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Prime MBA Employers At 24 Main U.S. Enterprise Colleges

Top MBA Employers At 24 Leading U.S. Business Schools

Who Really Hires the Most MBAs in Leading Business Schools in the United States? Sure, you know there are McKinsey, Bain, and BCG, as well as Amazon and Google. But who else? And what percentage of the graduates from top MBA programs are actually hired by these companies?

In a rare and exclusive look at elite MBA pursuits, we introduce the top ten employers of MBA graduates at 24 of the leading business schools over the past three years. Few business schools publish a ranking of top employers, and when they do, schools limit those lists to a single graduating class. Now, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of MBA recruits from Menlo Coaching, the premier MBA admissions consultancy, has drawn the curtain on exactly which companies are hiring at these schools. The Menlo Coaching research team analyzed 51,991 student profiles on LinkedIn to get to the bottom of the matter.

This latest analysis follows a look at the top employers from Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton MBAs (see Who Really Hires Harvard, Stanford & Wharton MBAs These Days), a report on where McKinsey, Bain & BCG are hiring the most MBAs, and one Look at the look of MBA jobs at Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase & Morgan Stanley.

THE MOST FREQUENT TOP FIVE EMPLOYERS IN 24 SCHOOLS? AMAZON

The data reveal some big surprises. For one, according to David White, founding partner of Menlo Coaching, the top employers are not the top feeders. ”In unpublished research, we identified Deloitte as the largest feeder company of the 24 US MBA programs we analyzed, for example twice as many students as the runner-up BCG, ”he says. “However, Deloitte is only the fifth largest post-MBA recruiter in these 24 programs.”

So which company is the top five most common employer? Amazon. “It made it onto the list of the five best employers in every M7 school,” says Weiß. “Overall, it was one of the five best employers in 22 of the 24 MBA programs we examined. Next to Amazon, Google was the other big technology company that often appeared in the top 5 employer lists. “

Unsurprisingly, some schools may be local business favorites. “Although the top 5 employers for most MBA programs are national recruiters who are on lists for many different MBA programs, there are a few large employers with a regional recruiting footprint,” White said. “For example, Dell was a top 5 employer at UT Austin McCombs and UNC Kenan-Flagler, but not in any other MBA programs, and Microsoft was only in the top 5 at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. Recruiters. “

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David White, Menlo Coaching

David White from Menlo Coaching

For aspiring MBA students, the real takeaway might be: “Graduates can join McKinsey, Bain, or BCG even if they’re not in a top-notch school,” added White. “We looked at 14 MBA programs outside of (M7 + Haas, Tuck, Yale). In those 14 programs, all but two included one from McKinsey, Bain and BCG as one of their top 10 employers. For example, UCLA and Anderson NYU Stern both have all three companies among their top 10 employers. “

As soon as you look at the top 10 employers instead of the top 5, Facebook often shows up as another tech recruiter alongside Amazon and Google. In Menlo Coaching’s Top 10 Employers Report, you see a greater number of employers recruiting disproportionately in MBA programs near their headquarters, including couples like USC Marshall and Amgen, Emory Goizueta and UPS, Rice Jones and ExxonMobil and Chevron) as well as Washington Foster and Starbucks.

The company that earns the largest proportion of MBA degrees from a school in the top 24 is the Boston Consulting Group at Kellogg: BCG has hired 11.5% of Kellogg’s graduates in the past three years. The only other single-school double-digit employer is Amazon, which in three years hired 10.3% of Washington Foster’s MBA graduates.

AT STANFORD, GOOGLE HIGHLIGHTS BCG AS THE THIRD POPULAR EMPLOYER

Overall, McKinsey and BCG are the No. 1 and No. 2 employers in the top 24 schools, respectively. Bain follows in fourth place. Amazon ranks third with 4.1% and is the only non-consulting firm in the top 5 (see table below). “The high placement rate at Amazon reflects its position as a highly sought-after company for MBAs with a focus on technology,” says White. “It also reflects Amazon’s own interest in hiring MBA graduates, especially outside of the M7: Amazon is the top employer for UNC Kenan-Flagler, UCLA Anderson, Texas McCombs, Michigan Ross, UW Foster, NYU Stern, and Duke Fuqua (bound). “

Only one financial services company makes it into the top ten: JPMorgan Chase, which employs just under 1% of graduates in tenth place.

McKinsey, Bain and BCG maintain their attraction to MBA graduates from M7 programs. In fact, MBB ranks at the top of all M7 programs (although Google BCG ranks 3rd from Stanford according to Menlo’s analysis, they show strong placement rates with the Big Four strategy consultancies or Deloitte, PwC, KPMG and EY-Parthenon, “adds White.” at Deloitte and EY-Parthenon are particularly high across the board. “

Top 5 employers at each of the 24 leading US business schools

Business schoolTop 5 employers% set
Stanford GSBMcKinsey, Bain, Google, BCG & Amazon12.8%
Harvard Business SchoolMcKinsey, BCG, Bain, Amazon and Google18.4%
Pennsylvania (Wharton)McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Amazon, Deloitte & Google19.8%
Northwest (Kellogg)BCG, McKinsey, Bain, Deloitte & Amazon37.0%
Chicago (booth)McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Amazon & Strategy &23.9%
Columbia Business SchoolMcKinsey, BCG, Bain, Amazon & Goldman14.7%
WITH (Sloan)BCG, McKinsey, Bain, Amazon and Google22.3%
Dartmouth (Tuck)Bain, McKinsey, BCG, Amazon & Deloitte23.9%
UC-Berkeley (Haas)McKinsey, Amazon, Deloitte, Google & BCG18.7%
Virginia (Darden)BCG, McKinsey, Amazon, Bain & Accenture20.6%
Yale SOMMcKinsey, Bain, Amazon, BCG, Deloitte17.8%
Duke (Fuqua)Amazon, Deloitte, McKinsey, BCG & Microsoft18.9%
Michigan (Ross)Amazon, EY-Parthenon, McKinsey, Deloitte & BCG22.1%
Texas (McCombs)Amazon, Deloitte, PwC, Dell, PepsiCo, JPMorgan & BCG13.4%
Cornell (Johnson)EY-Parthenon, Amazon, McKinsey, Deloitte & Citi17.7%
UCLA (Anderson)Amazon, Deloitte, BCG, EY-Parthenon & McKinsey11.1%
New York (stern)Amazon, McKinsey, BCG, Deloitte and Credit Suisse15.2%
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)Deloitte, Amazon, PwC, AlixPartners & McKinsey18.4%
North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)Amazon, Deloitte, Dell, McKinsey & WalMart9.5%
Emory (Goizueta)EY-Parthenon, Deloitte, PwC, Accenture & Bain19.3%
Southern California (Marshall)Deloitte, EY-Parthenon, PwC, Cisco & Amazon11.0%
Georgetown (McDonough)EY-Parthenon, Deloitte, Amazon, Booz Allen & PwC12.6%
Washington (care)Amazon, Microsoft, PwC, Accenture & PK23.0%
Rice (jones)EY-Parthenon, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, Alvarez & Marsal & Accenture15.2%

Source: Menlo coaching. Remarks: Click on the school name to see the top employers

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