The 15 Business Schools Promising the Highest Salaries for Their Graduates

When considering education at a business school, one of the most important criteria is always return on investment.

Some of the top business schools are infamously expensive, but they are often associated with the higher salaries that their graduates enjoy after the program.

Here are the 15 business schools that, according to salar analysis done by Emolument, provide the best financial opportunities for graduates. The analysis was performed by evaluating the salaries of almost 11,000 former MBA students – predominantly US nationals, though participants from Switzerland, France, Spain, and the UK participated as well.

15. IESE, Spain — $179,000

14. Cambridge University Judge Business School, UK — $180,000

13. University of St. Gallen, Switzerland — $181,000

11. INSEAD, France and UCLA Anderson School of Management, USA — $185,000

10. University of Michigan Ross School of Business, USA — $187,000

8. (tie) Duke University Fuqua School of Business, USA and Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management, USA — $189,000

7. Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, USA — $209,000

6. New York University Stern School of Business, USA — $213,000

5. Columbia Business School, USA — $239,000

4. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA — $248,000

3. University of Chicago Booth School of Business — $250,000

2. Harvard Business School — $255,000

1. MIT Sloan School of Management — $286,000