MBA in Consulting

MBA in Consulting

The consulting industry is one of the most popular destinations for MBA students. Indeed, MBAs are drawn to consulting firms like the "Big Three" - McKinsey, Bain, and the Boston Consulting Group  - as well as other firms - not only because of the salaries but because of the culture and varied tasks. Indeed, post-MBA careers in consulting can be varied and highly engaging: there are specialized consulting firms covering many different industry areas, including information technology, defense, financial services, and more.

At the heart of it, a consulting career is about helping companies solve problems, and from one week to the next, an MBA working in the consulting industry might be working on a wide range of business issues, for many different firms. And because the job can be so varied, MBA programs in Consulting often cover a wide range of business topics,...

The consulting industry is one of the most popular destinations for MBA students. Indeed, MBAs are drawn to consulting firms like the "Big Three" - McKinsey, Bain, and the Boston Consulting Group  - as well as other firms - not only because of the salaries but because of the culture and varied tasks. Indeed, post-MBA careers in consulting can be varied and highly engaging: there are specialized consulting firms covering many different industry areas, including information technology, defense, financial services, and more.

At the heart of it, a consulting career is about helping companies solve problems, and from one week to the next, an MBA working in the consulting industry might be working on a wide range of business issues, for many different firms. And because the job can be so varied, MBA programs in Consulting often cover a wide range of business topics, from finance to supply chain management and business analytics. For those students looking at a career in consulting, it's also important to have solid communication skills: much of the job involves presenting, running meetings, and persuasion. 

Because this career path can be so varied, many business schools don't offer specialized MBAs in Consulting. Instead, many students opt to do general MBA programs at schools that have good connections with recruiters in the consulting industry. 

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Rank Full Profile   School
1 London Business School (LBS)
2 Columbia Business School (CBS), Columbia University
3 INSEAD - Europe Campus
4 Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
5 University of Virginia (UVA) - Darden School of Business
6 University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
7 University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
8 University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
9 Yale School of Management (Yale SOM)
10 Harvard Business School (HBS)
11 University of Southern California (USC) - Marshall School of Business
12 The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
13 University of St. Gallen
14 MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
15 City, University of London - Bayes Business School
16 York University - Schulich School of Business
17 The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
18 Boston University (BU) Questrom School of Business
19 University of Michigan - Ross School of Business
20 UCLA University of California, Los Angeles - Anderson School of Management
21 The University of Hong Kong - HKU Business School
22 IESE Business School - Universidad de Navarra - Madrid Campus
23 Emory University - Goizueta Business School
24 Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
25 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
26 University of Otago Business School
27 Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey School of Business
28 NUS Business School, National University of Singapore
29 University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of Business
30 University of Cape Town (UCT) - Graduate School of Business
31 Fudan University - School of Management
32 Peking University (Beida) - Guanghua School of Management
33 Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
34 emlyon business school
35 Queen's University - The Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business
36 Deakin University - Deakin Business School
37 University of Texas at Austin - McCombs School of Business
38 University at Buffalo - School of Management
39 University of Georgia (UGA) - Terry College of Business
40 College of William & Mary - Mason School of Business
41 Schulich School of Business - Hyderabad Campus
42 Binghamton University - State University of New York (SUNY)
43 University of Rochester - Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
44 Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management
45 Penn State - Smeal College of Business
46 The University of Tennessee at Knoxville - Haslam College of Business
47 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School - Online MBA
48 American University (AU) - Kogod School of Business
49 Austrian Institute of Management (FH Burgenland)
50 ESG Group - MBA ESG
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