At most highly selective business schools, starting pay for MBAs reached record levels in 2015. Many schools saw healthy year-over-year increases in starting salaries and a good number also had double-digit increases in total pay
| School | Total First Year Comp * | Base Salary | Sign-On Bonus | % Getting Bonus | Other Guaranteed Pay | % Getting Other Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford | $160.287160.287 | $130.000130 | $25.00025 | 44%44 | $52.50052.5 | 37%37 |
| Harvard | $151.211151.211 | $130.000130 | $25.00025 | 65%65 | $26.00026 | 19%19 |
| Michigan (Ross) | $149.960149.96 | $117.750117.75 | $25.00025 | 90%90 | $20.00020 | 49%49 |
| Virginia (Darden) | $149.545149.545 | $125.000125 | $25.00025 | 89%89 | $17.25017.25 | 13%13 |
| MIT (Sloan) | $147.729147.729 | $125.000125 | $25.00025 | 75%75 | $20.50020.5 | 19%19 |
| Cornell (Johnson) | $147.571147.571 | $119.100119.1 | $29.90029.9 | 81%81 | $21.00021 | 12%12 |
| UC-Berkeley (Haas) | $147.457147.457 | $125.000125 | $25.00025 | 72%72 | $20.00020 | 22%22 |
| Columbia | $146.645146.645 | $125.000125 | $25.00025 | 62%62 | $25.00025 | 20%20 |
| Yale SOM | $146.514146.514 | $120.000120 | NANA | NANA | $34.61634.616 | 77%77 |
| Wharton | $146.303146.303 | $125.000125 | $25.00025 | 63%63 | $30.00030 | 19%19 |
| Dartmouth (Tuck) | $146.020146.02 | $125.000125 | $25.00025 | 84%84 | NANA | NANA |
| NYU (Stern) | $144.199144.199 | $120.000120 | $25.50025.5 | 75%75 | $20.00020 | 25%25 |
| Duke (Fuqua) | $144.130144.13 | $120.000120 | $25.00025 | 84%84 | $20.50020.5 | 6%6 |
| Chicago (Booth) | $143.495143.495 | $125.000125 | $25.00025 | 62%62 | $25.00025 | 12%12 |
| Carnegie (Tepper) | $138.867138.867 | $117.000117 | $25.00025 | 84%84 | $8.50008.5 | 12%12 |
| Northwestern (Kellogg) | $138.751138.751 | $123.000123 | $25.00025 | 63%63 | $20.00020 | NANA |
| INSEAD | $138.240138.24 | $107.100107.1 | $23.00023 | 64%64 | $22.50022.5 | 73%73 |
| Texas (McCombs) | $134.641134.641 | $113.500113.5 | $25.00025 | 77%77 | $11.87411.874 | 16%16 |
| London Business School | $133.588133.588 | $117.596117.596 | NANA | NANA | $24.99524.995 | 64%64 |
| UCLA (Anderson) | $132.939132.939 | $115.000115 | $25.00025 | 66%66 | $14.55014.55 | 10%10 |
| Emory (Goizueta) | $132.766132.766 | $110.000110 | $25.00025 | 75%75 | $16.25016.25 | 23%23 |
| Washington (Foster) | $131.979131.979 | $110,029**$110,029** | $23,325**$23,325** | 68%68 | $15.613**$15.613** | 39%39 |
| UNC (Kenan-Flagler) | $128.694128.694 | $110.000110 | $21.00021 | 83%83 | $10.35010.35 | 13%13 |
| Georgetown (McDonough) | $124.662124.662 | $110.000110 | $25.00025 | 80%80 | $6,635$6,635 | 5%5 |
| Indiana (Kelley) | $124.287124.287 | $107.000107 | $22.00022 | 76%76 | $11.00011 | 5%5 |
| Vanderbilt (Owen) | $123.031123.031 | $105.000105 | $20.00020 | 83%83 | $10.50010.5 | 13%13 |
| Washington (Olin) | $112.185112.185 | $100.0000100 | $15.00015 | 73%73 | $10.20010.2 | 12%12 |
| IESE | $109.372109.372 | $92.953092.953 | $26.50526.505 | 62%62 | NANA | NANA |
