In this catch-all category, Virginia Darden led the way with a $186,000 average base. Here, Darden edged out NYU Stern by over $4K. The number that sticks out: A Wharton grad collected a $375K base in a field outside of consulting, finance, marketing, operations, or general management. By the same token, an MIT Sloan grad collected $275,000, along with a Berkeley Haas MBA earning $240K to start.