# Stern earns top spot in several compensation measures and the School’s alumni network and SternWorks initiative are highlighted, with commentary from Associate Dean of Career Services Beth Briggs: “Still Rising: In 2020, MBA Salaries Just Kept Growing.”

1 School News January 17, 2021 ![Poets and Quants logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_036687.gif?itok=YuUEYfSP)>

Excerpt from [Poets & Quants](https://poetsandquants.com/2021/01/17/still-rising-average-starting-salaries-kept-growing-for-mbas-in-2020/)-- “Help from alumni was a theme last year. At NYU Stern, Beth Briggs, associate dean of career services, said her school kept up its base pay figures while also ensuring that 100% of the Class of 2021 secured summer work by calling on its famously robust alumni network. The school leaned into a rebrand announced in 2019 that included the launch of SternWorks, an initiative that connects MBAs with small businesses and nonprofits that need their help.”

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