If the big payday is the big motivator for pursing an MBA, the M7s are still showing the money.
A 2025 graduate of Harvard Business School scored a base salary of $470,000 to start, the highest reported salary of any other graduate at any other business school, according to data collected in U.S. News & World Report as part of the magazine’s annual ranking of U.S. B-schools.
At least two more graduates at Columbia Business School and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania earned base salaries of $450,000. READ MORE