Market top? Competition for MBAs from banks like New York-based Citigroup and Goldman Sachs may push starting-pay packages above last year, when graduates averaged a record $186,174 in total compensation at Harvard Business School and $183,000 at Stanford Universityâs Graduate School of Business. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com..._MBA_pay_to_new_high_/articleshow/1759596.cms