Best Business School Rankings 2025–26
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Nonprofits
It might seem counterintuitive for MBAs to step into nonprofit roles after getting their degrees. But the experience gained in leadership, operations management, accounting and more can be easily applied in this sector, and as such, there are many and varied jobs for business school graduates. Programs at Duke’s Fuqua, at Yale, and several other schools focus on nonprofit leadership and help students develop the skills for effective management.
Nonprofit ranks last for pay among 26 industries reported in survey data used for our Business School ROI calculator, with median compensation (salary plus bonus) of $82,733, or 51% less than the median for all fields.
| School | Number of Hires | Percentage of Hires | Median salary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard | 20 | 3.7% | $120,000 | |
| Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 15 | 2.7% | $120,000 | |
| Yale | 7 | 3.1% | $105,000 | |
| UC at Berkeley (Haas) | 8 | 4.6% | $102,500 | |
| Fordham (Gabelli) | 3 | 10.0% | $59,667 | |
| Georgia Tech (Scheller) | 3 | 4.9% | $45,760 | |
| Chicago (Booth) | 6 | 1.4% | Not available | |
| Columbia | 4 | 0.7% | Not available | |
| American (Kogod) | 3 | 21.4% | Not available | |
| Oxford (Saïd) | 14 | 8.8% | Not available | |
| Boston University (Questrom) | 4 | 4.0% | Not available | |
| Stanford | 3 | 1.5% | Not available | |
Schools with fewer than 3 hires are excluded from the list.