Foster School Achieves 95.6% Job Placement Rate

There’s no doubt that the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington offers one of the top MBA programs in the country. Frequently, Foster School is ranked as top in the nation and as one of the best in the world. What you may not know is that the Foster School is also one of the best MBA schools for getting a job after graduation.

According to a recent study based on the U.S. News & World Report Best Business School Rankings for 2017, the Foster School achieved a 95.6% job placement rate—third in the country. The high employment rate shouldn’t be a surprise. Seattle is home to a myriad of thriving companies including Amazon, Starbucks, and Microsoft, just to name a few.

To encourage job placement and hiring by tech and other companies, the Foster School has developed strong relationships with a variety of businesses including EMC, NetApp, Samsung, Tektronix, and VMware. Those same companies are also responsible for the fact that the Foster School ranks #1 among the nation’s business school for MBAs hired by tech companies. And graduates who gained a job after getting their MBA from the Foster School can also expect a median salary of $120k, on par with Kellog, Booth, Wharton, and Haas.

The high job placement rate, recruiter satisfaction scores, and median graduation salary all helped to boost the Foster School’s ranking for their Full-Time MBA to #27 in the U.S. News & World Report and #74 by the Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Business Schools Ranking.

Students looking to attend the Foster School can expect a high-quality education in Entrepreneurship (#22) and Accounting (#31). They can also expect a high respectability for their education among employers, Foster having ranked #12 with companies by Bloomberg.

To learn more about the Foster Schools rankings visit the school website and their most recent blog.

regions: Seattle

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