Consulting is one of the most popular post-MBA industry choices for business school candidates, alongside finance and tech. It’s a dynamic field with diverse clients, strategic challenges and more. In this edition of Real Numbers of MBA Admissions, see the percentages of MBA grads who joined the consulting industry.
| Business School | % in Consulting |
|---|---|
| Boston College Carroll School of Management | 13% |
| Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business | 2% |
| Cambridge Judge Business School | 14% |
| Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business | 26% |
| Columbia Business School | 31% |
| Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management | 31% |
| Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business | 44% |
| Duke University Fuqua School of Business | 39% |
| Emory University Goizueta School of Business | 41% |
| Esade | 21%* |
| ESCP | 35%* |
| ESMT Berlin | 33%* |
| Georgetown University McDonough School of Business | 36% |
| Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business | 43% |
| Harvard Business School | 18% |
| HEC Paris | 25% |
| IE | 15%* |
| IESE | 41% |
| IMD | 16%* |
| Imperial | 23%* |
| Indiana University Kelley School of Business | 24% |
| INSEAD | 55% |
| Johns Hopkins Carey Business School | 30%* |
| London Business School | 42% |
| Manchester AMBS | 21%* |
| Michigan State University Eli Broad Graduate School of Management | 16% |
| MIT Sloan School of Management | 32% |
| Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management | 35% |
| Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business | 30% |
| NYU Stern School of Business | 37% |
| Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business | 20% |
| Oxford Saïd Business School | 27%* |
| Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business | 20% |
| SDA Bocconi School of Management | 17%* |
| SMU Cox | 32% |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | 14% |
| UC Berkeley Haas School of Business | 25% |
| UCI Merage | 5% |
| UCLA Anderson School of Management | 25% |
| University of Bath | 14%* |
| University of Chicago Booth School of Business | 34% |
| University of Edinburgh Business School | 13% |
| University of Florida Warrington | 13%* |
| University of Georgia Terry | 33% |
| University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business | 36% |
| University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of Management | 13% |
| University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School | 21% |
| University of Rochester Simon Business School | 14% |
| USC Marshall School of Business | 28% |
| UT Austin McCombs School of Business | 30% |
| University of Toronto Rotman | 31%* |
| UVA Darden School of Business | 43% |
| UW Foster School of Business | 33% |
| Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Business | 32% |
| Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School | 6% |
| The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania | 25% |
| Yale School of Management | 32% |
*Class of 2023
^Classes of 2021 & 2022
The percentages for post-MBA consulting industry placement in this edition of Real Numbers of MBA Admissions are based on the full-time graduating Classes of 2024 unless otherwise noted.
