NYU Stern MBA

01 · Class profile

Who is in the NYU Stern MBA class

Stern's class-profile page is headed Class of 2027. Stern received 4,993 applications, made 1,161 offers (a 24% admission rate) and enrolled 336 students. The page does not say which entry year the Class of 2027 refers to.

The 43% is students with international citizenship, which Stern says includes foreign nationals, dual citizens and US permanent residents. The page shows 43 countries represented. Women are 45% of the class.

Stern also shows LGBTQ+ students at 10%, US military veterans and active-duty students at 9%, minority students at 45% and underrepresented minority students at 18%. Average age is 28, with a range of 23 to 38.

What the class did before the MBA (share of students, by industry)

Share of the Class of 2027. Manufacturing/Trade is Stern's Manufacturing/Import-Export/Trade, shortened to fit. Stern's own bucket 'Other' is last.

Undergraduate major (share of students)

Which test students took (share of students)

Share of the Class of 2027. Stern prints these shares and no counts. The class-profile page shows no Executive Assessment average.

Test scores

Stern prints the two GMAT editions as separate averages. They are on different scales, so do not compare them.

Undergraduate GPA

Stern gives an average of 3.64, an 80% range of 3.36 to 3.89 and a 100% range of 3.18 to 4.00.

Work experience

98% of students have work experience. The average is 5.0 years, calculated on those with prior work experience, and the range is 0 to 15 years.

This profile is for the Class of 2027. The employment report in the next section covers a different group, the Class of 2025 graduates, so the two should not be mixed.

02 · Placements

Where NYU Stern MBA graduates go

Class of 2025, from Stern's NYU Stern MBA Employment Report 2025, the newest report we found. The 86.0% is those who had accepted an offer within three months of graduation, as a share of graduates seeking employment. We found no Class of 2026 full-time report.

Figures are in US dollars. Stern shows annual base salary and signing bonus separately, so do not add them. It says equity, stock options and corporate reimbursement for relocation or second-year tuition are not in its compensation totals.

Stern says usable base-salary data came from 87.1% of graduates who had accepted an offer by three months after graduation. International salaries are in US dollars, as calculated by students at prevailing exchange rates.

Pay, Class of 2025 (US dollars)

For US citizens and permanent residents the average base salary is $169,993, the median $175,000 and the range $80,000 to $400,000. For international graduates the average is $166,147, the median $175,000 and the range $50,000 to $225,000.

Who is counted

Of 326 graduates (222 US, 104 international), 271 were seeking employment, 33 were not seeking and 22 had no information available. Of those seeking, 76.4% had received offers and 75.6% had accepted by graduation. Within three months, 86.3% had offers and 86.0% had accepted.

The 33 not seeking: 14 starting a new business, 11 company sponsored, 4 postponing the job search, 1 continuing education and 3 other.

Industry of the job (share of accepted offers)

Share of accepted offers, Class of 2025. Technology/Telecom is Stern's Technology/Telecommunications, shortened. Stern's shares may not sum to 100 because of rounding. Investment banking is 28.0% within financial services, and the median base salary in financial services is $175,000.

Function of the job (share of accepted offers)

Share of accepted offers, Class of 2025. Within the functions, investment banking is 24.2%, product management 6.5% and brand management 4.3%. Median base salary is $175,000 in consulting and in finance and accounting, and $144,000 in marketing and sales.

Industry share over three years (share of accepted offers)

Where the job is (share of accepted offers)

By world region, Stern shows North America at 96.0%, Asia and Middle East at 3.1% and Latin America and Caribbean at 0.9%. Median base salary in the Northeast is $175,000.

How the offers were found (share of accepted offers)

Within school-facilitated, a full-time offer from a school-sourced internship is 60.7%, Stern on-campus interviews 7.3%, Stern network 4.9% and job postings or resume books 1.0%. Within student-initiated, personal contacts are 8.3%, online postings 8.3% and student-sourced internships 7.8%.

Employers that hired the most, Class of 2025 (number of accepted offers)

Number of accepted offers, as Stern names the employers in its report.

Summer internships, Class of 2026

The same report covers the Class of 2026 first-year students: 352 MBAs, of whom 333 were seeking. Stern's letter says 99% of first-year students received and accepted summer internship offers. Weekly base salary averaged $2,667 and the median was $2,885.

Students who need work authorisation

For the classes of 2023 to 2025 combined, Stern's report says 85.2% of students with non-US work authorisation were employed in the US (New York 67.2%) and 14.8% outside the US (Asia 9.8%). It says 78.7% of their accepted offers were school-facilitated.

03 · Fees and scholarships

What it costs, and how to pay less

These are Stern's 2026-27 budget figures for first-year students, based on a nine-month academic year, in US dollars. Stern does not publish Fall 2027 tuition or a second-year or two-year total on the page we read.

The $94,698 is tuition plus the $2,040 LAUNCH orientation fee. Stern lists tuition and the orientation fee under Tuition & Fees and the rest under Living Expenses.

Stern's 2026-27 budget for first-year students

Stern does not publish the enrollment deposit amount or due date on the pages we read.

Scholarships and funding

Stern says about 20-25% of admitted full-time two-year MBA students receive a merit-based scholarship, and the majority of its MBA scholarships are full or half tuition awards. It does not publish the share on need-based aid.

04 · Rounds and deadlines

Which round, and by when

Stern shows four deadlines for Fall 2027 entry to the two-year Full-time MBA, in its 2026-27 cycle. Rounds 1 and 2 have closed. Rounds 3 and 4 are open.

All deadlines are 11:59 pm US Eastern. Stern publishes no interview dates: interviews are by invitation after review and are scheduled through the application status page. The Decision line shows Stern's initial-notification date, not a final decision date.

Initial notification is one of three outcomes: an interview invitation, a waitlist offer or a denial. Stern says deadlines tell you the latest date you will receive initial notification. If your application is incomplete, notification by that date is not guaranteed.

Stern says applications are evaluated by the same criteria regardless of the deadline met. It reviews on an ongoing basis and encourages you to submit between deadlines if ready. It encourages international applicants to apply earlier to arrange visas.

Stern does not publish an enrollment deposit date for any round on the page we read.

05 · Clubs and activities

Life outside class

Stern's Student Clubs page says students lead, create and manage nearly 40 school clubs, organizations and committees. The page lists 37 in three types. Its recruiter pitch in the employment report mentions 40+ groups across its MBA programs, which is not a like-for-like count. This page uses the list of 37.

The three types of club

Stern says student clubs welcome all members of the relevant community, regardless of background or identity. The Student Clubs page gives names and contact links but no description of what each club runs, so we list the names without activities.

Professional Clubs

Entertainment, Media, and Sports Association (EMSA); Entrepreneurship and Startup Association (ESA); Stern Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA); Family Business Club; FinTech Association (FTA); Gaming and Esports Management Society (GEMS); Graduate Finance Association (GFA); Graduate Marketing Association (GMA); Luxury and Retail Club (LuxRet); Management Consulting Association (MCA); Stern Healthcare Association (SHA); Stern Investment Management & Research (SIMR); Social Impact & Sustainability Association (SISA); Stern Management & Strategy Club (SMS); Stern Private Equity & Venture Capital Club (PEVC); Stern Real Estate Club (SREC); Stern Technology Association (STA).

Affinity Clubs

Asian Business Society (ABS); Association of Hispanic & Black Business Students (AHBBS); European Business Society (EBS); Jewish Student Association (JSA); Latin American Business Association (LABA); Middle East & North Africa Club (MENA); Military Vets Club (MVC); Muslims in Business (MiB); OutClass; South Asian Business Association at Stern (SABAS); Stern in Africa (SIA); Stern Women in Business Association (SWIB).

Special Interest Clubs

Stern Adventures Club; Cellar; Stern Chats; Stern Follies; Stern Golf Club; Stern Hoops; Stern Soccer; Stern Rugby Club.

06 · Process

From application to decision

1. Submit the application

   Apply online and watch the application status page for missing items. Stern says your application will not be processed until your application fee has been received. Stern reviews applications on an ongoing basis and does not hold them until the deadline.

   You get an email confirmation after you submit.

2. Initial notificationBy the date for your round

   Stern tells you one of three things: an interview invitation, a waitlist offer or a denial of admission.

   Stern says you may be placed on the waitlist or denied admission without being interviewed.

3. Interview, if invitedAfter the invitation

   The interview is by invitation only and is scheduled through the application status page. Trained admissions professionals who have read your full application conduct it, and Stern says all interviews are currently virtual.

   Stern does not state the number of interviews, their length or the questions on the page we read.

4. DecisionTypically up to three weeks after the interview

   Stern says the outcome is an offer of admission, a waitlist offer or a denial. An offer shows as an online admission letter, including any scholarship, with access to the Admitted Student Website.

   Waitlisted applicants receive waitlist information at that time. All Admissions Committee decisions are final.

07 · What you need

What goes into the application

1. Test score

The Full-time MBA needs a valid standardized test score: GMAT, GRE, Executive Assessment, LSAT, MCAT or DAT. Stern says it has no preference between tests and no minimum score. It considers your highest overall score, and for the GMAT the highest overall score from one sitting.

Scores must be valid when you submit. For the GMAT, scores 5 to 10 years old need an exception request, and GRE scores cannot be verified after five years. An unofficial score is enough to start review, and an official score is needed for a final decision. The reporting codes are GMAT and Executive Assessment 5TF-HW-35 and GRE 4455.

Stern has a standardized test waiver for Full-time MBA applicants of the 2026-27 cycle who hold a bachelor's degree. You send a request form with your resume, all transcripts (self-reported grades are not accepted) and a 300-word essay on your academic readiness. You can make one request per cycle, Stern usually decides within 3 weeks, and the request deadline is 1st Apr 2027.

2. English test

You show command of English with English as your native language, a degree taught in English, or a TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo English Test score. Scores are valid for two years at submission and Stern states no minimum. Stern says students who completed a university degree in India are not required to submit TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo English Test scores. The TOEFL code is 2582.

3. Essays

These are Stern's prompts and limits for the current cycle, from its Essays page. Stern says your essays must be written entirely by you, and that an offer of admission will be rescinded if you did not write them.

Essay 1: Professional Aspirations (500 words maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)

Essay 2: Personal Expression, also called Pick Six

Stern says the Pick Six is a single PDF with three parts: a brief introduction or overview of no more than 3 sentences; six images that illustrate your interests, values, motivations, perspective and/or personality; and a one-sentence caption for each image. The images can be photos, infographics, drawings or any other images. They cannot be sent in physical form or linked to a website.

Essay 3: Additional Information (optional, 500 words maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)

Stern describes Essay 3 as space for anything you want to bring to the Admissions Committee's attention or give context for, such as hardships, employment gaps, undergraduate record explanations or plans to retake a test.

4. EQ Endorsements (recommendations)

Stern calls recommendations EQ Endorsements. One is required and a second is optional. More than two is allowed but not encouraged. The required one must come from your current supervisor. If it cannot, you must explain why in the online application. A second can come from someone who knows you professionally and/or personally. Stern says immediate family members should not write it.

The endorser submits online. Endorsements are accepted only directly from the endorser. Endorsers rate you on several abilities and qualities and answer five questions: how they know you and your role; how your performance compares with other well-qualified people in similar roles, with examples; the most important constructive feedback they gave you and how you responded; one specific example of your emotional intelligence; and, optionally, anything else Stern should know.

A non-English endorsement needs a certified English translation, and the endorser can upload the original and the translation together as a single PDF, or email both to the admissions chair. Stern states no separate deadline for endorsements on the page we read. The application, including endorsements, needs to be complete by the round deadline.

5. Video or assessment

Stern's Essays page lists no video essay or recorded video assessment. The non-written part of the process is the interview, which is by invitation only.

This page does not cover the resume, transcripts, work-history entries, degree rules or the application fee. See Stern's application pages for those.

08 · What Stern wants

How Stern reads your file

Stern's employment report lists the school's four values as “Excellence, Unbound by Tradition”; “Radically Responsible”; “IQ + EQ”; and “Uncommonly Connected”. Stern does not set out weights for the application on the pages we read. These rows show what its own application asks for.

Stern does not publish a percentage or weighting for any part of the application on the pages we read.

09 · Interview questions

What candidates say Stern interviewers ask

These are the five types of question candidates say they are asked, based on candidates' own accounts of their Stern interviews from 2021 to 2026. Nobody gets a fixed list. The tag says how likely that type of question is: high means it comes up in close to half of candidate accounts or more, medium in roughly a quarter to just under half, and low in fewer than a quarter.

Candidates also report why an MBA, why Stern and New York, leadership style and what you will add through clubs and classes, all high. Plan B questions are medium. Candidates say the standard questions are sometimes skipped when your file already answers them.

Based on candidates' own accounts, recalled from memory. They show which topics come up, not what Stern will ask you.

10 · Interview experience

What the interview is actually like

What Stern says

What candidates report

Based on candidates' own accounts from 2021 to 2026, recalled from memory. They do not set Stern's rules. Check Stern's pages for the current format.

11 · FAQs

Questions students ask about NYU Stern MBA