Top 20 business schools that produce the highest paid MBA graduates, 2018

Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan DhirajMarch 16, 2018October 19, 2018CEO Agenda

Going to London Business School or Oxford University’s Said pays. But it doesn’t pay as much as the Wharton or MIT Sloan. But it pays a lot more than going to University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

Salary benchmarking site Emolument.com has compiled a ranking of 20 business schools by analyzing pay data from 10,900 graduates holding an MBA degree to find out which business schools alumni receive the highest pay.

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MIT Sloan School of Management NBA grads can expect to earn an average of $286,000, slightly above $255,000 at Harvard Business School (HBS). The University of Chicago Booth School of Business ($250,000) pips the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to third place ($248,000).

Columbia Business School, New York University – Stern, and Northwestern University – Kellogg, with $239,000, $213,000, and $209,000, come next in the ranking.

Top 20 business schools that produce the highest paid MBA graduates

Rank	Business School	Total compensation	Country	CEOWORLD Rank
1	MIT Sloan School of Management	$286,000	US	4
2	Harvard Business School	$255,000	US	3
3	Booth School of Business (University of Chicago)	$250,000	US	18
4	Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania	$248,000	US	2
5	Columbia Business School (Columbia University, New York)	$239,000	US	7
6	NYU Stern School of Business (New York University)	$213,000	US	13
7	Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University)	$209,000	US	15
8	Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management (Cornell University)	$189,000	US	22
9	Fuqua School of Business (Duke University)	$189,000	US	28
10	Stephen M. Ross School of Business	$187,000	US	23
11	UCLA Anderson School of Management (University of California, Los Angeles)	$185,000	US	24
12	INSEAD	$185,000	France	1
13	University of St.Gallen	$181,000	Switzerland	63
14	Cambridge Judge Business School (University of Cambridge)	$180,000	UK	20
15	IESE Business School	$179,000	Spain	8
16	London Business School	$178,000	UK	5
17	Gabelli School of Business (Fordham University)	$171,000	US	n/a
18	Said Business School (University of Oxford)	$168,000	UK	25
19	SDA Bocconi School of Management	$159,000	Italy	26
20	Joseph L. Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto)	$155,000	Canada	54

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Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj

Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj is a publishing executive and economist who is the CEO and editor-in-chief of The CEOWORLD magazine, one of the world’s most influential and recognized global news publications. Additionally, he serves as the chair of the advisory board for the CEOWORLD magazine. He received his Ph.D. in Finance and Banking from the European Global School, Paris, France. He earned his Doctoral Degree in Chartered Accountancy from the European International University Paris, France, and a Doctorate in Business Administration from Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design (KNUTD), Ukraine. Dr. Amarendra also holds a Master of Business Administration degree in International Relations and Affairs from the American University of Athens, Alabama, United States.

Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj is CEO and editor-in-chief of CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter.

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