Most business graduates easily topped the average college graduate pay in 2018 of $50,390. In fact, Wharton undergrads led all business schools with total first-year pay, including signing bonus, of $92,057.
School | Total First-Year Pay | Average Salary | Signing Bonus | % Getting Bonus |
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UPenn (Wharton) | $92,057 | $80,354 | $12,960 | 90.3%90.3 |
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | $85,791 | $77,987 | $8,671 | 90.0%90 |
NYU (Stern) | $84,764 | $80,546 | $10,018 | 42.1%42.1 |
Virginia (McIntire) | $80,842 | $75,068 | $9,313 | 62.0%62 |
Cornell (Dyson) | $79,850 | $74,493 | $9,414 | 56.9%56.9 |
Georgetown (McDonough) | $79,593 | $73,019 | $9,527 | 69.0%69 |
UC-Berkeley (Haas) | $79,133 | $73,302 | $9,559 | 61.0%61 |
Michigan (Ross) | $78,165 | $72,268 | $8,559 | 68.9%68.9 |
WashU (Olin) | $75,986 | $67,115 | $11,828 | 75.0%75 |
Worcester Polytechnic (Foisie) | $72,937 | $69,930 | $7,333 | 41.0%41 |
SMU (Cox) | $72,585 | $67,138 | $10,894 | 50.0%50 |
UT-Austin (McCombs) | $72,052 | $67,347 | $7,410 | 63.5%63.5 |
Wake Forest | $71,675 | $68,300 | $7,500 | 45.0%45 |
UNC (Kenan-Flagler) | $71,458 | $66,667 | $7,150 | 67.0%67 |
William & Mary (Mason) | $71,276 | $64,724 | $14,690 | 44.6%44.6 |
Emory (Goizueta) | $70,613 | $66,297 | $7,847 | 55.0%55 |
RPI (Lally) | $70,494 | $67,200 | $7,486 | 44.0%44 |
Lehigh | $69,875 | $66,598 | $6,688 | 49.0%49 |
Indiana (Kelley) | $69,284 | $62,734 | $8,619 | 76.0%76 |
Notre Dame (Mendoza) | $69,060 | $65,000 | $7,000 | 58.0%58 |
Santa Clara (Leavey) | $68,560 | $59,333 | $11,829 | 78.0%78 |
Boston College (Carroll) | $68,509 | $65,814 | $7,487 | 36.0%36 |
Boston (Questrom) | $68,038 | $64,275 | $7,572 | 49.7%49.7 |
Northeastern (D’Amore-McKim) | $67,229 | $66,101 | $6,634 | 17.0%17 |
Villanova | $66,921 | $63,709 | $6,923 | 46.4%46.4 |
Illinois (Gies) | $66,598 | $63,079 | $5,964 | 59.0%59 |
Fordham (Gabelli) | $66,528 | $63,777 | $9,169 | 30.0%30 |
Georgia Tech (Scheller) | $66,051 | $62,545 | $6,493 | 54.0%54 |
Richmond (Robins) | $65,613 | $62,969 | $7,553 | 35.0%35 |
Miami Business School | $65,217 | $60,801 | $9,026 | 48.9%48.9 |
Washinton (Foster) | $64,610 | $61,039 | $9,156 | 39.0%39 |
South Carolina (Moore) | $64,255 | $61,946 | $5,784 | 39.9%39.9 |
Saint Louis University | $64,183 | $63,333 | $5,000 | 17.0%17 |
Texas Christian (Neeley) | $63,587 | $60,719 | $7,171 | 40.0%40 |
Penn State (Smeal) | $63,063 | $60,046 | $6,034 | 50.0%50 |
Rutgers (New Brunswick) | $62,710 | $60,228 | $8,072 | 30.8%30.8 |
Michigan State (Broad) | $61,953 | $58,706 | $5,430 | 59.8%59.8 |
Miami (Farmer) | $61,547 | $59,540 | $5,621 | 35.7%35.7 |
Syracuse (Whitman) | $60,919 | $59,371 | $7,060 | 21.9%21.9 |
Tulane (Freeman) | $60,855 | $60,442 | $27,500 | 1.5%1.5 |
Wisconsin | $60,450 | $58,603 | $5,278 | 35.0%35 |
Purdue (Krannert) | $60,317 | $57,473 | $6,183 | 46.0%46 |
Texas A&M (Mays) | $60,285 | $57,286 | $6,665 | 45.0%45 |
James Madison | $60,232 | $58,257 | $4,592 | 43.0%43 |
Massachusetts (Isenberg) | $60,082 | $57,782 | $5,778 | 39.8%39.8 |
UT-Dallas (Jindal) | $59,927 | $58,100 | $6,300 | 29.0%29 |
Seton Hall (Stillman) | $59,851 | $59,451 | $5,000 | 8.0%8 |
Babson College | $59,680 | $57,665 | $6,718 | 30.0%30 |
American (Kogod) | $59,588 | $58,670 | $7,652 | 12.0%12 |
St. John's (Tobin) | $59,146 | $59,146 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Providence | $59,014 | $57,174 | $7,360 | 25.0%25 |
Drexel (LeBow) | $58,882 | $57,185 | $7,069 | 24.0%24 |
TCNJ | $58,830 | $58,000 | $4,880 | 17.0%17 |
Minnesota (Carlson) | $58,388 | $56,989 | $5,783 | 24.2%24.2 |
Georgia (Terry) | $57,851 | $56,428 | $5,692 | 25.0%25 |
Arizona (Eller) | $57,348 | $54,041 | $6,613 | 50.0%50 |
San Diego | $57,119 | $57,119 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Ohio State (Fisher) | $57,088 | $54,740 | $5,728 | 41.0%41 |
BYU (Marriot) | $56,737 | $55,148 | $5,478 | 29.0%29 |
Pittsburgh | $56,710 | $54,370 | $6,000 | 39.0%39 |
Delaware | $56,555 | $54,087 | $7,051 | 35.0%35 |
UC-Irvine (Merage) | $55,880 | $54,479 | $4,917 | 28.5%28.5 |
Houston (Bauer) | $55,078 | $54,144 | $5,835 | 16.0%16 |
Rutgers (Newark) | $54,954 | $54,211 | $6,571 | 11.3%11.3 |
Sacred Heart | $54,784 | $54,784 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Oklahoma (Price) | $54,727 | $53,134 | $5,318 | 30.0%30 |
Elon (Love) | $54,351 | $52,299 | $4,685 | 43.8%43.8 |
Bowling Green | $53,772 | $53,300 | $4,295 | 11.0%11 |
Utah (Eccles) | $53,600 | $51,478 | $9,826 | 21.6%21.6 |
Texas Tech (Rawls) | $53,473 | $53,473 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Ithaca | $52,941 | $50,649 | $5,210 | 44.0%44 |
New Hampshire (Paul) | $52,715 | $50,420 | $4,589 | 50.0%50 |
RIT (Saunders) | $52,161 | $51,273 | $9,553 | 9.3%9.3 |
Missouri (Trulaski) | $51,611 | $48,827 | $6,106 | 45.6%45.6 |
Denver (Daniels) | $51,486 | $50,975 | $5,810 | 8.8%8.8 |
Northern Illinois | $51,369 | $51,120 | $2,600 | 9.6%9.6 |
Duquesne (Donahue) | $51,342 | $50,592 | $5,000 | 15.0%15 |
Tennessee (Haslam) | $51,112 | $50,446 | $5,126 | 13.0%13 |
Evansville (Schroeder) | $50,537 | $50,537 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Kentucky (Gatton) | $49,911 | $49,175 | $3,505 | 21.0%21 |
Michigan-Dearborn | $49,507 | $49,507 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Christopher Newport | $48,172 | $48,000 | $3,250 | 5.3%5.3 |
St. Thomas (Opus) | $48,000 | $48,000 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Lipscomb | $46,875 | $46,875 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
North Carolina-Wilmington | $44,507 | $44,507 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Florida Southern | $44,373 | $43,366 | $4,699 | 21.4%21.4 |
Akron | $42,651 | $42,651 | $8,110 | 0.0%0 |
Hult International | $34,708 | $34,708 | 0 | 0.0%0 |