Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Finance Industry Placement
In this edition of Real Numbers of MBA Admissions, see the percentages for placement in the finance industry at top business schools. Finance has typically been in the top three of industry choices for MBA graduates, alongside tech and consulting. The finance industry presents myriad options for MBA graduates to pursue dynamic and lucrative careers, and the quantitative rigor of leading MBA programs supports such paths.
| Business School | % in Finance |
|---|---|
| Arizona State University W.P. School of Business | 2% |
| Cambridge Judge Business School | 23% |
| Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business | 13% |
| Columbia Business School | 33% |
| Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management | 34% |
| Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business | 21% |
| Duke University Fuqua School of Business | 18% |
| Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University | 8% |
| Emory University Goizueta School of Business | 18% |
| Esade | 12% |
| ESMT Berlin | 10% |
| Georgetown University McDonough School of Business | 24% |
| Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business | 5% |
| Harvard Business School | 34% |
| HEC Paris | 13% |
| IE | 20% |
| IESE | 23% |
| IMD | 9% |
| Imperial | 14% |
| Indiana University Kelley School of Business | 15% |
| INSEAD | 12% |
| London Business School | 21% |
| Manchester AMBS | 21% |
| Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University | 5% |
| Mays Business School at Texas A&M University–College Station | 5% |
| MIT Sloan School of Management | 19% |
| Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management | 15% |
| NYU Stern School of Business | 34% |
| Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business | 32% |
| Owen Graduate School of Business of Vanderbilt University | 27% |
| Oxford Saïd Business School | 31% |
| Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business | 22% |
| SDA Bocconi School of Management | 10% |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | 34% |
| UC Berkeley Haas School of Business | 15% |
| UCLA Anderson School of Management | 15% |
| University of Chicago Booth School of Business | 30% |
| University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business | 12% |
| University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of Management | 10% |
| University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School | 19% |
| University of Rochester Simon Business School | 31% |
| USC Marshall School of Business | 8% |
| UT Austin McCombs School of Business | 18% |
| UVA Darden School of Business | 19% |
| UW Foster School of Business | 8% |
| Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School | 12% |
| The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania | 36% |
| Yale School of Management | 23% |
The percentages for finance industry placement in this edition of Real Numbers of MBA Admissions are based on the full-time graduating Classes of 2020.