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Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
100 Tuck Hall
Hanover, NH 03755-9070

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Email:
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Full-Time Employment

Tuck grads find success in many different industries and functions—finance, consulting, marketing, healthcare, nonprofits, entrepreneurial opportunities. Here are statistics for the class of 2012. Results are as of September 30, 2012 and salaries are based on returned surveys from 87% of graduates who accepted job offers. Salary figures represent base salary only and do not include signing bonus, performance bonus, relocation package, or any other financial remuneration. Figures are rounded. 

 

TUCK CLASS OF 2012 FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT
(U.S. DOLLARS)

Base Salaries by Industry

Percent

Mean

Median

Min

Max

Consulting

36%

126,000

130,000

90,000

140,000

Financial Services

22%

111,000

100,000

90,000

169,000

Investment Banking

10%

100,000

100,000

 

 

Investment Management

4%

117,000

110,000

 

 

Private Equity, Venture Capital

4%

131,000

125,000

 

 

Other

4%

113,000

115,000

 

 

Consumer Goods, Retail

13%

102,000

100,000

80,000

135,000

Technology

11%

109,000

110,000

65,000

150,000

Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech

4%

104,000

110,000

81,000

120,000

Energy

3%

109,000

105,000

99,000

126,000

Media, Entertainment

2%

*

 

 

 

Nonprofit, Government

1%

*

 

 

 

Other Manufacturing

5%

109,000

105,000

102,000

127,000

Other Services

3%

*

 

 

 


Base Salaries by Function

Percent

Mean

Median

Min

Max

Strategy

45%

123,000

126,000

65,000

140,000

Finance

20%

110,000

100,000

90,000

169,000

Private Equity, Venture Capital

6%

124,000

120,000

 

 

Underwriting and Advising

6%

100,000

100,000

 

 

Corporate Finance

4%

101,000

100,000

 

 

Investment, Private Wealth Management

3%

117,000

110,000

 

 

Sales and Trading

1%

*

 

 

 

Marketing

19%

103,000

100,000

65,000

127,000

General Management

12%

115,000

115,000

81,000

151,000

Operations, Logistics

3%

*

 

 

 

Other

1%

*

 

 

 


Base Salaries by Geography

Percent

Mean

Median

Min

Max

Northeast

50%

114,000

110,000

65,000

150,000

Boston

22%

119,000

125,000

65,000

150,000

New York City

22%

109,000

100,000

80,000

150,000

Other

4%

113,000

115,000

100,000

125,000

West

16%

119,000

120,000

90,000

150,000

San Francisco

8%

122,000

125,000

100,000

150,000

Other

8%

116,000

115,000

90,000

135,000

Midwest, Chicago

10%

109,000

103,000

81,000

135,000

Mid Atlantic, D.C.

6%

107,000

105,000

78,000

130,000

South

2%

127,000

134,000

100,000

140,000

Southwest

1%

*

 

 

 

International

15%

121,000

119,000

94,000

169,000

*Sample size is too small to report