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Career Outcomes

Career Outcomes

Advance your career with the support of Foster MBA career management experts. Foster offers all Hybrid MBA students personalized career coaching, one-on-one mentoring with an industry leader, exclusive company visits, and executive leadership training. As a Hybrid MBA student, you will have tailored services to help you achieve your goals.

100%

of 2024 graduates secured a salary increase

31%

Average Salary Increase Since Starting the Program

57%

of 2024 graduates secured a promotion

Methodology: The 2024 alumni survey, which shows data four months after graduation, had a participation rate of 71% from the graduating cohort.


Career coaching and leadership training

Career Coaching

Get personalized 1:1 professional coaching and build a strategy to achieve your short-term and long-term goals. Your coach will help you identify new opportunities and prepare for job searches, interviews, and career transitions. You’ll clarify your strengths, build a personal brand, create an authentic self-introduction, and explore various industries and career paths.

Executive Training

Learn what it takes to be an effective leader and build your core competencies in the Hybrid MBA Executive Essentials program. Executive Essentials is free for all Hybrid MBA students and helps increase self-awareness while developing professional skills and executive presence.

Networking Groups

Join an exclusive, small networking group of MBA students. Build connections with students from Seattle and across the U.S. while sharing job hunting and career change advice.

#3

for Career Services & Coaching
(2024 Poets&Quants )

90%

of 2024 graduates who changed jobs used coaching

503K

large UW Alumni network

“The Executive Essentials Program has allowed me to seamlessly integrate skills from my core MBA studies with advanced insights and practical tools provided by this specialized program. The storytelling and personal branding courses have enhanced my career growth conversations at my current organization and provided me with tools to make a substantial impact.”

-Shirish Karnik

Product Development Manager, Boeing

Mentoring

Partner with an alumni mentor and learn from a successful leader first-hand. Get expert advice and insights in a relaxed setting while making a personal connection and growing your network. This program offers unique access to mentors from America’s most influential companies. All mentors are Foster MBA alumni. Learn more about Mentorship at Foster.

MBA Treks

On an MBA career trek, you can go behind the scenes at major international companies in cities such as San Francisco, Austin, and Portland. Network with leadership, meet hiring managers, and experience the inner workings of organizations ranging from multinationals to think tanks. Each trek is an immersion into the region’s economy, offering unparalleled access to major employers. Treks and on-site company visits are open to MBA students only. Read more about our recent Bay Area Trek.

Connect with Major Employers

As a Hybrid MBA student, you have unparalleled access to employers ranging from global corporations to well-funded startups. Grow your network and connect with Hybrid MBA alumni in Seattle, the U.S., and worldwide. Make valuable connections and meet decision-makers in consulting, tech, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and a range of other industries.

Grow your network

Hybrid MBA alumni hold leadership roles in companies including:
Accenture
Amazon
Boeing
Google/Alphabet
Procter & Gamble
Microsoft
Nike
Walmart
U.S. Army
T-Mobile
Zillow

Connect with leadership

Throughout the Hybrid MBA program, students can go behind the scenes of global companies. In-person treks, on-site tours, and career mixers, offer exclusive opportunities to explore career opportunities, grow your network, and connect with hiring managers from organizations including:
Apple
Blue Origin
Brooks Running
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Madrona Venture Labs
NVIDIA
PwC

Company visits at Mattson, Zipline, Deloitte, NVIDIA and Adobe help students grow their network and explore diverse applications for their MBARead More

Students Experience the Future of Tech at Bay Area MBA Trek

The UW Foster School of Business Hybrid MBA Program is #4 in the country (tie) in the newly released Fortune magazine ranking of online MBA programs.Read More

Foster Hybrid MBA Program Ranked #4

MBA programs for working professionals at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business go beyond lessons in the classroom and study groups with peers.Read More

MBA Career Mixer Opens the Door to Opportunity

Hybrid MBA Rankings

#2

Best Online MBA in the U.S. (Poets&Quants)

#3

Best Online MBA in the U.S. (U.S. News)

#1

Online MBA for Veterans (U.S. News)