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McKinsey & Company: which MBA programs it recruits from

McKinsey & Company (Consulting) appears on the published MBA employer lists of 26 of the 26 top U.S. business schools that name their recruiters, for the Classes of 2023 to 2025. That puts it among the firms that recruit almost everywhere.

Its H-1B record: anchor sponsor. USCIS approved 303 new H-1B petitions for it in fiscal year 2025 and 1,024 across fiscal years 2024 to 2026 (2026 partial).

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About McKinsey & Company

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm that has operated for nearly a century and describes itself as a partnership of more than 40,000 colleagues, with an alumni network of over 50,000 in nearly 140 countries. It recruits MBA students each year from business schools worldwide for generalist consulting, practice consulting focused on a function or industry, and technology roles. MBAs join as Associates after graduation or as Summer Associates between the first and second year.

Official links: Website · MBA recruiting page

Read from the company's own pages in October 2026. Programs and deadlines change every cycle, so check the careers page before you plan around it.

Schools whose employer lists name McKinsey & Company

SchoolListed for the Class ofThe school’s full listIn the report
Harvard HBS2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Pennsylvania Wharton2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Chicago Booth2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Northwestern Kellogg2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
MIT Sloan2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Columbia CBS2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Berkeley Haas2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Yale SOM2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Dartmouth Tuck2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
NYU Stern2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Duke Fuqua2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Michigan Ross2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
UVA Darden2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Cornell Johnson2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Carnegie Mellon Tepper2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
USC Marshall2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
UCLA Anderson2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
UT McCombs2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
UNC Kenan-Flagler2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Georgetown McDonough2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
UW Foster2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Indiana Kelley2023, 2024full employer listjobs and pay
Vanderbilt Owen2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Rice Jones2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Emory Goizueta2023, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Minnesota Carlson2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay

On every list

All 26 schools that publish employer names list McKinsey & Company.

Other consulting employers with wide reach

Boston Consulting Group (26) · Deloitte (26) · EY (26) · Bain & Company (25) · PwC (25) · Kearney (23) · L.E.K. Consulting (20) · Accenture (19)

Questions about McKinsey & Company

Which MBA programs does McKinsey & Company recruit from?

McKinsey & Company is named on the published employer lists of 26 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, Columbia CBS, Berkeley Haas, Yale SOM, Dartmouth Tuck and NYU Stern and 16 more.

Does McKinsey & Company hire MBAs from Harvard HBS?

Harvard HBS lists McKinsey & Company as an employer for the Classes of 2023 and 2024 and 2025. A listing means the school printed the company on its own employer list; it does not say how many people were hired.

Does McKinsey & Company sponsor H-1B visas for MBA hires?

Its H-1B record: anchor sponsor. USCIS approved 303 new H-1B petitions for it in fiscal year 2025 and 1,024 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 McKinsey & Company 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.