# NYU Stern Full-time MBA 2021 graduates recognized as earning the highest compensation among top b-schools: "Ten Biggest Surprises In U.S. News 2022 MBA Ranking."

1 School News March 31, 2022 ![Poets and Quants logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_036687.gif?itok=YuUEYfSP)>

Excerpt from [Poets & Quants](https://poetsandquants.com/2022/03/31/ten-biggest-surprises-in-u-s-news-2022-mba-ranking/2/) -- "The average starting salary and sign-on bonus for a Stern MBA hit $181,803. That sum was nearly $10,000 more than the $172,774 average at Harvard Business School and about $5,000 more than the $176,956 average at Stanford Graduate School of Business."

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