Atlanta…Miami…New Orleans…Nashville. You won’t find a better region for night life — let alone football and auto racing. There’s plenty of opportunity for ambitious MBAs too. With Stanford grads again playing conscientious objector to the south, Harvard rushed in to capitalize, with 19 graduates averaging $137,726, an $8,000 uptick over the previous year. Wharton also sent 17 students south of Mason-Dixon, who came away with bases of $135,588 on average. The south has also become a staple of Duke Fuqua placement, with 67 grads enjoying $117,830 in their first year. In fact, one Fuqua student raked in a $225,000 payday, which ranked second only to Harvard ($250,000) for highest individual first year earnings.