Cornell Full-time MBA Salary Job Function & Industry (2017)

 

 

The total median salary for a Cornell 2-year MBA student is at an impressive $152,132 - higher than Columbia and Stern – two competitors in New York; mostly contributed by the large percentage of the class choosing Financial Services (32%) with a total mean salary of $165,434. As expected, consulting was the second popular industry (25%) and Technology at third (12%).

Cornell MBA Salary by Industry
 
Finance has made a comeback with 33% of the class finding offers in the job function, earning $42,086 as signing bonus while consulting and General Management was at 2nd and 3rd position respectively, preferred by over 1/5th of the class each.
 
Cornell MBA Salary by Function

Reference: Cornell 2-year MBA Employment Report

 

 

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