Think Chicago Booth is just a place for finance jockeys? Don’t tell that to McKinsey, Bain, and BCG, three of the schools biggest employers. In 2016, 27.5% of Booth’s graduating class entered consulting — and for good reason. Namely, consulting pays better than any other industry at the school, base-wise. In fact, consulting firms pay Boothies more in base than any other school, to the tune of $137,148. As a whole, MBAs joining consulting firms were richly rewarded. At 19 programs, base pay averaged $130,000 or more. Compare that to finance, where just four schools produced classes that broke the $130,000 mark on average. It wasn’t just the big names pulling down the big bucks. Schools like Brigham Young, USC, Minnesota, and Indiana collected $130,000 or more on average too. Not to mention, consulting firms weren’t shy about doling out jaw-dropping pay. 35 schools featured a graduate who made $170,000 or more to start, including Temple ($179,000), Brigham Young University ($240,000), and Vanderbilt Owen ($180,000).