Graduates From Top MBA Programs Are Struggling to Land Jobs

At business schools across the US, graduation is fast approaching — and the mood is subdued.

MBA programs that once offered a glide path to lucrative jobs are finding fewer and fewer seats on Wall Street and in corporate America for their graduates. At every one of the nation’s top schools — known as the magnificent seven, or M7 — job-placement outcomes have declined since 2021, and this year is looking no better.

It’s leaving students anxious, stressed and more than a little concerned about what they’ll do with their expensive degrees. Plenty are wondering whether the job pipeline has broken down entirely.

Students like Feifei ...