Schools with fewer than 3 hires are excluded from the list.
University of Virginia’s Darden school graduates who went into the hospitality industry right after graduation earned $115,500, highest of any school in the 2019-20 Best B-Schools ranking of full-time MBA students. At $100,000, graduates of UCLA’s Anderson school posted the second-highest compensation. INSEAD sent 19 graduates into the hospitality industry, most of any school. The highest percentage of graduates who took jobs in the hospitality industry of any school in the ranking came from SUNY, Buffalo, 11.7%.
| school | number of hires | percentage of hires | median salary (U.S. dollars) | median salary (local currency) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Virginia (Darden) | 3 | 1.0% | $115,500 | Not applicable |
| | UCLA (Anderson) | 4 | 1.5% | $100,000 | Not applicable |
| | INSEAD | 19 | 2.9% | $95,700 | Not applicable |
| | Hult | 7 | 4.1% | $66,000 | Not applicable |
| | George Washington | 4 | 8.0% | $60,500 | Not applicable |
| | Miami | 3 | 8.1% | $55,000 | Not applicable |
| | SUNY at Buffalo | 7 | 11.7% | $50,000 | Not applicable |
| | Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) | 3 | 7.0% | $47,000 | Not applicable |
| | EAE | 9 | 4.0% | $33,316 | €29,400 |
| | Georgetown (McDonough) | 3 | 1.4% | Not available | Not applicable |
| | HEC Paris | 3 | 1.6% | Not available | Not applicable |
| | IE | 3 | 1.2% | Not available | Not available |
| | Rochester (Simon) | 3 | 3.5% | Not available | Not applicable |
Schools with fewer than 3 hires are excluded from the list.