Top Business Schools for Consulting 2019

Looking at the school's employment statistics, LBS is truly one of the best MBAs for consulting: Over one-third of LBS’ 2018 MBA grads got jobs in the consulting sector, many of them landing jobs with large consultancies like Boston Consulting, McKinsey, Bain, and Strategy&. The school’s MBA offers various options for students to improve their consulting chops, including a summer consulting project.

The Big Three love Columbia MBAs. McKinsey hired 55 Columbia grads in 2016; Bain hired 27 and Boston Consulting snapped up 36. In all, over one-third—33.1 percent—of Columbia’s 2016 cohort went into the strategy consulting industry after the MBA.

The percentage of INSEAD MBAs going into the consulting sector generally ranges from between 30 to 40 percent. In 2018, it was whopping 52 percent—the highest rate of all schools surveyed by FIND MBA. INSEAD remains a major feeder school for large consultant firms in Europe, with 131 of the 2018 cohort going to McKinsey (55 of whom returned from pre-MBA jobs there), 78 to Boston Consulting, 65 to Bain, 31 to Strategy& (formerly Booz), and 10 to Roland Berger.

Although the school does not offer an MBA concentration in Consulting, it does offer a major in Managing Organizations. Generally, over one-third of any given Kellogg MBA cohort goes into the consulting industry. In 2018, the top three hiring companies of Kellogg MBAs were McKinsey, Bain, and the Boston Consulting Group.

Thirty-two percent of 2018 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.

Almost 32 percent of Sloan’s 2018 MBA cohort went into the consulting industry, with many getting hired by either McKinsey (22 grads), Boston Consulting (24), Bain (15), or Deloitte (9). Over 38 percent of all MBAs got jobs with a consulting or strategic planning function.

Almost 35 percent of 2018 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.

Twenty-eight percent of 2018 Ivey MBAs went into the consulting industry - the highest rate of all Canadian business schools surveyed by FIND MBA. Many of the school’s graduates end up in the Toronto area, where there are headquarters for many management consulting firms. The school’s MBA offers a range of consulting-oriented electives in the Corporate Strategy & Leadership area.

HKU MBA students can choose to do a London or New York track—to study at London Business School or Columbia Business School, respectively—meaning that they can be on the ground in two of the best places for consulting jobs. Students can also participate in the Consulting Club for networking purposes. Of the most recent HKU MBA graduating class, some 24 percent went into the consulting industry. 

Imperial students who are interested in consulting can choose from a range of electives from the program’s Strategy & Management course portfolio. Some 25 percent of 2018 Imperial MBAs went into the consulting sector. Firms like Deloitte and Strategy& regularly snap up graduates.