110,060	$120,960	$130,990	$131,300	$142,800	$161,926
32	Minnesota (Carlson)	NA	NA	$100,000	NA	NA	$127,667	NA	NA	$169,000
34	Notre Dame (Mendoza)	$65,000	$78,000	$117,000	$130,473	$128,471	$133,157	$160,000	$160,000	$156,000
34	Rochester (Simon)	$82,000	$100,000	$117,000	$135,210	$137,035	$142,057	$180,000	$168,500	$186,000
36	SMU (Cox)	$90,000	$70,000	$98,000	$125,691	$95,250	$122,267	$180,000	$115,000	$142,800
36	Texas A&M (Mays)	$65,000	$77,000	$84,000	$125,117	$132,317	$145,010	$142,800	$170,000	$169,100
38	Iowa State (Ivy)	NA	$75,000	$60,000	NA	$81,683	$81,900	NA	$92,167	$100,000
39	Florida (Warrington)	$125,000	NA	$114,000	$125,000	NA	$126,500	$125,000	NA	$138,000
39	BYU (Marriott)	$87,045	$55,000	$60,000	$132,555	$125,341	$121,910	$170,000	$175,000	$167,153
39	Utah (Eccles)	$104,000	$100,000	$62,500	$117,950	$126,214	$102,550	$142,800	$175,000	$169,100
39	University of Miami (Herbert)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
43	Michigan State (Broad)	$103,000	$117,000	$85,000	$129,950	$129,143	$123,000	$144,000	$143,000	$160,000
43	Maryland (Smith)	$105,000	NA	$142,800	$129,267	NA	$169,067	$142,800	NA	$194,400
43	Tennessee (Haslam)	NA	$121,000	$90,000	NA	$128,667	$125,425	NA	$140,000	$169,100
46	American University (Kogod)	$132,400	NA	NA	$150,800	NA	NA	$180,000	NA	NA
46	Boston U. (Questrom)	$43,000	NA	$65,000	$116,261	NA	$130,113	$142,800	NA	$194,400
48	Wisconsin	$90,000	$106,875	$104,000	$112,417	$144,058	$145,583	$152,250	$170,000	$186,000
48	Pittsburgh (Katz)	$80,000	$90,000	$102,000	$118,667	$107,500	$139,123	$146,000	$140,000	$170,000
48	Arkansas (Walton)	$88,000	$70,000	NA	$88,000	$70,000	NA	$88,000	$70,000	NA
51	UC Irvine (Merage)	$125,000	$90,000	$87,000	$134,767	$130,667	$130,938	$142,800	$155,000	$169,100

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