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Tesla: which MBA programs it recruits from

Tesla (Automotive) appears on the published MBA employer lists of 13 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 319 new H-1B petitions for it in fiscal year 2025 and 1,705 across fiscal years 2024 to 2026 (2026 partial).

Schools also print it as: Tesla Motors, Tesla Energy.

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Schools whose employer lists name Tesla

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 Booth2025full employer listjobs and pay
MIT Sloan2023, 2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Columbia CBS2023full employer listjobs and pay
Berkeley Haas2023full employer listjobs and pay
Yale SOM2024, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
NYU Stern2023, 2024full employer listjobs and pay
Michigan Ross2024full employer listjobs and pay
USC Marshall2023full employer listjobs and pay
UCLA Anderson2025full employer listjobs and pay
UT McCombs2023, 2025full employer listjobs and pay
Indiana Kelley2025full employer listjobs and pay

Not on the list at

Northwestern Kellogg, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, UVA Darden, Cornell Johnson, Carnegie Mellon Tepper, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Georgetown McDonough, UW Foster, Vanderbilt Owen, Rice Jones, Emory Goizueta, 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 automotive employers with wide reach

Ford Motor Company (12) · General Motors (9) · Rivian Automotive (8) · Zoox (6) · Cruise (4) · Toyota (4) · Bridgestone Corporation (3) · Harbinger Motors (3)

Questions about Tesla

Which MBA programs does Tesla recruit from?

Tesla is named on the published employer lists of 13 of the 26 top U.S. MBA programs that publish names, Classes of 2023 to 2025: Harvard HBS, Pennsylvania Wharton, Chicago Booth, MIT Sloan, Columbia CBS, Berkeley Haas, Yale SOM, NYU Stern, Michigan Ross and USC Marshall and 3 more.

Does Tesla hire MBAs from Harvard HBS?

Harvard HBS lists Tesla 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 Tesla sponsor H-1B visas for MBA hires?

Its H-1B record: anchor sponsor. USCIS approved 319 new H-1B petitions for it in fiscal year 2025 and 1,705 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 Tesla 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.