Schools with fewer than 3 hires are excluded from the list.
Retail jobs have been undergoing something of a transformation, with significant demand for more experienced professionals to fill roles in e-commerce, digital marketing, consumer behavior/analytics and more. As industry publication the Business of Fashion just reported, the nature of a career in retail has changed substantially. MBAs are well positioned to benefit from this shift. As in other areas, focused programs at business schools on data analytics, as one example, are enabling more targeted learning. From this year’s ranking, IESE sent the largest number of MBAs—29—into retail jobs, more than any other school globally. The highest median salary is among Wharton’s MBAs, at $147,500.
| school | number of hires | percentage of hires | median salary (US dollars) | median salary (local currency) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 15 | 2.5% | $147,500 | Not applicable | |
| Yale | 17 | 6.5% | $144,000 | Not applicable | |
| Harvard | 7 | 1.3% | $140,000 | Not applicable | |
| Rochester (Simon) | 3 | 2.8% | $140,000 | Not applicable | |
| UC at Berkeley (Haas) | 3 | 1.2% | $140,000 | Not applicable | |
| Virginia (Darden) | 5 | 1.4% | $139,750 | Not applicable | |
| Duke (Fuqua) | 7 | 2.1% | $135,000 | Not applicable | |
| Northwestern (Kellogg) | 9 | 1.9% | $135,000 | Not applicable | |
| SDA Bocconi | 7 | 9.1% | $134,392 | €112,679 | |
| Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | 3 | 7.0% | $132,600 | Not applicable | |
| Minnesota (Carlson) | 3 | 5.4% | $132,500 | Not applicable | |
| Florida (Warrington) | 4 | 11.1% | $127,500 | Not applicable | |
| Michigan (Ross) | 6 | 2.0% | $127,500 | Not applicable | |
| Texas at Austin (McCombs) | 4 | 2.0% | $125,000 | Not applicable | |
| Georgia (Terry) | 3 | 6.1% | $119,400 | Not applicable | |
| Arizona State (Carey) | 4 | 7.5% | $117,500 | Not applicable | |
| North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 6 | 2.1% | $115,000 | Not applicable | |
| Southern Methodist (Cox) | 6 | 7.1% | $115,000 | Not applicable | |
| Manchester | 6 | 9.0% | $107,752 | £80,000 | |
| INSEAD | 6 | 0.8% | $107,343 | €90,000 | |
| Washington in St. Louis (Olin) | 3 | 4.2% | $95,000 | Not applicable | |
| IESE Business School | 29 | 10.7% | $92,559 | Not applicable | |
| ESADE | 7 | 6.1% | $71,562 | €60,000 | |
| EDHEC | 3 | 5.5% | $71,042 | Not applicable | |
| Cincinnati (Lindner) | 3 | 6.0% | $70,000 | Not applicable | |
| POLIMI Graduate School of Management | 3 | 6.4% | $66,791 | €56,000 | |
| EAE | 5 | 6.3% | $66,150 | €55,462 | |
| Kentucky (Gatton) | 3 | 6.5% | $52,000 | Not applicable | |
| Chicago (Booth) | 4 | 0.7% | Not available | Not applicable | |
| Columbia | 4 | 0.6% | Not available | Not applicable | |
| Dartmouth (Tuck) | 3 | 1.2% | Not available | Not applicable | |
| Indiana (Kelley) | 3 | 4.1% | Not available | Not applicable | |
| London Business School | 4 | 1.1% | Not available | Not available | |
| Shanghai University MBA Centre | 3 | 13.0% | Not available | Not available | |
| Tennessee (Haslam) | 5 | 13.5% | Not available | Not applicable | |
| USC (Marshall) | 3 | 1.8% | Not available | Not applicable | |
Schools with fewer than 3 hires are excluded from the list.