Getting Paid: The Highest MBA Salaries in Atlanta
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The Atlanta Metro’s Top Online MBAs
With its status as the country’s eight-largest economy and the world’s seventeenth largest, the Atlanta Metro stands tall as one of the best locations in which to pursue an MBA. The city boasts a rich concentration of Fortune 500 companies, and it is also home to such global giants as The Coca Cola Company, AT&T and Home Depot. This combination provides a perfect invitation for those who have already begun a career, as well as to those who are just beginning the journey.
Spotlight: Goizueta Grads in the Marketplace
Emory University’s Goizueta Business School takes the transition from academia to marketplace seriously. The school’s MBA programs offer extensive resources to help its students navigate this journey, and the results are evident. In Poets and Quants‘ recently released annual analysis of best and worst MBA job placement at top business schools, Goizueta topped the list for the third consecutive year; Goizueta grads had an impressive 98 percent placement rate within three months of graduation. This year Goizueta tied with three other business schools — U Chicago’s Booth School of Business, Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, and Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania — for best job offer rate 3-months from graduation.
Poets and Quants also says that 2014 was the best year for MBA careers since the Great Recession despite 10 out of the top 30 schools showing small decreases in job offers from last year. Goizueta’s numbers have held steady at 98 percent for 2014, 2013 and 2012. Continue reading…
