AVERAGE SIGNING BONUSES AT 91 P&Q RANKED B-SCHOOLS
| 2024 Rank | School | 2023 Bonus | % 2023 Getting | 2022 Bonus | % 2022 Getting |
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) | $15,603.00 | 90.70% | $13,247.00 | 84.90% |
| 2 | University of Southern California (Marshall) | $9,858.00 | 78.70% | $10,561.00 | 70.90% |
| 3 | Georgetown University (McDonough) | $10,291.04 | 71.01% | $9,652.00 | 72.00% |
| 4 | University of Virginia (McIntire) | $10,183.00 | 78.00% | $9,896.00 | 76.00% |
| 5 | University of Michigan (Ross) | $9,979.00 | 83.70% | $9,368.00 | 77.20% |
| 6 | Cornell University (Dyson SC John) | $12,128.00 | 59.70% | $9,886.00 | 53.70% |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) | $8,000.00 | 28.00% | $10,000.00 | 64.00% |
| 8 | University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | $8,080.22 | 79.00% | $9,394.00 | 68.00% |
| 9 | New York University (Stern) | $11,059.00 | 70.70% | $10,357.00 | 65.70% |
| 10 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) | $8,267.00 | 74.00% | $7,833.00 | 67.00% |
| 11 | Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) | $10,309.00 | 72.00% | $10,602.00 | 76.10% |
| 12 | Villanova University School of Business | $7,955.00 | 31.00% | $7,611.00 | 43.50% |
| 13 | Emory University (Goizueta) | $9,109.00 | 60.00% | $8,075.00 | 62.30% |
| 14 | Indiana University (Kelley) | $7,340.00 | 76.00% | $7,331.00 | 78.00% |
| 15 | University of Illinois (Gies) | $6,336.00 | 71.00% | $6,400.00 | 71.00% |
| 16 | Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) | $8,225.00 | 35.00% | $9,152.00 | 32.00% |
| 17 | Boston University (Questrom) | $7,470.00 | 53.80% | $7,553.00 | 48.10% |
| 18 | University of Richmond (Robins) | $8,115.00 | 28.40% | $8,958.00 | 34.70% |
| 19 | University of Washington (Foster) | $8,566.00 | 26.00% | $8,435.00 | 32.00% |
| 20 | Bucknell University | $8,292.00 | 50.00% | $6,942.00 | 59.00% |
| 21 | Fordham University (Gabelli) | $7,705.00 | 38.00% | $8,164.00 | 25.00% |
| 22 | University of Miami (Herbert) | $7,864.00 | 50.00% | $8,177.00 | 37.35% |
| 23 | Lehigh University | $8,769.00 | 64.00% | $10,329.00 | 63.00% |
| 24 | University of Minnesota (Carlson) | $6,250.00 | 49.18% | $6,130.00 | 39.61% |
| 25 | Texas Christian University (Neeley) | $7,141.00 | 30.00% | $7,889.00 | 29.00% |
| 26 | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | $8,774.00 | 65.00% | $8,992.00 | 61.00% |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | $7,489.00 | 41.07% | $6,719.00 | 39.73% |
| 28 | Binghamton University | $11,000.00 | 32.40% | $13,760.00 | 35.00% |
| 29 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | $11,583.00 | 83.00% | $11,285.00 | 83.00% |
| 30 | University of Pittsburgh | $8,893.00 | 39.00% | $8,695.00 | 39.00% |
| 31 | Tulane University (Freeman) | $7,521.00 | 42.80% | $6,878.00 | 35.80% |
| 32 | Purdue University (Daniels) | $7,043.00 | 57.00% | $6,712.00 | 56.00% |
| 33 | Wake Forest University | $8,190.00 | 78.00% | $7,484.00 | 25.00% |
| 34 | Texas A&M University (Mays) | $8,660.00 | 52.00% | $6,232.00 | 55.00% |
| 35 | University of Tennessee (Haslam) | $5,619.00 | 31.00% | $5,308.00 | 26.00% |
| 36 | Syracuse University (Whitman) | $6,823.00 | 51.00% | $6,350.00 | 52.00% |
| 37 | Providence College | $6,361.00 | 10.00% | $5,791.00 | 16.00% |
| 38 | Hult International Business School | $0.00 | $0.00 | ||
| 39 | Loyola Marymount University | $6,787 | 35.00% | $6,473.50 | 37.20% |
| 40 | Elon University (Love) | $5,694.00 | 40.80% | $5,094.00 | 41.70% |
| 41 | University of Houston (Bauer) | $6,679.00 | 24.30% | $6,006.00 | 24.90% |
| 42 | Florida Southern College | $4,000.00 | $11,667.00 | ||
| 43 | Lipscomb University | $0.00 | $0.00 | ||
| 44 | Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick | $11,452.10 | 42.90% | $10,993.00 | 68.00% |
| 45 | University of Denver (Daniels) | $5,000.00 | 22.90% | $5,719.00 | 12.40% |
| 46 | Miami University (Farmer) | $6,177.00 | 45.00% | $5,926.00 | 46.00% |
| 47 | University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) | $6,421.56 | 58.04% | $5,560.00 | 60.18% |
| 48 | William & Mary (Mason) | $8,442.00 | 51.00% | $8,967.00 | 69.00% |
| 49 | Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) | $6,944.00 | 15.00% | $5,538.00 | 12.00% |
| 50 | St. John’s University (Tobin) | $5,000.00 | 1.00% | $6,667.00 | 1.00% |
| 51 | University of Arizona (Eller) | $7,210.00 | 50.00% | $6,520.00 | 50.00% |
| 52 | University of San Diego | $6,046.00 | 50.30% | $5,132.00 | 37.60% |
| 53 | University of Evansville (Schroeder) | $3,167 | 7.69% | $3,167.00 | 7.69% |
| 54 | University of Dayton School of Business Administration | $5,142.00 | 29.00% | $4,911.00 | 38.24% |
| 55 | Michigan State University (Broad) | $6,184.00 | 56.00% | $6,304.00 | 52.00% |
| 56 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $5,000 | $5,000.00 | ||
| 57 | Hofstra University (Zarb) | $8,433.00 | 7.00% | $25,000.00 | 6.00% |
| 58 | College of New Jersey | $4,400.00 | 25.00% | $1,880.00 | 26.00% |
| 59 | Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) | $6,700.00 | 18.00% | $7,477.00 | 21.00% |
| 60 | Marian University (Byrum) | $4,000.00 | 26.80% | $6,202.00 | 48.08% |
| 61 | Seton Hall University (Stillman) | $6,521.00 | 15.70% | $5,262.00 | 16.40% |
| 62 | Drexel University (LeBow) | $7,487.00 | 33.00% | $11,320.00 | 33.83% |
| 63 | University of New Hampshire (Paul) | $5,049.00 | 41.78% | $4,478.00 | 53.00% |
| 64 | University of Georgia (Terry) | $6,750.00 | 50.16% | $6,427.00 | 37.20% |
| 65 | University of Delaware (Lerner) | $7,259.00 | 51.00% | $7,259.00 | 51.00% |
| 66 | Ithaca College | $6,500.00 | 2.00% | $4,643.00 | 8.00% |
| 67 | Seattle University (Albers) | $0.00 | $0.00 | ||
| 68 | Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue) | $2,686.00 | 11.00% | $3,317.00 | 15.00% |
| 69 | University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) | $7,700.00 | 25.10% | $7,600.00 | 24.50% |
| 70 | Towson University | $1,300.00 | 15.00% | $5,000.00 | 44.00% |
| 71 | University of Michigan-Dearborn | $3,833.00 | 2.00% | $3,500.00 | 3.00% |
| 72 | Ohio University | $5,455.45 | 16.20% | $3,821.00 | 17.10% |
| 73 | University of Oklahoma (Price) | $5,080.00 | 42.80% | $7,247.00 | 42.12% |
| 74 | Christopher Newport University | $3,917.00 | 17.00% | $4,417.00 | 4.00% |
| 75 | Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) | $4,526.00 | 50.00% | $5,662.00 | 32.00% |
| 76 | University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron) | $6,391.00 | 22.60% | $4,034.00 | 14.50% |
| 77 | Rutgers Business School – Newark | $7,016.00 | 33.50% | $6,426.00 | 25.60% |
| 78 | University of Kentucky (Gatton) | $6,292.00 | 27.00% | $5,623.00 | 26.00% |
| 79 | Roger Williams University (Gabelli) | $2,267.00 | 12.00% | $2,267.00 | 12.00% |
| 80 | American University (Kogod) | $12,500.00 | 9.00% | $7,071.00 | 4.00% |
| 81 | University of the Pacific (Eberhardt) | $6,644.00 | 0.00% | $6,644.00 | 30.00% |
| 82 | Sacred Heart University | $6,963.00 | 23.00% | $4,325.00 | 8.00% |
| 83 | Oregon State University | $4,674.00 | 11.00% | $4,674.00 | 11.00% |
| 84 | University of Utah (Eccles) | $6,902.00 | 14.30% | $6,713.00 | 18.10% |
| 85 | Florida International University | $4,745.00 | 15.80% | $6,423.00 | 20.00% |
| 86 | Northern Illinois University | $4,357.00 | 29.50% | $3,316.00 | 24.16% |
| 87 | Texas Tech University (Rawls) | $6,523.00 | 6.10% | $4,305.00 | 9.00% |
| 88 | San Diego State University | $5,297.00 | 12.50% | $5,297.00 | 17.60% |
| 89 | University of Akron | $3,916.67 | 9.00% | $5,400.00 | 3.00% |
| 90 | University of Texas at Arlington | $0.00 | $0.00 | ||
| 91 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar) | $0.00 | $0.00 |
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