Atlanta…Miami…Nashville…Charlotte...Charleston…New Orleans…Sarasota…Asheville. Who wouldn’t want to live in the American South? Sunny, friendly, and cultured…with business markets that are booming! So which MBAs take home the most there? Brace yourself: It’s NYU Stern. True, Stern only placed 7 students in Dixie, but they collected $166,171 – more than Stanford grads earned in the Northeast or the West. With the highest Stern paycheck being $187,200 in the South, you could say that their grads’ earnings were consistent too. Overall, 6 schools reported first year bases over $150K, with earnings correlating closely with ranking. A Harvard grad landed the single-highest base in the South at $275K. However, a Georgia Tech grad’s $170K base topped any single base salary made by a Wharton School grad.