UV Darden Tops Forbes List of Most Satisfied MBAs

Darden most satisfied MBAs

Wondering which MBA grads feel the most love for their alma mater? According to Forbes‘s list of business schools with the most satisfied MBA graduates, it’s not directly related with the programs that the magazine ranked highest for return on investment back in September.

“Grads from Harvard, Columbia and University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School had three of the four highest salaries among U.S. schools five years after graduation (only Stanford grads banked more). However, alumni from all three schools rank their job satisfaction among the bottom half of the 50 schools in our universe despite paychecks north of $200,000 on average,” reveals Forbes‘s reporter Kurt Badenhausen.

To come up with the list, Forbes explains that it looks at salary data from the ROI ranking published earlier this fall, and also asks alumni to comment on their satisfaction with their education, and how well  they feel the degree prepared them relative to other MBAs and their current jobs.

Top Ten Business Schools with the Happiest Graduates:

  1. Darden School of Business
  2. Dartmouth Tuck School of Business
  3. USC Marshall School of Business
  4. Michigan State Eli Broad College of Business
  5. Emory University Goitzueta Business School
  6. Stanford Graduate School of Business
  7. Chicago Booth School of Business
  8. MIT Sloan School of Management
  9. UCLA Anderson School of Management
  10. Northwestern Kellogg School of Management

“Some MBA rankings measure satisfaction of students at graduation, but we look at satisfaction five years out of school when students have had time to reflect on their educational experience and how they compare to other MBAs in the labor force,” writes Badenhausen. “Overall students gave their educations very high marks and less so for their current employment situation.”

To learn more about what makes each of these business schools so special in the eyes of their alumni, read the complete article on Forbes.

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