Top Business Schools for Consulting 2024

Looking at the school's employment statistics, LBS is truly one of the best MBAs for consulting: Forty-five percent of LBS’ 2023 MBA grads got jobs in the consulting sector, many of them landing jobs with large consultancies like Boston Consulting, McKinsey, and Bain. The school’s MBA offers various options for students to improve their consulting chops, including a summer consulting project. Beyond a typical consulting club, students can also network through the Impact Consulting Club, which provides opportunities to create real social impact with projects at NGOs and non-profit organizations.

The Big Three love Columbia MBAs. Each year, each of the ‘MBB’ firms—McKinsey, Bain, and Boston Consulting— typically hire dozens of Columbia graduates. In all, over one-third of Columbia’s 2023 cohort went into the strategy consulting industry after the MBA. During the MBS, students have ample opportunity to pursue consulting projects with real companies.  

Over 54 percent of 2023 Yale MBAs went into functional roles in consulting—either internal consulting or external. Yale grads are regularly snapped up by McKinsey, Booz Allen Hamilton, and the Boston Consulting Group. Students can network through the Consulting Club or the Social Impact Consulting Club, which provides pro-bono consulting services to nonprofit organizations. 

Although the school does not offer an MBA concentration in Consulting, it does offer a major in Managing Organizations, which sounds a lot like consulting, in that it “focuses on the science and practice of leading and managing people, teams, and organizations,” according to the school. Generally, over thirty percent of any given Kellogg MBA cohort goes into the consulting industry. In 2023, three of the top hiring companies of Kellogg MBAs were consulting firms McKinsey, Bain, and the Boston Consulting Group, who, combined, recruited over 100 Kellogg MBA graduates.

Forty-six percent of 2023 Darden MBA grads went into the consulting field, working for firms like A.T. Kearney, Deloitte Consulting, and Bain & Company. Darden offers an MBA concentration in Strategy Consulting. Beyond academic electives, students also have the opportunity to pursue a consulting project with a local or international firm. 

Location-wise, Cass’ London footprint can’t be beat, in terms of access to the top consulting firms. The school’s most recent employment part suggests that a good chunk of the MBA class went into the consulting sector. The school’s MBAs have gone into top consulting firms like McKinsey and Bain & Company. 

The percentage of INSEAD MBAs going into the consulting sector generally ranges from between 30 to 40 percent. INSEAD remains a major feeder school for large consulting firms in Europe, with hundreds of the Insead 2023 MBA cohort going into firms like McKinsey, Boston Consulting, Bain, and others.

Many of the school’s MBA graduates end up in the Toronto area, where there are Canadian headquarters for many management consulting firms. Overall, some 51 percent of all 2023 grads went into the consulting field. The school’s MBA offers a range of consulting-oriented electives in the Corporate Strategy & Leadership area.

Over 33 percent of Sloan’s 2023 MBA cohort went into the consulting industry, with many getting hired by either McKinsey (26 grads), Boston Consulting (23), or Bain (25). Over 40 percent of all MBAs got jobs with a consulting or strategic planning function.

IESE’s MBA provides a proven record for transitioning students into the consulting sector. Almost half of last year’s IESE MBA class ended up in consulting firms. Grads have gone into consulting firms such as AT Kearney, Roland Berger, the Boston Consulting Group, and others. There’s a Consulting Club, which helps consulting-minded students connect with companies and each other.