The University of Chicago Booth School of Business released the MBA Class of 2025 employment report. Of the 663 graduates, 534 (80.5 percent) were seeking employment. The report shows that by three months post-graduation, 89.1 percent of the class seeking employment reported receiving full-time job offers, while 87.8 percent accepted offers. The median salary reported for the class matches last year’s class at $175,000.
Of those not seeking employment, 8.6 percent were sponsored students, and 5.7 percent — 38 individuals — are starting their own businesses or pursuing entrepreneurship. Booth’s Career Services and professional networks contributed greatly to MBAs matching with employers, with school-facilitated channels responsible for 72.1 percent of hires, which includes 49.7 percent through a Booth-facilitated summer employer.
Industry Placement
The top two industries for the MBA Class of 2025 are consulting and financial services, at 36.7 percent and 31.6 percent, respectively. The median salary for consulting jobs came in at $190,000 and $175,000 for financial services. This is reflected in most of the top five employers, which were Boston Consulting Group (52 hires); McKinsey & Company (35 hires); Bain & Company (30 hires); Amazon.com (20 hires); Goldman Sachs Group and JP Morgan (11 hires each).
Roughly 14 percent of Booth graduates began their post-MBA careers in the tech field. Healthcare jobs accounted for 4.1 percent. Jobs in law rounded out the top five at 4.5 percent with a median salary of $225,000.
| Consulting | 36.7% | $190,000 |
| Financial Services | 31.6% | $175,000 |
| Technology | 14.1% | $151,000 |
| Healthcare | 4.1% | $145,000 |
| Law | 2.7% | $225,000 |
Geographic Career Destinations
This year, 5.1 percent of the graduating class went overseas, with two percent landing in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the U.S., New York and Chicago maintained their status as the top destinations for Booth MBAs. Twenty-nine percent of the class ended up in the Northeast and roughly 32 percent in the Midwest, primarily in those two major cities. The West region saw 19.6 percent find jobs there, with the Southwest, South and Mid-Atlantic each seeing 4.7 percent of Booth graduates.
| Northeast | 29% |
| Midwest | 32.2% |
| West | 19.6% |
| Southwest | 4.7% |
| South | 4.7% |
| Mid-Atlantic | 4.7% |
