MBA Placements: Check Salary Trends for Last Three Years for Top IIMs and Non-IIM B-Schools | What to Expect This Year?
The MBA Placement season of 2025 is underway, and there’s a lot of anticipation around how Indian B-schools will perform this year. A recent Wall Street Journal report revealed that even graduates from top US business schools are struggling to secure jobs, reflecting global challenges.
MBA Placements 2024 season was turbulent as most B-schools saw a dip in average salaries. Key highlights were:
- The MBA Placement 2024 season saw an unprecedented decline in salary trends across most of top business schools in India.
- While IIM Bangalore was a noticeable exception, several B-schools including XLRI Jamshedpur, IIM Lucknow, and IIM Indore, saw a fall in average salaries by 8-10%.
- Amongst 2nd Gen IIMs, IM Rohtak and IIM Ranchi saw salaries up, but for most other IIMs, it fell.
- IIM Ahmedabad follows IPRS standard and released salary data in after Audit in October. But this year, even after completing its placement 2024 as early as in February, it is yet to release its placement data.
- Check last 4 year's salary data for all Top 50 Indian B-schools in this MBA Placements Report.
As the 2025 placement process unfolds, questions linger - Will MBA salaries pick up this year?
What are your predictions for MBA salaries in 2025? Will placements improve this year? Share your thoughts below!