Employment & Careers
What Booth Is Known For
Finance. Chicago Booth is—and has always been—known as a “finance school,” both in terms of the incoming class and the outgoing graduates. Thirty-seven percent of Booth’s Class of 2015 class took finance-related positions at graduation—the second highest placement of any top-tier school, falling behind only NYU Stern (38%). Apart from the curriculum and on-campus recruiting efforts, this could also be a result of the incoming class profile: Fifty-five percent of the most recent class came to Booth with some type of business degree (finance, business administration, or economics), and 37%% had a professional background in finance.
Traditional career paths. If you’re on track for a “traditional” MBA career in management consulting or finance, you’ll be in great company at Booth. Nearly two-thirds of the class (71%) goes into one of these two industries upon graduation, among the highest proportions of top business schools. The school is quick to mention that it sends graduates into a wide variety of industries, which is true. However, beyond the traditional sectors, Booth has no definitive path for which the brand is known like Kellogg (consumer goods marketing), Duke (healthcare administration), Tuck (general management), or Berkeley-Haas (technology). Particularly after the global financial crisis, the school has invested significant energy in developing relationships with consumer goods, technology, and other firms to broaden its base of recruiters and appeal to more nontraditional MBA applicants.
