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Cisco Systems: which MBA programs it recruits from

Cisco Systems (Technology) appears on the published MBA employer lists of 17 of the 26 top U.S. business schools that name their recruiters, for the Classes of 2023 to 2025. It recruits broadly, at most of the top programs.

Its H-1B record: anchor sponsor. USCIS approved 184 new H-1B petitions for it in fiscal year 2025 and 602 across fiscal years 2024 to 2026 (2026 partial).

Schools also print it as: Cisco, Cisco Sytems Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Cisco Systems Inc, Cisco Sytems.

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Schools whose employer lists name Cisco Systems

SchoolListed for the Class ofThe school’s full listIn the report
Harvard HBS2023full employer listjobs and pay
Pennsylvania Wharton2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Chicago Booth2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Northwestern Kellogg2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
MIT Sloan2025full employer listjobs and pay
Berkeley Haas2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Yale SOM2023, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
NYU Stern2025full employer listjobs and pay
Michigan Ross2023, 2024full employer listjobs and pay
UVA Darden2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
USC Marshall2023, 2024full employer listjobs and pay
UCLA Anderson2023full employer listjobs and pay
UT McCombs2025full employer listjobs and pay
UNC Kenan-Flagler2023, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Vanderbilt Owen2023, 2024full employer listjobs and pay
Rice Jones2023, 2024full employer listjobs and pay
Emory Goizueta2023full employer listjobs and pay

Not on the list at

Columbia CBS, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Cornell Johnson, Carnegie Mellon Tepper, Georgetown McDonough, UW Foster, Indiana Kelley, Minnesota Carlson. A gap means the school did not print the name for those classes, which is not proof it never hires there: some schools publish only companies that hired several graduates, and a few publish a hand-picked selection. The school pages say how each list was built.

Other technology employers with wide reach

Amazon (26) · Microsoft (26) · Google (23) · Adobe (19) · Apple (19) · IBM (19) · Samsung (16) · TikTok (16)

Questions about Cisco Systems

Which MBA programs does Cisco Systems recruit from?

Cisco Systems is named on the published employer lists of 17 of the 26 top U.S. MBA programs that publish names, Classes of 2023 to 2025: Harvard HBS, Pennsylvania Wharton, Chicago Booth, Northwestern Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Berkeley Haas, Yale SOM, NYU Stern, Michigan Ross and UVA Darden and 7 more.

Does Cisco Systems hire MBAs from Harvard HBS?

Harvard HBS lists Cisco Systems as an employer for the Class of 2023. A listing means the school printed the company on its own employer list; it does not say how many people were hired.

Does Cisco Systems sponsor H-1B visas for MBA hires?

Its H-1B record: anchor sponsor. USCIS approved 184 new H-1B petitions for it in fiscal year 2025 and 602 across fiscal years 2024 to 2026 (2026 partial). The record covers all of the company's approved new petitions, not MBA hires alone.

How do I get to Cisco Systems from a school that doesn't list it?

Most hiring at firms like this comes through networking rather than on-campus recruiting, and the schools that do list it are where that network is densest. Build your school list around the programs that name your target employers, and say so in your applications. The report's How to choose schools section explains how.