Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Finance Industry Placement
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.
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I have worked for over 10 years in sales and business development and I am currently completing a PostGraduate Diploma in Banking and Finance and I need an a good MBA to enable me pivot into financial services.
Currently working in consulting with a major FMCG/alcobev client, mainly across analytics, supply, and business problem-solving work. Over time, I’ve realized I enjoy understanding why problems exist within organizations and how teams, systems, and decisions can work better together, which is what’s pushing me towards strategy consulting and an MBA.
A lot of my interest in business also comes from seeing how everyday products and operations work behind the scenes. Outside work, I co-founded and ran a digital literacy initiative (1yr 2mo) during COVID where we helped elderly individuals and women from underserved communities learn basic digital tools to stay connected and manage daily activities during lockdown.
I’m currently preparing for the GMAT and exploring schools such as LBS, Fuqua, Ross, Tuck, and a few reach schools depending on how the score progresses.
Veteran. Ivy League undergrad. Planning to pivot into consulting or LDP.
I was in the top 5 of my class in mba from India and was a beta gamma sigma. This would be my second mba. I was also in the top 5 of my class in engineering. In my general management product management role I have worked with engineering team of 131 members building solutions for the insurance company (max New York life insurance). I want to shift from product management to investment banking or private equity.