Business & Finance
Management Consultant
Management consultants help companies solve big problems — strategy, operations, organization — often in fast-moving project teams. Prestigious, well-paid, and travel-heavy.
Median salary
$99,000
Typical range
$75k – $200k
Job outlook
+10% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Management Consultant
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's to enter; MBA common for senior roles.
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Management Consultant Intern
Internship
$37,500
~4 mos to advance
Junior Management Consultant
Entry / Junior
$75,000
~2 yrs to advance
Management Consultant
Established
$99,000
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Management Consultant
Senior
$149,500
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Key skills
A typical day
- •Analyze client problems
- •Build recommendations
- •Present to executives
Fields of study
Business · Economics · Engineering
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.
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