MBA employment outcomes vary by school, graduating class, location, industry, and whether the measure covers accepted jobs, offers, or internships. Recent reports from Wharton, Yale SOM, MIT Sloan, Berkeley Haas, and Johns Hopkins Carey show strong demand in consulting and finance, substantial technology representation, and wide differences in compensation and geography.
Contents
- Employment rates and employer reach
- MBA salary and bonus outcomes
- Industries hiring MBA graduates
- Functions and career switching
- Where MBA graduates work
- Internship statistics
- Startups, social impact, and alternative paths
Employment rates and employer reach
The published employment measures are not identical, so an offer rate should not be treated as the same thing as an acceptance rate or an employment rate. Yale SOM reported that 84.8% of its Class of 2024 had received an offer by three months after graduation. Berkeley Haas reported an 86% offer rate and an 84% acceptance rate for its Class of 2025, also measured three months after graduation. Johns Hopkins Carey reported that 86% of its Class of 2024 received a full-time offer within 90 days of graduation. These three figures are useful benchmarks, but their timing and definitions should remain attached to the comparison.
MIT Sloan’s MBA Class of 2024 employment report covered 99.8% of the class and found that 88.9% had received offers of employment at publication. The report also recorded accepted full-time roles and internships with 276 companies, including 141 employers recruiting at MIT Sloan for the first time. Across MIT Sloan’s Classes of 2024 and 2025, 61 startup organizations hired students or graduates. (MIT Sloan MBA Employment Report 2024-2025)
Yale SOM reported 136 unique employers hiring members of the Class of 2024. Johns Hopkins Carey reported that more than 47% of its Class of 2024 accepted a job through a school-facilitated activity. Its career platform averaged 25,091 full-time jobs posted on Handshake each month. The Carey class also included students representing more than 20 countries, while the program reported five consecutive years of gender parity since 2019. (Yale Employment Report 2024-25; JHU Carey Full-time MBA Employment Report 2024)
| Program and class | Reported outcome | Measurement point |
|---|---|---|
| Yale SOM, 2024 | 84.8% received offers | Three months after graduation |
| Berkeley Haas, 2025 | 86% offer rate; 84% accept rate | Three months after graduation |
| Johns Hopkins Carey, 2024 | 86% received full-time offers | Within 90 days of graduation |
| MIT Sloan, 2024 | 88.9% received offers | At report publication |
Berkeley Haas supplied a more detailed funnel for its Class of 2025: 229 total students, 182 looking for jobs, 156 receiving offers, and 153 accepting offers by three months after graduation. The same report gave a mean base salary of $164,930 and a median base salary of $167,250. (Berkeley Haas Employment Report 2025)
MBA salary and bonus outcomes
Wharton’s Class of 2025 reported a median annual salary of $185,000. Its 25th percentile was $165,000 and its 75th percentile was $192,000, showing a relatively concentrated central range in the reported salary distribution. The median sign-on bonus was $30,000, with a 25th percentile of $30,000 and a 75th percentile of $50,000. The median guaranteed bonus was $25,357, and the 25th percentile was $14,500. (Wharton Full-Time Jobs Overview 2025)
Yale SOM reported a $160,000 median salary for its Class of 2024. Its median base salary was $170,000 for U.S. employment and $120,000 for international employment. Salary reporting covered 93.0% of students reporting accepted offers. Among those students, 70.4% reported a signing bonus and 10.8% reported a guaranteed year-end bonus. (Yale Employment Report 2024-25)
MIT Sloan’s Class of 2024 had a $30,000 median signing bonus and a $35,900 mean signing bonus. Median other compensation was $40,000. Stock and equity compensation was reported by 17.3%, with a $100,000 median value and a $196,823 mean value. Berkeley Haas reported a mean sign-on bonus of $35,829, with 75% of students receiving one. (MIT Sloan MBA Employment Report 2024-2025; Berkeley Haas Employment Report 2025)
| Program or category | Median base or annual salary | Additional compensation measure |
|---|---|---|
| Wharton Class of 2025 | $185,000 | $30,000 median sign-on bonus |
| Yale SOM Class of 2024 | $160,000 median salary | 70.4% reported a signing bonus |
| Berkeley Haas Class of 2025 | $167,250 base salary | $35,829 mean sign-on bonus |
| MIT Sloan Class of 2024 | Not stated in the supplied comparison | $30,000 median signing bonus |
Compensation also differed by industry. At Wharton, median salaries included $190,000 in consulting, $175,000 in financial services, $165,000 in energy, $165,000 in insurance and diversified services, and $142,900 in retail and e-commerce-adjacent sectors where listed. MIT Sloan reported median base salaries of $190,000 in consulting, $175,000 in finance, $161,375 in technology, and $150,000 in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. (Wharton Full-Time Industry Choices 2025; MIT Sloan MBA Employment Report 2024-2025)
Industries hiring MBA graduates
Consulting and finance were the largest reported destinations in several recent classes. Wharton’s Class of 2025 full-time industry mix was 28.2% consulting and 38.2% financial services. Within the financial-services figure, investment banking and brokerage accounted for 14.2%, investment management for 5.3%, private equity, buyouts, and other activities for 13.4%, and venture capital for 2.8%. (Wharton Full-Time Industry Choices 2025)
MIT Sloan’s Class of 2024 reported 32.1% in consulting, 25.3% in finance, 19.0% in technology, and 6.8% in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. Its industry mix changed between 2022 and 2024: consulting rose from 31.2% to 32.1%, technology fell from 22.6% to 19.0%, and finance rose from 22.6% to 25.3%. These are changes in the reported shares across those class years, not a forecast of future hiring. (MIT Sloan MBA Employment Report 2024-2025)
Yale SOM reported that 5.2% of accepted jobs across all industries were in nonprofit and not-for-profit organizations. Berkeley Haas reported that 16% of graduates entered social-impact employment. The different labels mean the figures should not be combined into one market-wide estimate. (Yale Employment Report 2024-25; Berkeley Haas Employment Report 2025)
Sign-on bonus access also varied by industry at Wharton. Consulting jobs had 84 sign-on bonuses, representing 55.6% of accepted jobs in that category. Financial services had 105 sign-on bonuses, representing 49.8% of accepted jobs. The report’s industry data therefore provides both compensation levels and an indication of how widely bonuses were distributed within those categories. (Wharton Full-Time Industry Choices 2025)
Functions and career switching
Wharton’s Class of 2025 accepted jobs across several functions. Consulting and strategy represented 25.5%, general and project management 9.6%, business development 3.8%, corporate finance 2.7%, entrepreneurial management 1.0%, and human capital 0.1%. Consulting and strategy had a $190,000 median annual salary, while business development had a $170,000 median annual salary. The report counted 95 students with sign-on bonuses in consulting and strategy and 13 in business development. (Wharton Full-Time Function Choices 2025)
MIT Sloan’s Class of 2024 reported 35.7% in consulting and strategic planning, 20.4% in finance, 13.6% in product management and development, and 9.0% in operations and supply chain. Berkeley Haas’s Class of 2025 function mix was 28% consulting, 19% finance and accounting, 16% general management, 15% information technology, 9% marketing and sales, 7% other, 6% operations and logistics, and 1% human resources. (MIT Sloan MBA Employment Report 2024-2025; Berkeley Haas Employment Report 2025)
Wharton also measured how career switchers changed direction. Among the Class of 2025 career switchers, 53.1% changed both industry and function, 16.6% changed function only, 10.3% changed industry only, 9.7% kept the same industry and function but took a new title, and 10.3% reported no change. These percentages describe the reported career-switching group, not the entire class. (Wharton Full-Time Jobs Overview 2025)
Where MBA graduates work
Wharton reported that 94.0% of Class of 2025 full-time employment was in the United States and 6.0% was international. Within U.S. employment, 53.0% was in the Northeast, 9.8% in the Mid-Atlantic, 4.3% in the Midwest, and 2.6% in the South. The listed U.S. city shares included New York City at 49.1%, Boston at 4.0%, Chicago at 3.1%, Philadelphia at 4.2%, Washington, D.C., at 5.4%, and Atlanta at 0.7%. (Wharton Full-Time Location Choices 2025)
Wharton’s international full-time employment was led by Asia at 2.3% of total employment, followed by Europe at 0.9%, Canada at 0.7%, Latin America at 0.4%, Australia at 0.4%, and Africa at 0.2%. Because these geography figures use different denominators within the report, readers should retain the report’s labels when comparing U.S., regional, city, and international figures. (Wharton Full-Time Location Choices 2025)
Yale SOM reported that 89.6% of Class of 2024 full-time employment was within the United States and 10.4% was outside the United States. Its U.S. and international salary figures also differed: $170,000 median base salary in the United States compared with $120,000 internationally. (Yale Employment Report 2024-25)
Internship statistics
Yale SOM’s Class of 2025 internship class had 340 students and a 100% accepted-job-offer rate. The median weekly salary was $2,196 overall and $2,196 for U.S. students and permanent residents; the international-student median was $2,138. Internship geography was 87.4% within the United States and 12.6% outside the United States. A separate Yale figure reported a $2,327 U.S. median weekly salary and a $752 international median weekly salary for the Class of 2025 internship. (Yale Employment Report 2024-25)
MIT Sloan’s Class of 2025 internship industries were 29.5% consulting, 23.4% finance, 19.4% technology, and 8.6% healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. Median weekly salaries were $15,738 in consulting, $10,000 in finance, $9,250 in technology, and $8,400 in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. The report also gave a median monthly salary of $14,000 for consulting and strategic planning, $10,000 for finance, $9,020 for product management and development, $7,200 for business development, and $8,800 for operations and project management. (MIT Sloan MBA Employment Report 2024-2025)
MIT Sloan’s internship function mix included 36.0% consulting and strategic planning, 26.9% finance, 14.9% product management and development, 8.0% business development, and 4.0% operations and project management. The weekly and monthly figures are separate report measures, so they should not be converted into annual compensation. (MIT Sloan MBA Employment Report 2024-2025)
Startups, social impact, and alternative paths
Berkeley Haas reported that 15% of its Class of 2025 graduates went to startups, while 45% received equity compensation packages. The median equity value was $90,000 and the mean equity value was $106,352. Yale SOM reported that 15 students worked on their own startups in summer 2025 and 30 additional students worked at startups founded by others. (Berkeley Haas Employment Report 2025; Yale Employment Report 2024-25)
Wharton reported that 17.1% of its Class of 2025 was company-sponsored or returning to a company. Another 5.2% was self-employed or starting a business, 1.8% postponed the job search or continued education, and 1.3% cited personal or other reasons for not seeking employment. These categories show why a graduate outcome report extends beyond a simple employed-versus-unemployed split. (Wharton Full-Time Jobs Overview 2025)
Taken together, the reports show several distinct MBA employment patterns: consulting and finance remain prominent, technology is a major but variable destination, U.S. employment is common at the programs reporting geography, and startup or social-impact paths account for meaningful shares in some classes. Offer timing, reporting coverage, geography, and compensation definitions should be checked before using any single percentage as a general forecast for all MBA graduates.