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Northeastern D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Northeastern University · Boston, Massachusetts · Private
“The co-op university's MBA works the same way: employed before graduating.”
Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles
76.2
GoodBP Score
$110,000Tuition, total
650Avg. GMAT
Acceptance rate
83%Placed at 3 months
$118,000Median base salary
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D’Amore-McKim runs the MBA like Northeastern runs everything: students complete a six-month corporate residency inside partner companies, drawing pay and, in most years, return offers. U.S. News knocked the school down fifteen spots in its volatile 2026 table, which says more about the ranking than about a model where employment is the curriculum.
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