Not every specialization nets a large cadre of MBA candidates. Think healthcare, human resources, real state, and even tech. Since different schools sweep different specializations in this catch-all category, an apples-to-apples pay comparison between programs who “Other Occupations” is difficult to produce. NYU Stern, home to robust retail, real estate, and technology programming, notched the highest average pay in this category at $181,667, topping Cornell John, Stanford GSB, and USC Marshall in the process.
| U.S. News Rank | School | 2017 Other Occupations - Low | 2015 Other Occupations - Low | 2017 Other Occupations - Average | 2015 Other Occupations - Average | 2-Year Difference | 2017 Other Occupations - High | 2015 Other Occupations - High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | University of Chicago (Booth) | NA | $90,000 | NA | $121,005 | NA | NA | $170,000 |
| 11 | Harvard | $90,000 | $45,000 | $132,826 | $124,346 | $8,480 | $240,000 | $200,000 |
| 33 | Wharton | $50,000 | $60,000 | $125,225 | $120,154 | $5,071 | $180,000 | $170,000 |
| 44 | Stanford | $100,000 | $80,000 | $150,067 | $116,750 | $33,317 | $215,000 | $130,000 |
| 55 | MIT (Sloan) | $60,000 | $70,000 | $124,592 | $120,619 | $3,973 | $175,000 | $200,000 |
| 66 | Northwestern (Kellogg) | $64,000 | $58,000 | $124,314 | $116,196 | $8,118 | $200,000 | $168,000 |
| 77 | California-Berkeley (Haas) | $90,160 | $94,500 | $117,597 | $123,289 | -$5,692 | $147,000 | $142,800 |
| 88 | Michigan (Ross) | $75,500 | $24,000 | $125,773 | $109,067 | $16,706 | $180,000 | $170,000 |
| 99 | Columbia | $50,000 | $73,000 | $121,034 | $122,333 | -$1,299 | $180,000 | $200,000 |
| 1010 | Dartmouth (Tuck) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1111 | Duke (Fuqua) | $61,000 | $50,000 | $105,438 | $116,429 | -$10,991 | $130,000 | $147,000 |
| 1212 | Yale SOM | $54,125 | $45,000 | $121,347 | $124,346 | -$2,999 | $180,000 | $200,000 |
| 1313 | Virginia (Darden) | NA | $75,000 | NA | $134,333 | #VALUE! | NA | $168,000 |
| 1313 | New York University (Stern) | $180,000 | $85,000 | $181,667 | $135,000 | $46,667 | $190,000 | $180,000 |
| 1515 | Cornell (Johnson) | $72,000 | $115,000 | $169,476 | $156,429 | $13,047 | $190,000 | $170,000 |
| 1616 | UCLA (Anderson) | $57,200 | $62,400 | $115,280 | $108,626 | $6,654 | $180,000 | $148,000 |
| 1717 | Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1717 | Texas (McCombs) | $90,000 | $82,000 | $109,375 | $124,250 | -$14,875 | $130,000 | $160,000 |
| 1919 | North Carolina (Kenan Flagler) | $53,000 | NA | $106,818 | NA | NA | $135,000 | NA |
| 2020 | Emory (Goizueta) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 2020 | USC (Marshall) | $135,000 | NA | $148,333 | NA | NA | $160,000 | NA |
| 2222 | University of Washington (Foster) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 2323 | Rice (Jones) | $75,000 | $77,500 | $109,394 | $115,600 | -$6,206 | $147,000 | $150,000 |
| 2424 | Washington U. (Olin) | NA | $65,000 | NA | $88,333 | NA | NA | $110,000 |
| 2525 | Georgetown (McDonough) | $80,000 | $60,000 | $113,000 | $100,156 | $12,844 | $150,000 | $125,000 |
| 2626 | Vanderbilt (Owen) | $90,000 | $65,000 | $114,600 | $98,286 | $16,314 | $180,000 | $112,000 |
| 2727 | Indiana (Kelley) | $65,000 | NA | $104,000 | NA | NA | $180,000 | NA |
| 2828 | Georgia Tech (Scheller) | NA | $90,000 | NA | $103,333 | NA | NA | $120,000 |
| 2929 | Minnesota (Carlson) | NA | $56,868 | NA | $105,623 | NA | NA | $135,200 |
| 2929 | Arizona State (Carey) | $84,000 | $78,000 | $89,667 | $101,200 | -$11,533 | $100,000 | $125,000 |
| 3131 | Penn State (Smeal) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 3131 | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | $57,200 | $40,000 | $103,420 | $82,475 | $20,945 | $145,000 | $107,425 |
| 3131 | Ohio State (Fisher) | $55,000 | $73,220 | $87,933 | $92,691 | -$4,758 | $160,000 | $115,000 |
| 3434 | Florida (Warrington) | NA | $80,000 | NA | $90,500 | NA | NA | $104,000 |
| 3535 | BYU (Marriott) | $70,000 | $85,000 | $100,850 | $101,063 | -$213 | $120,000 | $127,500 |
| 3636 | Texas A&M (Mays) | $115,000 | NA | $115,000 | NA | NA | $115,000 | NA |
| 3737 | Michigan State (Broad) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 3737 | Wisconsin | $42,500 | $61,000 | $53,125 | $87,000 | -$33,875 | $70,000 | $100,000 |
| 3838 | California-Davis | NA | $75,000 | NA | $93,893 | NA | NA | $110,000 |
| 4040 | Georgia (Terry) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 4040 | Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | $75,000 | NA | $82,000 | NA | NA | $94,000 | NA |
| 4242 | California-Irvine (Merage) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 4242 | Boston U. (Questrom) | $40,000 | NA | $70,000 | NA | NA | $95,000 | NA |
| 4444 | Rochester (Simon) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 4444 | Utah (Eccles) | $51,300 | NA | $91,589 | NA | NA | $115,000 | NA |
| 4444 | Rutgers | $70,000 | $58,240 | $88,063 | $82,013 | $6,050 | $110,000 | $115,000 |
| 4444 | Tennessee (Haslam | $58,000 | NA | $79,917 | NA | NA | $112,000 | NA |
| 4848 | Illinois | NA | $57,000 | NA | $90,000 | NA | NA | $145,000 |
| 4848 | SMU (Cox) | NA | $80,000 | NA | $90,000 | NA | NA | $97,000 |
| 4848 | Boston College (Carroll) | $80,000 | $93,500 | $140,000 | $138,375 | $1,625 | $180,000 | $180,000 |
| 4848 | Maryland (Smith) | $62,000 | $75,000 | $90,643 | $93,000 | -$2,357 | $115,000 | $110,000 |
| 5252 | Pittsburgh (Katz) | $83,000 | $80,000 | $102,667 | $80,667 | $22,000 | $115,000 | $82,000 |
| 5353 | Purdue (Krannert) | NA | $81,000 | NA | $89,000 | NA | NA | $98,000 |
| 5959 | George Washington | $65,000 | NA | $87,900 | NA | NA | $105,000 | NA |
| 6969 | Arizona (Eller) | $60,000 | NA | $93,875 | NA | NA | $113,500 | NA |
