Scenes during the 2025 Kellogg CIM (Culture is Made) event at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management at the Kellogg School of Management Global Hub in Evanston, Illinois.

CONSUMER PRODUCTS

A branch of marketing, CPG is an East Coast affair, as Harvard Business School ($152,250), MIT Sloan ($143,333), and Wharton ($138,000) produced the highest-paid graduates on average. Combined, the schools placed just 20 graduates in the field (led by Wharton with 10). Northwestern Kellogg may reflect a better barometer of starting pay, with 27 graduates averaging $133,537 to start. Still, there is money to be had in Consumer Goods, as shown by the $300,000 base given to one Wharton grad.

U.S. News Rank	School	2025 Consumer Products Industry Low	2024 Consumer Products Industry Low	2023 Consumer Products Industry Low	2025 Consumer Products Industry Average	2024 Consumer Products Industry Average	2023 Consumer Products Industry Average	2025 Consumer Products Industry High	2024 Consumer Products Industry High	2023 Consumer Products Industry High
1	Stanford	NA	NA	$150,000	$135,333	$135,000	$176,000	NA	NA	$210,000
2	Wharton	$117,000	$120,000	$113,000	$138,000	$165,333	$125,667	$160,000	$300,000	$135,000
3	University of Chicago (Booth)	$107,000	$125,000	$115,000	$131,857	$135,286	$123,500	$160,000	$155,000	$135,000
4	Harvard	$122,000	$125,000	$80,000	$152,250	$147,714	$145,225	$240,000	$180,000	$240,000
4	Northwestern (Kellogg)	$116,500	$115,000	$110,000	$133,537	$129,667	$131,875	$190,000	$150,000	$153,000
6	MIT (Sloan)	$100,000	$125,000	$140,000	$143,333	$139,750	$146,875	$165,000	$157,000	$155,000
7	Columbia	$100,000	$66,324	NA	$127,458	$134,797	NA	$160,000	$200,000	NA
7	New York University (Stern)	$115,000	$114,000	$92,000	$122,875	$124,500	$117,800	$128,000	$135,000	$130,000
9	Dartmouth (Tuck)	$110,000	$113,000	$113,000	$131,500	$127,333	$131,000	$156,000	$155,000	$150,000
10	California-Berkeley (Haas)	$125,000	$120,000	$120,000	$131,750	$123,500	$141,671	$140,000	$125,000	$180,000
11	Virginia (Darden)	$120,000	$120,000	$110,000	$135,182	$125,000	$117,713	$175,000	$128,000	$128,000
11	Yale SOM	$104,000	$115,000	$110,000	$123,062	$128,450	$123,833	$132,309	$175,000	$135,000
13	Michigan (Ross)	$100,000	$110,000	$110,000	$125,211	$122,643	$125,800	$160,000	$128,000	$135,000
14	Duke (Fuqua)	$100,000	$120,000	$108,000	$126,000	$128,111	$127,882	$160,000	$155,000	$208,330
15	Cornell (Johnson)	$100,000	$110,000	$90,000	$126,625	$126,429	$119,300	$132,000	$135,000	$128,000
16	Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)	$120,000	$128,000	$116,000	$123,333	$128,667	$123,667	$130,000	$130,000	$128,000
16	Vanderbilt (Owen)	$110,000	$115,000	$110,000	$121,000	$124,500	$126,167	$126,000	$138,000	$150,000
18	Texas (McCombs)	$65,000	$120,000	$110,000	$118,833	$124,667	$124,000	$140,000	$128,000	$140,000
18	UCLA (Anderson)	$95,000	$100,000	$65,000	$118,500	$129,200	$116,870	$150,000	$200,000	$132,000
20	University of Washington (Foster)	NA	NA	$120,000	NA	NA	$135,000	NA	NA	$165,000
21	North Carolina (Kenan Flagler)	$115,000	$95,000	$115,000	$126,778	$122,857	$123,000	$140,000	$140,000	$130,000
21	Indiana (Kelley)	$90,000	$72,800	$90,000	$115,250	$119,073	$121,059	$132,000	$128,000	$145,002
23	Emory (Goizueta)	$130,000	$115,000	$54,510	NA	$120,000	$104,878	NA	$128,000	$140,000
23	Texas-Dallas (Jindal)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
25	Georgia (Terry)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
25	USC (Marshall)	$117,000	$120,000	$113,000	$122,000	$120,900	$124,625	$135,000	$127,000	$145,000
27	Georgia Tech (Scheller)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
27	Washington U. (Olin)	NA	NA	$125,000	NA	NA	$130,000	NA	NA	$140,000
29	Rice (Jones)	NA	$120,000	$115,000	NA	$140,000	$128,400	NA	$165,000	$145,000
29	Arizona State (Carey)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
31	Georgetown (McDonough)	NA	$55,000	$113,000	NA	$105,193	$126,667	NA	$122,000	$175,000
32	Minnesota (Carlson)	$100,000	$113,000	$108,000	$110,750	$121,722	$111,000	$125,000	$133,000	$115,000
32	Ohio State (Fisher)	$80,000	$120,000	NA	$109,333	$120,000	NA	$128,000	$120,000	NA
34	Notre Dame (Mendoza)	NA	$80,000	$87,500	NA	$118,250	$115,595	NA	$140,000	$130,000
34	Rochester (Simon)	$94,644	$100,000	$100,000	$122,956	$118,200	$121,667	$135,000	$128,000	$130,000
36	SMU (Cox)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	$105,000	NA	NA	$121,750
36	Texas A&M (Mays)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
38	Iowa State (Ivy)	NA	$55,000	NA	NA	$63,750	NA	NA	$75,000	NA
39	Utah (Eccles)	NA	NA	$128,000	NA	NA	$134,500	NA	NA	$150,000
39	University of Miami (Herbert)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
39	Florida (Warrington)	$132,000	$125,000	$100,000	$132,000	$126,750	$118,400	$132,000	$129,000	$128,000
39	BYU (Marriott)	$67,600	$85,000	$88,500	$118,400	$111,611	$119,905	$150,000	$130,000	$135,000
43	Michigan State (Broad)	NA	$92,000	NA	NA	$98,000	NA	NA	$100,000	NA
43	Maryland (Smith)	NA	NA	$105,000	NA	NA	$117,667	NA	NA	$128,000
43	Tennessee (Haslam)	NA	NA	$80,000	NA	NA	$106,000	NA	NA	$128,000
46	American University (Kogod)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
46	Boston U. (Questrom)	$95,000	NA	NA	$109,000	NA	NA	$120,000	NA	NA
48	Pittsburgh (Katz)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
48	Wisconsin	$125,000	$80,000	$113,000	$125,750	$113,250	$121,083	$128,000	$128,000	$128,000
48	Arkansas (Walton)	$62,500	$84,500	NA	$81,577	$91,200	NA	$95,500	$100,000	NA
51	UC Irvine (Merage)	$113,000	NA	$110,000	$120,333	NA	$116,667	$128,000	NA	$120,000

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