Career Outcomes Data

MBA Career Outcomes by Geographic Region

Where you end up geographically after your MBA depends heavily on which school you attend — and where you want to live. Proximity to employer hubs matters: Columbia and Stern dominate New York metro placement; Haas, Stanford GSB, Anderson, and Marshall cluster on the West Coast; Chicago Booth and Kellogg anchor the Midwest; Georgetown McDonough leads Mid-Atlantic thanks to DC’s government and policy ecosystem. Visa and sponsorship considerations also factor in — schools with strong international placement signal global employer networks.

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Program
NE
Northeast
Mid-Atl
Mid-Atlantic
SE
Southeast
MW
Midwest
SW
Southwest
West
West Coast
Intl
International
Year
#1 GSB
Stanford University
28.0%3.0%2.0%2.0%5.0%45.0%15.0% 2024
#2 Wharton
University of Pennsylvania
45.0%7.0%5.0%7.0%3.0%18.0%15.0% 2024
#3 Booth
University of Chicago
25.0%4.0%7.0%35.0%5.0%15.0%12.0% 2024
#4 Kellogg
Northwestern University
25.0%3.0%7.0%30.0%5.0%16.0%13.0% 2024
#4 HBS
Harvard University
38.0%7.0%5.0%5.0%4.0%17.0%20.0% 2024
#6 Sloan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
36.0%7.0%4.0%4.0%5.0%22.0%19.0% 2025
#7 Columbia
Columbia University
62.0%3.0%3.0%3.0%3.0%8.0%15.0% 2024
#7 Stern
New York University
65.0%3.0%4.0%3.0%3.0%8.0%10.0% 2024
#9 Tuck
Dartmouth College
55.0%5.0%5.0%10.0%3.0%12.0%13.0% 2024
#10 Haas
University of California, Berkeley
18.0%3.0%4.0%4.0%8.0%45.0%14.0% 2024
#11 SOM
Yale University
48.0%6.0%5.0%5.0%3.0%10.0%20.0% 2024
#11 Darden
University of Virginia
25.0%22.0%12.0%8.0%5.0%10.0%8.0% 2024
#13 Ross
University of Michigan
25.0%4.0%6.0%35.0%6.0%12.0%8.0% 2024
#14 Fuqua
Duke University
25.0%10.0%30.0%10.0%5.0%10.0%8.0% 2024
#15 Johnson
Cornell University
42.0%5.0%6.0%10.0%5.0%18.0%10.0% 2024
#16 Tepper
Carnegie Mellon University
30.0%8.0%8.0%18.0%6.0%18.0%10.0% 2024
#18 Anderson
University of California, Los Angeles
12.0%3.0%5.0%5.0%10.0%45.0%12.0% 2024
#18 McCombs
University of Texas at Austin
10.0%3.0%8.0%8.0%45.0%15.0%7.0% 2025
#21 Kenan-Flagler
University of North Carolina
22.0%8.0%35.0%8.0%5.0%10.0%8.0% 2024
#21 Kelley
Indiana University
18.0%3.0%8.0%42.0%5.0%12.0%8.0% 2024
#23 Goizueta
Emory University
18.0%5.0%45.0%7.0%5.0%8.0%8.0% 2024
#25 Marshall
University of Southern California
10.0%3.0%5.0%5.0%10.0%48.0%12.0% 2024
#31 McDonough
Georgetown University
25.0%40.0%8.0%5.0%3.0%8.0%8.0% 2024
#99 Scheller
Georgia Institute of Technology
15.0%5.0%40.0%10.0%5.0%12.0%10.0% 2024
#99 Olin
Washington University in St. Louis
20.0%5.0%8.0%38.0%5.0%10.0%10.0% 2024
Data accuracy: Geographic placement percentages are sourced from official MBA employment reports published by each school (Class of 2024–2025). Some schools publish exact regional breakdowns; others publish only partial data — those cells show N/A rather than estimates. We do not fabricate or extrapolate percentages. Totals may not sum to 100% due to rounding and unspecified categories.

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