Colleges Dallas Texas

And it’s not just Silicon Valley schools producing tech-hungry MBAs. A handful of schools in unlikely regions graduated more of their students into technology jobs in 2014 than any other industry, according to data the schools provided to Bloomberg.

Four Texas colleges — University of Texas at Dallas, Texas Christian Unversity, Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin — all graduated a higher share of MBAs who went into tech than Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. All four schools placed 28 percent or more of their grads in tech jobs, compared with Stanford’s 19 percent. (See chart below).

According to Bloomberg, prospective students are asking MBA programs how they will position them for a job at a specific tech company. “They’ll say, ‘Microsoft is my dream. What will it take for me to get to Microsoft?’ ” said Daniel Poston, assistant dean at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business (ranked 20th), which sent more than a third of its students into tech last year

It’s hardly surprising that tech giants would be a draw for MBAs. Google and Apple pay MBAs salaries that rival top consulting firms like McKinsey, topped off with youthful workplaces and flexible corporate atmospheres.

“Amazon is paying more money for MBAs than some of the more traditional recruiters from banks, and they’re competing directly with consulting firms, ” Poston told Bloomberg.

BUSINESS SCHOOL GRADUATES’ CAREER CHOICES

Here’s how major Texas colleges fared in Bloomberg’s annual ranking of business schools and the top industry hiring their MBA graduates.

19 Rice University Energy: 31.5% 21 University of Texas at Austin Technology: 28.9% 22 Texas A&M Technology: 36.7% 32 SMU Financial services: 19.8% 38 TCU Technology: 37.1% 42 University of Texas at Dallas Technology: 39.5% Source: Bloomberg

Overall rank	School	Top industry