Placements and careers

Esade’s Full-Time MBA Class of 2025: 90% found a job within three months of graduation; 96% changed at least one of function, sector or location; 45% changed all three; and 55% secured roles internationally. These are school-reported cohort outcomes, not an individual job guarantee. The school also reports a Financial Times 2026 weighted average salary after three years of USD PPP 206,389 and a 155% increase, but those are three-year salary measures, not starting salary.[4][5]

INSEAD MBA Class of 2025 outcomes: 81% reported at least one job offer within three months of graduation (85% among women); 98% responded to the employment survey. For compensation, reported overall annual mean salary was €102,200 and median €100,000; median signon bonus €28,900. These are cohort-reported 2025 outcomes, not an individual guarantee or admission criterion. The school reports 65% changed sector, function or country.[13]

NUS’s career page labels its figures “Employment highlights, Class of 2024”: 93% received at least one job offer within three months of graduation; average post-MBA salary US$88,002; 51% changed location and 76% changed industry. The 93% figure is a job-offer metric, not a guarantee of employment or a placement rate; outcomes do not guarantee this candidate’s results.[22]

NTU’s 19 February 2026 release reports average Nanyang MBA salaries of US$194,918 three years after graduation and a 136% increase over pre-MBA salaries, in connection with the FT 2026 ranking. NTU says that ranking evaluates alumni who graduated three years earlier, but does not specify the exact cohort for this salary aggregate. This is a salary outcome, not a placement rate; no cohort-specific employment-within-three-months percentage was verified in the cited official sources.[8][30]

HKUST reports for the Full-Time MBA Intake/Class of 2025 that 95% of graduates had accepted an offer within three months after graduation; 63% changed industry, 42% changed job function and 74% changed location. HKUST says the statistics follow MBA Career Services & Employer Alliance standards. The 95% figure is offer acceptance, not an employment-rate claim; the cited page does not publish salary statistics.[33]

Trinity reports career outcomes as a three-year average: 80% salary increase after graduation, 78% employed in Ireland and 25% changed country of employment. The page does not identify the cohort year, sample/denominator, absolute salaries, or a time-bound post-graduation placement rate; these figures should not be read as a specific cohort’s placement rate.[44]

WHU’s current MBA Career Center page reports for Full-Time MBA graduates an average post-MBA salary of €83,304 excluding bonuses and an average 66% salary increase; 56% changed location, 63% changed sector, 47% changed function, and 16% changed all three. The page does not identify the cohort/graduation year, define the salary comparison period, or state an employment/ placement rate; these figures should not be presented as a cohort-specific placement rate.[53]

MBS reports that 84% of the 2024 Full-time MBA class accepted jobs in Australia within 90 days of completing studies; this is an Australia-job-acceptance metric, not a universal employment rate. MBS gives an average salary of AUD 119,000 excluding superannuation (AUD 133,000 including it) for the combined 2023 and 2024 Full-time MBA classes. Its FAQ also says international MBA students may apply for permanent full-time Australian roles only after completing the CORE Capstone in August of their second year and holding a 485 visa; confirm how this condition interacts with a 12-month accelerated study plan and current visa rules.[58]

SP Jain’s Class of 2024 GMBA release reports INR 36.2 lakh average salary, INR 78 lakh highest offer and 71% of GMBA graduates securing international roles; the school says the placement report was independently audited by B2K Analytics. The 71% is international-role share, not the overall placement rate. Historical outcomes are not a guarantee for a future cohort.[62][67]