10. Yale University

School of Management

Students without job offers three months after graduation
2010: 8 percent
2009: 8 percent

Median starting salary
2010: $100,000
2009: $ 96,000

Yale is the one of only two schools in the top 30 whose job placement rate hasn't budged since 2009, staying flat at a 8 percent. The school's 2010 graduates did manage to command healthier salaries than their 2009 counterparts did, with salaries up $4,000 this year, hitting the $100,000 benchmark. However, the number of graduates commanding signing bonuses fell 20 percentage points, from 76 percent of the class with jobs in 2009 to 56 percent in 2010.

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