When it comes to starting base pay, marketing is dominated by the top-ranked programs. In fact, five-of-the-six highest-paying programs also rank the Top 5 MBA programs according to U.S. News. Even there, Berkeley Haas, which ranked 7th overall, is the only outlier. After that, the pay trends get real interesting. The University of Washington’s Foster School of Business stood at $116,696 – a number that speaks to the demands of nearby juggernauts like Amazon and Microsoft. In fact, pay for Foster grads entering marketing has skyrocketed by $16,244 since 2015, a number that edges out Wharton ($14,220) and USC Marshall ($13,683).
| U.S. News Rank | School | 2017 Marketing Low | 2015 Marketing Low | 2017 Marketing Average | 2015 Marketing Average | 2 Year Change | 2017 Marketing High | 2015 Marketing High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Harvard | $52,000 | $60,000 | $125,962 | $123,719 | $2,243 | $200,000 | $204,000 |
| 11 | University of Chicago (Booth) | $92,000 | $52,545 | $120,093 | $109,353 | $10,740 | $150,000 | $143,000 |
| 33 | Wharton | $69,000 | $80,000 | $125,506 | $111,286 | $14,220 | $205,000 | $158,000 |
| 44 | Stanford | $105,000 | $60,000 | $128,500 | $121,466 | $7,034 | $165,000 | $175,000 |
| 55 | MIT (Sloan) | $50,000 | $70,000 | $123,467 | $117,842 | $5,625 | $160,000 | $150,000 |
| 66 | Northwestern (Kellogg) | $90,000 | $52,000 | $115,256 | $106,627 | $8,629 | $156,000 | $161,500 |
| 77 | California-Berkeley (Haas) | $95,000 | $90,000 | $126,661 | $121,423 | $5,238 | $155,000 | $195,000 |
| 88 | Michigan (Ross) | $80,000 | $70,000 | $116,509 | $106,271 | $10,238 | $145,000 | $135,000 |
| 99 | Columbia | $40,000 | $70,000 | $109,559 | $106,781 | $2,778 | $141,000 | $320,000 |
| 1010 | Dartmouth (Tuck) | NA | $90,000 | $114,766 | $113,208 | $1,558 | NA | $140,000 |
| 1111 | Duke (Fuqua) | $75,000 | $50,000 | $116,318 | $109,509 | $6,809 | $156,000 | $139,200 |
| 1212 | Yale SOM | $70,000 | $60,000 | $112,196 | $109,229 | $2,967 | $140,000 | $150,000 |
| 1313 | New York University (Stern) | $54,000 | $50,000 | $111,255 | $98,722 | $12,533 | $150,000 | $135,000 |
| 1313 | Virginia (Darden) | $89,000 | $85,000 | $110,295 | $105,180 | $5,115 | $141,000 | $123,000 |
| 1515 | Cornell (Johnson) | $70,000 | $66,560 | $106,975 | $104,467 | $2,508 | $131,000 | $135,000 |
| 1616 | UCLA (Anderson) | $70,000 | $55,000 | $116,039 | $106,110 | $9,929 | $148,000 | $156,000 |
| 1717 | Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | $50,000 | $80,000 | $114,036 | $112,589 | $1,447 | $141,000 | $140,000 |
| 1717 | Texas (McCombs) | $50,000 | $45,000 | $107,360 | $102,310 | $5,050 | $140,000 | $130,000 |
| 1919 | North Carolina (Kenan Flagler) | $50,000 | $67,500 | $101,549 | $102,620 | -$1,071 | $135,000 | $135,000 |
| 2020 | USC (Marshall) | $85,000 | $52,000 | $108,506 | $94,823 | $13,683 | $160,000 | $120,000 |
| 2020 | Emory (Goizueta) | $99,000 | $85,000 | $108,225 | $98,691 | $9,534 | $120,000 | $107,000 |
| 2222 | University of Washington (Foster) | $88,000 | $40,000 | $116,696 | $100,452 | $16,244 | $140,000 | $185,000 |
| 2323 | Rice (Jones) | $70,000 | $87,000 | $103,286 | $102,400 | $886 | $138,000 | $130,000 |
| 2424 | Washington U. (Olin) | $50,000 | $75,000 | $105,542 | $98,269 | $7,273 | $150,000 | $120,000 |
| 2525 | Georgetown (McDonough) | $61,720 | $70,000 | $101,725 | $99,133 | $2,592 | $140,000 | $120,000 |
| 2626 | Vanderbilt (Owen) | $70,000 | $60,000 | $106,508 | $94,057 | $12,451 | $132,000 | $120,000 |
| 2727 | Indiana (Kelley) | $50,000 | $40,000 | $104,443 | $99,277 | $5,166 | $133,000 | $120,000 |
| 2828 | Georgia Tech (Scheller) | $95,000 | $80,000 | $111,091 | $104,556 | $6,535 | $141,000 | $130,000 |
| 2929 | Minnesota (Carlson) | $42,000 | $72,800 | $101,799 | $95,867 | $5,932 | $123,000 | $112,500 |
| 2929 | Arizona State (Carey) | $90,000 | NA | $101,111 | NA | NA | $120,000 | NA |
| 3131 | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | $60,000 | $67,000 | $108,667 | $103,500 | $5,167 | $160,000 | $130,000 |
| 3131 | Ohio State (Fisher) | $57,500 | $82,500 | $101,542 | $98,597 | $2,945 | $122,000 | $114,000 |
| 3131 | Penn State (Smeal) | $85,000 | $71,500 | $98,438 | $92,346 | $6,092 | $115,000 | $102,000 |
| 3434 | Florida (Warrington) | $102,000 | $70,000 | $112,167 | $112,760 | -$593 | $125,000 | $192,842 |
| 3535 | BYU (Marriott) | $80,000 | $70,000 | $105,323 | $103,866 | $1,457 | $125,000 | $153,600 |
| 3636 | Texas A&M (Mays) | $87,000 | $75,000 | $102,415 | $101,857 | $558 | $120,000 | $120,000 |
| 3737 | Wisconsin | $75,000 | $63,000 | $105,315 | $98,059 | $7,256 | $130,000 | $110,000 |
| 3737 | Michigan State (Broad) | $65,000 | $82,000 | $93,325 | $96,688 | -$3,363 | $106,000 | $110,000 |
| 3838 | California-Davis | $60,300 | $80,000 | $96,975 | $108,100 | -$11,125 | $141,000 | $130,000 |
| 4040 | Georgia (Terry) | $60,000 | NA | $88,750 | NA | NA | $105,000 | NA |
| 4040 | Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | $70,000 | $68,000 | $81,667 | $83,000 | -$1,333 | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 4242 | California-Irvine (Merage) | $48,000 | $47,840 | $92,409 | $86,128 | $6,281 | $145,000 | $107,000 |
| 4242 | Boston U. (Questrom) | $48,000 | $56,645 | $81,327 | $91,165 | -$9,838 | $115,000 | $115,000 |
| 4444 | Rutgers | $61,900 | NA | $101,173 | NA | NA | $120,000 | NA |
| 4444 | Rochester (Simon) | $65,000 | $79,200 | $94,381 | $97,974 | -$3,593 | $143,000 | $125,000 |
| 4444 | Utah (Eccles) | $56,000 | NA | $91,344 | NA | NA | $125,000 | NA |
| 4444 | Tennessee (Haslam | $40,000 | NA | $78,500 | NA | NA | $105,000 | NA |
| 4848 | Maryland (Smith) | $88,000 | $65,000 | $103,942 | $100,889 | $3,053 | $124,800 | $120,000 |
| 4848 | Boston College (Carroll) | $50,000 | $60,000 | $94,214 | $89,000 | $5,214 | $141,000 | $120,000 |
| 4848 | SMU (Cox) | $80,000 | $84,000 | $93,746 | $97,182 | -$3,436 | $108,000 | $105,000 |
| 4848 | Illinois | $70,000 | NA | $93,400 | NA | NA | $115,000 | NA |
| 5252 | Pittsburgh (Katz) | $43,000 | NA | $83,333 | NA | NA | $118,000 | NA |
| 5353 | Purdue (Krannert) | $60,000 | $72,000 | $90,833 | $94,750 | -$3,917 | $115,000 | $111,500 |
| 5959 | George Washington | $70,000 | NA | $90,571 | NA | NA | $110,000 | NA |
| 6969 | Arizona (Eller) | $60,000 | NA | $82,333 | NA | NA | $115,000 | NA |
