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Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Finance Industry Placement

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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 full-time 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
Boston College Carroll School of Management 29%
Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business 19%
Cambridge Judge Business School 26%
Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business 19%
CEIBS 17%
Columbia Business School 36%
Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management 42%
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business 24%
Duke University Fuqua School of Business 25%
Emory University Goizueta School of Business 21%
Esade 16%*
ESCP 14%*
ESMT Berlin 13%*
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business 27%
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business 3%
Harvard Business School 39%
HEC Paris 22%
IE 20%*
IESE 17%
IMD 16%*
Imperial 31%*
Indiana University Kelley School of Business 8%
INSEAD 8%
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School 16%*
London Business School 26%
Manchester AMBS 16%*
Michigan State University Eli Broad Graduate School of Management 8%
MIT Sloan School of Management 25%
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management 19%
Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business 25%
NYU Stern School of Business 36%
Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business 26%
Oxford Saïd Business School 32%
Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business 27%
SDA Bocconi School of Management 14%*
SMU Cox 22%
Stanford Graduate School of Business 37%
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business 16%
UCLA Anderson School of Management 18%
University of Bath 10%*
University of Chicago Booth School of Business 33%
University of Edinburgh Business School 24%^
University of Florida Warrington 10%*
University of Georgia Terry 14%
University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business 18%
University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of Management 11%
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School 21%
University of Rochester Simon Business School 18%
USC Marshall School of Business 13%
UT Austin McCombs School of Business 17%
University of Toronto Rotman 37%*
UVA Darden School of Business 27%
UW Foster School of Business 5%
Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Business 23%
Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School 31%
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania 37%
Yale School of Management 26%

*Class of 2023
^Classes of 2021 & 2022

The percentages for finance industry placement in this edition of Real Numbers of MBA Admissions are based on the full-time graduating Classes of 2024 unless otherwise noted.

Lauren Wakal
Lauren Wakal has been covering the MBA admissions space for more than a decade, from in-depth business school profiles to weekly breaking news and more.