2023 MBA Employment Report
Focus on Flex
Top Employment Industries
*Additional key industries include Manufacturing, Healthcare, Consumer Goods & Retail, Real Estate, Hospitality, and Media / Entertainment.
Post-MBA Positions
Change reported at four months post-graduation. Students could report
in multiple categories.
Post-MBA Function
increase in compensation over a three-year duration.
Graduates saw an increase in compensation of more than 50% from the start of the Flex MBA program to completion.
Flex MBA graduates report starting salaries comparable to those reported by Full-time MBA graduates.
Flex Student Spotlights
“Because of the McDonough MBA, I was able to seamlessly make a monumental career transition from social work to consulting. The group assignments, especially the Global Business Experience, provided essential training in presentation facilitation, managing course deliverables, and navigating group dynamics — all fundamental skills needed in consulting. ”
Hilary Dolinsky (MBA’23) Consulting Associate, Eagle Hill Consulting
“My role is cross-functional and interacts on a daily basis with brand marketing, finance, supply chain, and sales. The McDonough MBA core curriculum provided me with a foundation that allows me to thoughtfully engage with stateholders from all of these functions.”
Katie Jennings Tarabini (MBA’23) eCommerce Manager, StarKist
Compensation
Pre-MBA Post-MBA Consulting Finance General Management Marketing / Sales Operations / Logistics Other 18% 16% 41% 12% 5% 7%
in company in job title in industry in function 1. Nonprofit / Education 22% 2. Consulting 19% 3. Government 12% 4. Technology 10% 5. Financial Services 8% 1. Consulting 22% 2. Technology 16% 4. Financial Services 10% 3. Government 11% 4. Nonprofit / Education 10%
changes
