Likely the main reason most of you are looking at earning your MBA is to boost your career - both in terms of responsibility and in terms of salary. This post will look at the career statistics made available by Canadian MBA schools for their Full-Time MBA programs. It's not easy to find full reports from schools for their Full-Time programs and even less information is available for Part-Time or Executive MBA programs.
All programs should follow the guidelines laid out by the MBA Career Services and Employer Alliance.
** - 6 month placement rate
All programs should follow the guidelines laid out by the MBA Career Services and Employer Alliance.
Canadian MBA Employment Statistics
University (School)
|
3-Month Placement Rate
|
Average Starting Salary
|
Salary Increase (%)
|
90%
|
$72,857
|
-
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
-
|
$61,000
|
-
|
|
76%
|
$79,071
|
-
|
|
97%
|
$65,000
|
-
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
85%**
|
$80,532
|
35%
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
89%
|
$89,578
|
-
|
|
71%**
|
$67,800
|
-
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
94%**
|
$82,465
|
-
|
|
-
|
$85,000
|
35%
|
|
Saint
Mary’s University (Sobey)
|
-
|
$57,500
|
55%
|
Simon
Fraser University (Beedie)
|
-
|
$59,500
|
26%
|
Thompson
Rivers University
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Trinity
Western University
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Université
de Moncton
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Université
de Sherbrooke
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Université
du Québec à Montréal
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Université
Laval
|
-
|
$63,016
|
-
|
University
of Alberta
|
86%
|
$75,500
|
58%
|
University
of British Columbia (Sauder)
|
77%
|
$77,000
|
48%
|
University
of Calgary (Haskayne)
|
87%
|
$94,264
|
47%
|
University
of Fredericton
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
University
of Manitoba (Asper)
|
100%**
|
$74,100
|
16%
|
University
of New Brunswick
|
35%
|
-
|
-
|
University
of Northern British Columbia
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
University
of Ottawa (Telfer)
|
82%
|
$83,501
|
-
|
University
of Regina (Levene)
|
-
|
$78,000
|
-
|
University
of Saskatchewan (Edwards)
|
93%
|
$73,822
|
-
|
University
of Toronto (Rotman)
|
76%
|
$91,282
|
-
|
University
of Victoria (Gustavson)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
University
of Windsor (Odette)
|
-
|
$61,000
|
-
|
Vancouver
Island University
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Western
University (Ivey)
|
92%
|
$85,000
|
-
|
Wilfrid
Laurier University
|
-
|
$67,958
|
-
|
York
University (Schulich)
|
88%
|
$84,305
|
-
|
MBA Placement Rate
This looks at the percentage of graduating students who were seeking employment, were successful employed within 3 months of graduation. Any graduating students who were sponsored by their employer and are returning to the company are not included in this number, along with any students who are starting their own entrepreneurial endeavour or who are returning to further study. While there are many individual factors that go into how easy or difficult it is to find a job after graduation, a larger percentage is generally a good thing to look for.
Salary Increase
This looks at the percentage increase in a graduates salary from when they entered the MBA program to their post-graduation salary. There are two ways to look at this. First, for schools with a higher average salary but a low increase this would mean they are bringing in some very strong and experienced students into the MBA program. Secondly, for schools with a large increase in salary but low entering salary numbers, the program will likely have a number of younger students with less experience (lower salary).
Available Information
As you can see, a number of items are missing in the table above. Some schools are simply quite small and don't have the student base or resources to track and report career data for their graduates.
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