2016 was a great year for MBA pay. At 27 leading U.S. business schools, total median compensation for graduates was on the rise at 22 schools. In many cases, the increases numbers significant. The biggest percentage rises occurred at Washington University’s Olin School of Business, which saw a 12.8% increase, and at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, experienced a 9.7% jump in total median pay. Compensation fell at only five of the 27 schools and only ever so slightly.
School | 2016 Total Compensation | 2015 Total Compensation | % Change |
---|---|---|---|
Stanford GSB | $163.827163.827 | $160.287160.287 | 2.2%2.2 |
Harvard | $158.080158.08 | $151.211151.211 | 4.5%4.5 |
New York (Stern) | $153.635153.635 | $144.199144.199 | 6.5%6.5 |
Virginia (Darden) | $150.688150.688 | $149.545149.545 | 0.8%0.8 |
Michigan (Ross) | $150.606150.606 | $149.960149.96 | 0.4%0.4 |
Dartmouth (Tuck) | $149,732*$149,732* | $148,987*$148,987* | 0.5%0.5 |
UPenn (Wharton) | $148.892148.892 | $146.303146.303 | 1.8%1.8 |
Yale SOM | $148.761148.761 | $146.514146.514 | 1.5%1.5 |
Columbia | $147.000147 | $146.645146.645 | 0.2%0.2 |
MIT (Sloan) | $145.826145.826 | $147.729147.729 | -1.3%-1.3 |
UCLA (Anderson) | $145.770145.77 | $132.939132.939 | 9.7%9.7 |
Chicago (Booth) | $145.723145.723 | $143.495143.495 | 1.6%1.6 |
UC-Berkeley (Haas) | $145.652145.652 | $147.457147.457 | -1.2%-1.2 |
Cornell (Johnson) | $143.026143.026 | $147.571147.571 | -3.1%-3.1 |
Northwestern (Kellogg) | $142,407*$142,407* | $142,250*$142,250* | 0.1%0.1 |
Duke (Fuqua) | $141.871141.871 | $144.130144.13 | -1.6%-1.6 |
Washington (Foster) | $141.121141.121 | $131.979131.979 | 6.9%6.9 |
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | $138.990138.99 | $138.867138.867 | 0.1%0.1 |
Texas-Austin (McCombs) | $135.888135.888 | $134.641134.641 | 0.9%0.9 |
Emory (Goizueta) | $133.908133.908 | $132.766132.766 | 0.9%0.9 |
Vanderbilt (Owen) | $132.040132.04 | $123.031123.031 | 7.3%7.3 |
Minnesota (Carlson) | $130.914130.914 | $128.694128.694 | 1.7%1.7 |
UNC (Kenan-Flagler) | $129.797129.797 | $128.662128.662 | 0.9%0.9 |
Indiana (Kelley) | $128.654128.654 | $124.287124.287 | 3.5%3.5 |
USC (Marshall) | $127.650127.65 | $119.938119.938 | 6.4%6.4 |
Washington (Olin) | $126.550126.55 | $112.185112.185 | 12.8%12.8 |
Georgetown (McDonough | $123.090123.09 | $124.662124.662 | -1.3%-1.3 |