Schools with fewer than 3 hires are excluded from the list.
Government accounted for 0.7% of all hires, second lowest of any industry, among MBA graduates in their first jobs after business school at the 119 schools around the world that participated in the 2021-22 Best B-Schools ranking of full-time MBA programs. Harvard Business School and Yale School of Management MBA graduates earned a median salary of $100,000 in government, highest of all schools that participated in the business school ranking. At $92,434, IE had third highest. George Washington was fourth highest, at $90,000, followed by Hult, at $73,300, and American University’s Kogod school, at $61,521. Harvard sent 8 graduates into government, most of any school. Second was Hult, at 7, followed by IE, at 6. American sent 33.3% of its MBA graduates into government, highest among all schools in the Bloomberg Businessweek business school ranking. Willamette University’s Atkinson school had the next highest, at 12.8%, followed by George Washington, at 12.1%.
| school | number of hires | percentage of hires | median salary (U.S. dollars) | median salary (local currency) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard | 8 | 1.4% | $100,000 | Not applicable | |
| Yale | 3 | 1.3% | $100,000 | Not applicable | |
| IE | 6 | 2.3% | $92,434 | €77,500 | |
| George Washington | 4 | 12.1% | $90,000 | Not applicable | |
| Hult | 7 | 7.3% | $73,300 | Not applicable | |
| American (Kogod) | 5 | 33.3% | $61,521 | Not applicable | |
| Willamette (Atkinson) | 5 | 12.8% | $59,484 | Not applicable | |
| Indian School of Business | 3 | 0.4% | $24,415 | ₹1,800,000 | |
| Columbia | 3 | 0.6% | Not available | Not applicable | |
| London Business School | 3 | 0.9% | Not available | Not available | |
| SUNY at Buffalo | 3 | 5.6% | Not available | Not applicable | |
Schools with fewer than 3 hires are excluded from the list.