Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Post-MBA Consulting Industry Placement
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 |
|---|---|
| Arizona State University W.P. School of Business | 26% |
| Cambridge Judge Business School | 29% |
| Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business | 33% |
| Columbia Business School | 34% |
| Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management | 30% |
| Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business | 42% |
| Duke University Fuqua School of Business | 31% |
| Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University | 17% |
| Emory University Goizueta School of Business | 34% |
| Esade | 22% |
| ESMT Berlin | 13% |
| Georgetown University McDonough School of Business | 32% |
| Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business | 31% |
| Harvard Business School | 24% |
| HEC Paris | 26% |
| IE | 17% |
| IESE | 33% |
| IMD | 27% |
| Imperial College Business School | 25% |
| Indiana University Kelley School of Business | 20% |
| INSEAD | 51% |
| London Business School | 40% |
| Manchester AMBS | 23% |
| Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University | 11% |
| Mays Business School at Texas A&M University–College Station | 20% |
| MIT Sloan School of Management | 31% |
| Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management | 36% |
| Notre Dame University Mendoza College of Business (2020 Data) | 17% |
| NYU Stern School of Business | 32% |
| Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business | 16% |
| Owen Graduate School of Business of Vanderbilt University | 20% |
| Oxford Saïd Business School | 17% |
| Penn State Smeal College of Business (2020 Data) | 23% |
| Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business | 25% |
| SDA Bocconi School of Management | 21% |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | 15% |
| UC Berkeley Haas School of Business | 25% |
| UCLA Anderson School of Management | 25% |
| University of Chicago Booth School of Business | 38% |
| University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business | 36% |
| University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of Management | 20% |
| University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School | 16% |
| University of Rochester Simon Business School | 9% |
| USC Marshall School of Business | 28% |
| UT Austin McCombs School of Business | 22% |
| UVA Darden School of Business | 41% |
| UW Foster School of Business | 19% |
| Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School | 20% |
| The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania | 25% |
| Yale School of Management | 37% |
The percentages of post-MBA consulting industry placement are drawn from the full-time MBA Classes of 2020.
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Background:
Age: 28
Nationality: French & North African
Undergraduate: Industrial Engineering 3.5/4.3 GPA
GMAT/GRE Score: 655 on only practice exam completed so far (Test date: June 2nd)
Work Experience:
4 years at P&G in Sales - Promoted in 1.5 years and did 3 roles total, the latest in which I managed 2 direct reports
2 years at FAANG in Sales/Account Management - Promoted in less than a year
Extracurriculars / Volunteering:
Case competition Coach for my school’s team at an international case comp for a couple years post grad, now sitting on board of advisors
Mentoring new immigrants to help find employment through resume workshops, interview prep, etc. through a non-profit
Plenty of clubs & case competitions during undergrad
Target Schools:
LBS or INSEAD
Post-MBA Goals:
Middle East Tech PgM/PM or Consulting
Other:
Trilingual and grew up between North Africa, Middle East, Asia, and North America.
Here’s a bit about me: 24 M, def a ORM Went to a decent school, top 10 public university, did CS and Finance there so 2 degrees and got a 3.4
There I built a startup my freshman year, obviously not successful but then I did a lot for university’s entrepreneurship ecosystem and led investments at university’s venture fund. Interned at a big startup that raised 100 Mil and worked with CPO on a suite of products that made the company a lot of money, interned at well known app where I built a really successful feature that everyone who uses that app loves (per Reddit funny enough), and interned at a VC under the managing partner and led operations for a few strategic initiatives
Got into an APM program (not FAANG, think Uber, LinkedIn tier) where I work on the AI team.
Really high visibility role, lots of impact, lots of strategic work directly contributing towards growing the business and landing huge enterprises. Can say I directly contributed towards revenue growth which has been awesome. Get face time with company leadership as well which has been a great learning experience.
On the side, in a couple AI fellowship and small programs just to be more involved in the ecosystem.
Got a 685 (equivalent to 730-740 on the old one) on my first attempt of the GMAT FE, retaking it in a week to try to get above a 715 (760) confident I can do it.
Applying this fall and will have 3 years working experience when matriculating. Goal is to use the network I make to work at startups with potential with people I actually know. If that doesn’t work out would love to be a product leader or go into venture.
Aiming for HBS MS/MBA, GSB, Sloan, and maybe Booth. Don’t think the ROI is high enough elsewhere for me given my goals and that I’m not trying to make a career change and not sure how tied into the startup ecosystem other schools are. Also if I forgo 2 years of salary and the role I’m in it’s definitely gotta be worth it long term.
Obviously lofty goals and these things are super competitive and I don’t have a perfect profile in any ways, but worked to have good work experience to try to make up for it, would love any advice.
Experience women working primarily in Latin American markets; seeks US market exposure
Investment baking and corporate development experience (mainly focus on energy and real estate); desire to pivot in investments/PE in the US
I'm a mechanical engineer... currently I'm working in a mechanical mnc company for 5.5 years as a senior Design Engineer and project leader with one promotion..i have lot of extra curricular activities including ngo participation, tree plantation, blood donation etc .lots of webinars and internships I have done untill now..i have also completed several mba related certification such as six sigma, digital marketing etc..
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Applied R3- Sent in all materials by 4/14 got the interview invite thursday evening