Your future
Graduates are highly sought after across a wide range of industries, including finance, insurance, consulting, logistics, telecommunications, government, and data-driven organisations. The programme equips students with strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills, enabling them to analyse complex datasets, assess risk and uncertainty, develop reliable forecasts, optimise processes, and support strategic decision-making. These competencies are valued in both technical and managerial roles, with many graduates progressing to positions in consulting, finance, research, operations, and management. The strong demand for quantitatively trained professionals means that many students are approached by employers before graduation, and some also pursue doctoral studies at leading international universities.
Examples of positions held by graduates include:
- Consultant at PwC
- Manager at APG
- Researcher at CBS
- Executive Corporate Finance at KPMG
- PhD positions at Stanford and Harvard
- Consultant at Bain & Company
- Investment Banker at NIBC
- Planner at DSM
- Consultant at TNO
In this section, we present the average employability data for all programmes of the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (Alumni survey from 2024). In our latest survey, 78,0% of our graduates indicated they would choose the same study programme again! For detailed information per programme, please see the bottom of this page.
Employment rate
| After 1,5 years | After 5 years | After 10 years |
| 97,5% | 98,2% | 100,0% |
Median gross monthly income
| After 1,5 years | After 5 years | After 10 years |
| € 3.300,00 | € 5.000,00 | € 6.300,00 |
Working location of our alumni 1,5 years after graduation
| Country | % |
| the Netherlands | 45,2% |
| Germany | 28,5% |
| Belgium | 10,0% |
| Other EU country | 8,8% |
| Outside of the EU | 7,5% |
Average employability data 5 years after graduation per programme
Please note that some programmes did not have enough responses to allow a satisfactory result and are therefore not included in this list.
MSc programme | % employed | Median gross monthly income | Would choose same programme again |
| Econometrics and Operations Research | 100% | € 3.665,00
| 81% |
| Economics | 100% | € 3.700,00 | 75% |
| Financial Economics | 100% | € 5.500,00 | 62% |
| International Business (all specialisations) | 98% | € 5.000,00 | 76% |
| Learning and Development in Organisations | 95% | € 4.000,00 | 90% |
| Global Supply Chain Management and Change | 100% | € 5.100,00 | 90% |
| Sustainability Science, Policy and Society | 100% | € 4.000,00 | 80% |
| Public Policy and Human Development | 97% | € 4.400,00 | 86% |