Why the difference in salary?

Why do some grad school publications indicate consulting and management focused MBAs get a higher starting salary than finance MBAs?

Also, what's the ceiling for finance/consulting/management?

I'm specializing in finance but I have the option to add another specialization, and I wanna add either consulting, management, accounting, or marketing. I could use the info...Thanks everyone

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Could also be because many "finance" MBAs at lower-level programs don't go into high finance but rather to internal treasury, accounting, controller roles etc. Tough to know unless you can point us towards the statistics you're referencing.

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Banking salaries are significantly lower than consulting salaries: last I checked post-MBA bankers were getting 100Kish to start, while BCG pays 135K. The difference comes when the consultants get a 40K bonus and the bankers get over 100. I've never found accurate total comp stats; I guess when people get their first bonus their business school isn't the first place they call.

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