Average MBA Starting Salaries at the Top Business Schools

The following table indicates salary statistics for top 15 B-Schools MBA graduates in an average base. Please note that salaries are negotiated one by one for each employer and starting salary for each graduate may vary significantly. To get as competitive salary as possible, MBA graduates may refer to topschoolsintheusa for specific salary negotiating skills.

Rank	Business School	Acceptance Rate	Median Starting Salaries*
1	Northwestern (Kellogg)	13%	$142,000
2	Chicago	15%	$140,000
3	Harvard	10%	$160,000
4	Stanford	8%	$165,500
5	U. of Pennsylvania (Wharton)	13%	$156,000
6	MIT	13%	$149,000
7	Columbia	11%	$142,500
8	Michigan	19%	$131,000
9	Duke (Fuqua)	19%	$128,500
10	Dartmouth (Tuck)	14%	$149,500
11	Cornell (Johnson)	22%	$135,000
12	Virginia (Darden)	18%	$135,000
13	UC Berkeley (Haas)	11%	$135,000
14	Yale	15%	$130,000
15	NYU (Stern)	15%	$140,000

Sources: Business Week's 2002 Business School Survey

Median Starting Salaries* includes median starting salary, median signing bonus, and median other compensation.

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