Different from last year’s report, this year we found that MBA’s on average were earning less than non-MBA’s in the U.S.. When the global picture is analyzed, the MBA earnings are even lower. While the difference is primarily driven on size of performance bonus, we believe this is an anomaly in the data and could simply be driven from the particular mix of MBA respondents this year. Although an MBA is not required to be successful in hedge funds, our hedge fund jobs database indicates that many of the best paying positions are still requiring an MBA.


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