Blog Archive B-School Chart of the Week Which Schools Class of 2015 Received the Highest Average Starting Salaries

Blog Archive B-School Chart of the Week Which School’s Class of 2015 Received the Highest Average Starting Salaries Although quantifying a school’s profile certainly does not tell you everything, it can sometimes simplify the many differences among the various MBA programs. This week, we bring you a chart to help you decide which of the schools’ strengths speak to you. The graduates of top-ranked MBA programs typically receive hefty starting salaries. But which schools’ graduates captured the highest average starting pay? The numbers were largely similar among the 15 top-ranked business schools we surveyed, but the Class of 2015 at Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Stanford Graduate School of Business earned a slightly higher average salary than their peers: $130,000. At many programs, $125,000 appeared to be the magic number; such schools as the Kellogg School of Management and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business reported this figure as the average MBA starting salary for their 2015 graduates. Share ThisTweet B-School Charts Harvard University (Harvard Business School) Northwestern University (Kellogg) Stanford University (Stanford Graduate School of Business) University of Chicago (Booth)