26. University of Notre Dame

Mendoza College of Business

Students without job offers three months after graduation
2010: 18 percent
2009: 19 percent

Median starting salary
2010: $90,000
2009: $92,500

The placement rate for Mendoza MBA students barely budged this year, creeping up only 1 percentage point. Median salaries slipped $2,500 this year, to $90,000, but signing bonuses saw an incremental increase of 2 percentage points over 2009, with 56 percent of those who accepted jobs obtaining one.

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