Spending & Earning
Graduates From Top MBA Programs Are Struggling to Land Jobs
Business school students at Harvard and other elite universities face a sluggish white-collar employment market.
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At business schools across the US, graduation is fast approaching — and the mood is subdued.
MBA programs that once offered a glide path to lucrative jobs are finding fewer and fewer seats on Wall Street and in corporate America for their graduates. At every one of the nation’s top schools — known as the magnificent seven, or M7 — job-placement outcomes have declined since 2021, and this year is looking no better.