AVERAGE SIGNING BONUSES AT 110 P&Q RANKED B-SCHOOLS
2026 Rank |
School |
2025 Signing Bonus |
2025 % Receiving Bonus |
2025 Bonus Total |
2024 Signing Bonus |
2024 % Receiving Bonus |
2024 Bonus Total |
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) | $14,641.00 | 85.57% | $12,528.30 | $13,307.00 | 80.60% | $10,725.44 |
| 2 | University of Virginia (McIntire) | $9,746.00 | 78.70% | $7,670.10 | $9,801.00 | 69.20% | $6,782.29 |
| 3 | Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson) | $12,974.00 | 79.20% | $10,275.41 | $11,896.00 | 79.10% | $9,409.74 |
| 4 | University of Michigan (Ross) | $9,871.00 | 74.90% | $7,393.38 | $10,019.00 | 82.20% | $8,235.62 |
| 5 | University of Southern California (Marshall) | $9,597.00 | 60.00% | $5,758.20 | $9,434.00 | 65.00% | $6,132.10 |
| 6 | New York University (Stern) | $11,186.00 | 70.30% | $7,863.76 | $12,004.00 | 67.00% | $8,042.68 |
| 7 | Georgetown University (McDonough) | $9,995.84 | 73.56% | $7,352.94 | $10,952.08 | 70.42% | $7,712.45 |
| 8 | University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | $8,728.00 | 78.00% | $6,807.84 | $8,628.75 | 58.70% | $5,065.08 |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) | $9,173.00 | 55.00% | $5,045.15 | $9,981.00 | 62.00% | $6,188.22 |
| 10 | Emory University (Goizueta) | $9,921.00 | 51.25% | $5,084.51 | $9,815.00 | 53.07% | $5,208.82 |
| 11 | Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) | $9,583.00 | 68.29% | $6,544.23 | $11,344.00 | 72.73% | $8,250.49 |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | $14,000.00 | 73.00% | $10,220.00 | $10,402.00 | 78.00% | $8,113.56 |
| 13 | Wake Forest University | $8,245.00 | 62.00% | $5,111.90 | $8,353.00 | 79.00% | $6,598.87 |
| 14 | Villanova University | $8,330.00 | 44.80% | $3,731.84 | $7,817.00 | 39.00% | $3,048.63 |
| 15 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) | $9,003.00 | 66.00% | $5,941.98 | $7,657.00 | 64.00% | $4,900.48 |
| 15 | University of Illinois (Gies) | $7,242.00 | 66.00% | $4,779.72 | $6,003.00 | 71.00% | $4,262.13 |
| 17 | University of Richmond (Robins) | $7,540.00 | 25.40% | $1,915.16 | $8,175.00 | 21.90% | $1,790.33 |
| 18 | Boston University (Questrom) | $8,374.00 | 41.70% | $3,491.96 | $6,675.00 | 41.30% | $2,756.78 |
| 19 | University of Washington (Foster) | $10,768.00 | 48.00% | $5,168.64 | $8,289.00 | 43.00% | $3,564.27 |
| 20 | Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) | $10,526.00 | 23.00% | $2,420.98 | $8,476.00 | 33.00% | $2,797.08 |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | $6,416.00 | 36.02% | $2,311.04 | $6,687.00 | 31.03% | $2,074.98 |
| 22 | University of Miami (Herbert) | $8,267.00 | 39.10% | $3,232.40 | $7,043.00 | 47.40% | $3,338.38 |
| 23 | University of Minnesota (Carlson) | $6,736.00 | 46.60% | $3,138.98 | $6,064.00 | 53.50% | $3,244.24 |
| 24 | William & Mary (Mason) | $8,293.00 | 39.00% | $3,234.27 | $8,442.00 | 51.00% | $4,305.42 |
| 25 | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | $9,621.00 | 59.60% | $5,734.12 | $9,968.00 | 55.00% | $5,482.40 |
| 26 | University of Pittsburgh | $7,622.00 | 11.00% | $838.42 | $7,496.00 | 31.00% | $2,323.76 |
| 27 | Binghamton University | $7,205.00 | 24.00% | $1,729.20 | $9,427.00 | 24.00% | $2,262.48 |
| 28 | Texas Christian University (Neeley) | $8,505.35 | 59.00% | $5,018.16 | $6,717.56 | 23.00% | $1,545.04 |
| 29 | Fordham University (Gabelli) | $7,937.00 | 30.00% | $2,381.10 | $8,111.00 | 26.00% | $2,108.86 |
| 30 | Tulane University (Freeman) | $7,614.00 | 10.25% | $780.44 | $6,375.00 | 10.50% | $669.38 |
| 31 | Trinity University (Neidorff) | $7,500.00 | 11.00% | $825.00 | $3,182.00 | 31.00% | $986.42 |
| 32 | Purdue University (Daniels) | $7,149.00 | 51.00% | $3,645.99 | $7,016.00 | 47.00% | $3,297.52 |
| 33 | Elon University (Love) | $6,486.00 | 44.60% | $2,892.76 | $5,778.00 | 51.70% | $2,987.23 |
| 34 | Lehigh University | $8,327.00 | 53.00% | $4,413.31 | $8,666.00 | 51.00% | $4,419.66 |
| 35 | Brigham Young University (Marriott) | $8,662.00 | 31.00% | $2,685.22 | $7,811.00 | 24.00% | $1,874.64 |
| 36 | University of Georgia (Terry) | $6,900.00 | 51.04% | $3,521.76 | $6,286.00 | 53.43% | $3,358.61 |
| 37 | Syracuse University (Whitman) | $6,408.00 | 21.00% | $1,345.68 | $6,623.00 | 34.00% | $2,251.82 |
| 38 | Bucknell University (Freeman) | $7,723.00 | 43.00% | $3,320.89 | $9,625.00 | 44.00% | $4,235.00 |
| 39 | Miami University (Farmer) | $6,160.03 | 38.80% | $2,390.09 | $5,592.00 | 35.00% | $1,957.20 |
| 40 | University of Colorado Boulder (Leeds) | $6,600.00 | 44.60% | $2,943.60 | $6,600 | 44.60% | $2,943.60 |
| 41 | Fairfield University (Dolan) | $3,788.00 | 18.00% | $681.84 | $3,601.00 | 16.30% | $586.96 |
| 42 | University of Rochester (Simon) | $11,284.00 | 52.80% | $5,957.95 | $10,571.00 | 68.20% | $7,209.42 |
| 43 | Providence College | $10,500.00 | 7.00% | $735.00 | $6,119.00 | 11.00% | $673.09 |
| 44 | Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) | $8,637.04 | 33.45% | $2,889.09 | $8,637.04 | 33.45% | $2,889.09 |
| 45 | Marquette University | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 46 | University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) | $7,529.00 | 9.00% | $677.61 | $7,378.00 | 14.00% | $1,032.92 |
| 47 | University of Tennessee (Haslam) | $5,677.00 | 31.00% | $1,759.87 | $5,619.00 | 31.00% | $1,741.89 |
| 48 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) | $5,950.00 | 29.00% | $1,725.50 | $5,950.00 | 29.00% | $1,725.50 |
| 49 | University of Dayton | $4,657.00 | 22.44% | $1,045.03 | $5,473.00 | 38.00% | $2,079.74 |
| 50 | Loyola Marymount University | $8,790.00 | 12.60% | $1,107.54 | $8,790 | 12.60% | $1,107.54 |
| 51 | Butler University (Lacy) | $4,007.00 | 10.60% | $424.74 | $4,500.00 | 17.00% | $765.00 |
| 52 | University of Houston (Bauer) | $6,531.00 | 17.20% | $1,123.33 | $6,707.00 | 19.90% | $1,334.69 |
| 53 | The Catholic University of America (Busch) | $4,333.00 | 15.00% | $649.95 | $4,772.00 | 22.00% | $1,049.84 |
| 54 | Lipscomb University | $6,000.00 | 2.04% | $122.40 | $6,000.00 | 2.04% | $122.40 |
| 55 | Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick | $9,980.57 | 51.00% | $5,090.09 | $10,301.57 | 48.00% | $4,944.75 |
| 56 | Susquehanna University (Weis) | $4,308.00 | 10.80% | $465.26 | $7,450.00 | 14.60% | $1,087.70 |
| 57 | Texas A&M University (Mays) | $6,752.00 | 34.00% | $2,295.68 | $9,537.00 | 56.20% | $5,359.79 |
| 58 | Seton Hall University (Stillman) | $8,371.21 | 20.40% | $1,707.73 | $11,138.24 | 21.00% | $2,339.03 |
| 59 | Bryant University | $5,062.00 | 4.90% | $248.04 | $8,450.00 | 3.10% | $261.95 |
| 60 | North Carolina State University (Poole) | $7,026.00 | 26.00% | $1,826.76 | $6,491.94 | 22.00% | $1,428.23 |
| 61 | University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske) | $4,300.00 | 17.00% | $731.00 | $12,300.00 | 17.00% | $2,091.00 |
| 61 | Florida Southern College (Barnett) | $1,500.00 | 1.00% | $15.00 | $5,000.00 | 1.00% | $50.00 |
| 63 | University of New Hampshire (Paul) | $4,215.00 | 38.00% | $1,601.70 | $4,296.00 | 53.50% | $2,298.36 |
| 64 | University of Delaware (Lerner) | $7,190.00 | 51.00% | $3,666.90 | $8,573.00 | 41.00% | $3,514.93 |
| 65 | University of Evansville (Schroeder) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 66 | University of St. Thomas (Opus) | $6,500.00 | 37.00% | $2,405.00 | $8,052.00 | 48.20% | $3,881.06 |
| 67 | The College of New Jersey | $4,583.00 | 5.00% | $229.15 | $5,233.00 | 8.00% | $418.64 |
| 68 | University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) | $7,123.00 | 51.16% | $3,644.13 | $6,614.49 | 58.44% | $3,865.51 |
| 69 | University of San Diego (Knauss) | $9,885.00 | 41.00% | $4,052.85 | $6,579.00 | 46.00% | $3,026.34 |
| 70 | St. John’s University (Tobin) | $10,000.00 | 1.00% | $100.00 | $10,000.00 | 1.00% | $100.00 |
| 71 | Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) | $9,683.00 | 8.00% | $774.64 | $6,485.00 | 21.00% | $1,361.85 |
| 72 | Towson University | $6,142.00 | 26.00% | $1,596.92 | $3,900.00 | 25.40% | $990.60 |
| 73 | Rutgers Business School – Newark | $6,329.00 | 29.60% | $1,873.38 | $5,667.00 | 33.60% | $1,904.11 |
| 74 | Marian University | $4,667.00 | 24.70% | $1,152.75 | $4,375.00 | 18.50% | $809.38 |
| 75 | Seattle University (Albers) | $5,280.00 | 4.00% | $211.20 | $5,280.00 | 4.00% | $211.20 |
| 76 | Christopher Newport University (Luter) | $5,041.00 | 10.00% | $504.10 | $5,500.00 | 32.65% | $1,795.75 |
| 77 | University of Connecticut | $8,242.00 | 41.07% | $3,384.99 | $5,455.00 | 33.30% | $1,816.52 |
| 78 | Drexel University (LeBow) | $9,469.02 | 18.00% | $1,704.42 | $6,952.59 | 18.00% | $1,251.47 |
| 79 | Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) | $5,875.00 | 7.00% | $411.25 | $6,500.00 | 13.00% | $845.00 |
| 80 | Hult International Business School | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 81 | Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue) | $1,590.00 | 5.00% | $79.50 | $2,683.33 | 9.00% | $241.50 |
| 82 | Roger Williams University (Gabelli) | $3,750.00 | 15.00% | $562.50 | $13,000.25 | 20.00% | $2,600.05 |
| 83 | Ohio University | $6,098.34 | 16.00% | $975.73 | $3,248.40 | 16.00% | $519.74 |
| 84 | University of Denver (Daniels) | $5,250.00 | 11.50% | $603.75 | $5,250 | 11.50% | $603.75 |
| 85 | Adelphi University (Willumstad) | $2,182.00 | 1.60% | $34.91 | $2,182.00 | 1.60% | $34.91 |
| 86 | University of Oregon (Lundquist) | $9,231.30 | 19.50% | $1,800.10 | $4,875.00 | 10.10% | $492.38 |
| 87 | Hofstra University (Zarb) | $12,636.00 | 12.00% | $1,516.32 | $8,358.00 | 13.00% | $1,086.54 |
| 88 | Longwood University | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 89 | Texas State University (McCoy) | $3,821.00 | 18.66% | $713.00 | $9,667.00 | 23.00% | $2,223.41 |
| 90 | Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) | $4,852.00 | 17.50% | $849.10 | $5,009.00 | 18.00% | $901.62 |
| 91 | Texas Tech University (Rawls) | $5,672.00 | 11.80% | $669.30 | $5,657.00 | 17.00% | $961.69 |
| 92 | University of Mary Washington | $7,500.00 | 2.00% | $150.00 | $7,500.00 | 2.00% | $150.00 |
| 93 | University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron) | $4,714.00 | 23.70% | $1,117.22 | $4,875.00 | 6.30% | $307.13 |
| 94 | University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) | $7,736.00 | 47.00% | $3,635.92 | $10,000.00 | 38.00% | $3,800.00 |
| 95 | Ithaca College | $6,500.00 | 4.10% | $266.50 | $6,500.00 | 4.10% | $266.50 |
| 96 | American University (Kogod) | $5,979.00 | 25.93% | $1,550.35 | $4,209.00 | 17.65% | $742.89 |
| 97 | Iona University (LaPenta) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 98 | University of Michigan-Dearborn | $4,666.00 | 2.40% | $111.98 | $4,000.00 | 4.00% | $160.00 |
| 99 | Sacred Heart University (Jack Welch) | $3,944.00 | 11.00% | $433.84 | $6,592.00 | 10.00% | $659.20 |
| 100 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally) | $7,700.00 | 30.00% | $2,310.00 | $12,167.00 | 25.00% | $3,041.75 |
| 101 | University of Kansas | $5,378.00 | 26.00% | $1,398.28 | $5,594.00 | 36.00% | $2,013.84 |
| 102 | University of the Pacific (Eberhardt) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 103 | San Diego State University (Fowler) | $5,970.00 | 18.90% | $1,128.33 | $8,353.00 | 8.30% | $693.30 |
| 104 | San Jose State University (Lucas) | $6,348.00 | 13.60% | $863.33 | $6,348.00 | 13.60% | $863.33 |
| 105 | Florida International University | $14,209.00 | 16.90% | $2,401.32 | $7,128.00 | 22.00% | $1,568.16 |
| 106 | Oregon State University | $4,870.00 | 5.00% | $243.50 | $3,800.00 | 5.00% | $190.00 |
| 107 | Stony Brook University | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 108 | Northern Illinois University | $4,732.00 | 29.90% | $1,414.87 | $3,814.29 | 27.30% | $1,041.30 |
| 109 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 110 | Kennesaw State University (Coles) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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