Salary after Business School

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I've been working as a strategic project lead in a large direct to consumer startup (250M+ revenue) in Europe. Now, I am in the great position to have MBA offers from Stanford and Wharton. However, my current employer does not sponsor it and thus I would need to take some debt to finance it. What salaries can I expect if I work a few years in the States post-MBA? PE and Consulting are probably out of scope due to no experience there.

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Why would Consulting be out of scope?  Plenty of career switchers use B-school to break in. 

And they usually get the biggest starting salaries on average among their classes. 

 

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