Most top 50 schools saw increases in base salary over the past three years for both international (30 schools) and U.S. grads (38). Foreign MBAs graduating from a top 50 school made an average of $108,595 compared to $113,828 for their U.S. counterparts; but internationals actually saw greater salary increases on average from 2016 to 2018: $7,808 compared to $5,774.
P&Q Rank & School Name | 2018 Mean International Base Salary | 2017 Mean International Base Salary | 2016 Mean International Base Salary | 3-Year Difference ($ International) | 2018 Mean U.S. Base Salary | 2017 Mean U.S. Base Salary | 2016 Mean U.S. Base Salary | 3-Year Difference ($ U.S.) |
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34. BYU (Marriott) | $112,063 | $101,842 | $106,832 | $5,231 | $110,701 | $102,662 | $105,055 | $5,646 |
37. California-Irvine (Merage) | $109,000 | $101,542 | $98,452 | $10,548 | $85,500 | $93,093 | $95,170 | -$9,670 |
23. Georgetown (McDonough) | $108,876 | $106,212 | $102,804 | $6,072 | $118,528 | $114,678 | $110,299 | $8,229 |
30. Minnesota (Carlson) | $108,857 | $93,571 | $102,093 | $6,764 | $113,642 | $108,000 | $110,319 | $3,323 |
24. Rice (Jones) | $108,429 | $111,986 | $110,735 | -$2,306 | $114,856 | $113,666 | $112,857 | $1,999 |
29. Notre Dame (Mendoza) | $106,978 | $101,627 | $101,194 | $5,784 | $112,665 | $109,126 | $104,347 | $8,318 |
22. USC (Marshall) | $103,791 | $120,278 | $116,552 | -$12,761 | $123,570 | $117,968 | $114,498 | $9,072 |
26. Vanderbilt (Owen) | $103,087 | $111,447 | $104,407 | -$1,320 | $113,188 | $113,614 | $110,958 | $2,230 |
38. Purdue (Krannert) | $103,017 | $95,147 | $90,359 | $12,658 | $83,126 | $89,663 | $91,196 | -$8,070 |
31. Arizona State (Carey) | $102,486 | $100,300 | $112,778 | -$10,292 | $99,498 | $98,286 | $97,179 | $2,319 |
36. Ohio State (Fisher) | $101,531 | $95,331 | $110,561 | -$9,030 | $95,245 | $96,378 | $96,775 | -$1,530 |
28. Washington U. (Olin) | $101,035 | $104,741 | $89,925 | $11,110 | $111,835 | $107,728 | $108,556 | $3,279 |
39. Rochester (Simon) | $100,641 | $100,253 | $100,093 | $548 | $106,776 | $103,840 | $96,772 | $10,004 |
40. Maryland (Smith) | $100,133 | $93,400 | $82,631 | $17,502 | $106,445 | $102,412 | $101,319 | $5,126 |
45. Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | $99,255 | $86,556 | NA | $12,699* | $83,269 | $88,143 | NA | -$4,874* |
25. Indiana (Kelley) | $99,108 | $93,744 | $111,211 | -$12,103 | $111,640 | $104,050 | $109,071 | $2,569 |
33. Wisconsin | $98,823 | $92,225 | $103,962 | -$5,139 | $98,367 | $98,059 | $95,020 | $3,347 |
49. UC-Davis | $95,906 | $101,750 | NA | -$5,844* | $100,918 | $93,014 | NA | $7,904* |
44. Pittsburgh (Katz) | $95,059 | $97,760 | $95,917 | -$858 | $84,250 | $82,247 | $75,636 | $8,614 |
48. Boston College (Carroll) | $94,000 | $103,643 | $87,708 | $6,292 | $99,317 | $100,195 | $99,783 | -$466 |
43. Georgia (Terry) | $82,880 | $94,450 | $64,750 | $18,130 | $101,750 | $88,150 | $95,288 | $6,462 |
50. Rutgers | $79,413 | $93,393 | NA | -$13,980* | $95,008 | $100,868 | NA | -$5,860* |
42. Boston U. (Questrom) | $76,604 | $85,131 | $93,875 | -$17,271 | $97,538 | $97,869 | $103,465 | -$5,927 |
6. MIT (Sloan) | NA | NA | $99,328 | NA | $135,105 | NA | $127,926 | $7,179 |
12. Virginia (Darden) | NA | $116,114 | $118,260 | NA | NA | $127,954 | $124,400 | NA |
47. Florida (Hough) | NA | NA | NA | NA | $104,538 | $101,590 | $98,331 | $6,207 |