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Top 30 US MBA - Median Sign-On Bonus (2024)

Mendoza College of Business, with a $35,000 median sign-on bonus, ranked #1 among the Top 30 US MBA programs on Sign on Bonus.

Mendoza was followed by Chicago Booth in second place with $33,000 median sign on bonus, whereas 16 of the remaining Top 30 US MBA offered $30,000 sign on bonus each.

Broad College of Business offered the lowest median sign-on bonus of just $10,000.

Median Sign-on Bonus - Top 30 US MBA Programs

RankBusiness School NameSing-on Bonus
1Mendoza College of Business$35,000
2University of Chicago Booth School of Business$33,000
3Carlson School of Management (Mean)$31,049
4Yale School of Management$30,000
4Columbia Business School$30,000
4MIT Sloan School of Management$30,000
4NYU Stern School of Business$30,000
4Stanford Graduate School of Business$30,000
4Kellogg School of Management$30,000
4Dartmouth Tuck$30,000
4Darden School of Business$30,000
4UCLA Anderson$30,000
4Fuqua School of Business$30,000
4Harvard Business School$30,000
4Jones Graduate School of Business$30,000
4UNC Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School$30,000
4Ross School of Business$30,000
4Kelley School of Business$30,000
4McCombs School of Business$30,000
5Smeal College of Business$23,500
6BU Questrom School of Business$20,000
7Paul Merage School of Business$18,750
8Broad College of Business$10,000
 UC Davis Graduate School of BusinessNA
 Wharton Business SchoolNA
 Tepper School of BusinessNA
 Haas School of BusinessNA

Mean/Average Sign-on Bonus

Other schools with high sign-on bonuses include Foster with an average of $44,537, McDonough with an average of $38,826, Johnson with an average of $38,826, and USC Marshall with an average of $37,218. These schools have been separated from the main ranking due to the average sign-on bonuses published instead of the median bonuses.

RankBusiness School NameSing-on Bonus
1Foster School of Business (Average)$44,537
2McDonough School of Business (average)$43,325
3Johnson Graduate School of Business (average)$38,826
4USC Marshall School of Business (average)$37,218
5Carlson School of Management$31,049

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