Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, MIT Sloan, Kellogg, Tuck, and Yale share a commonality with an average age of 27 and around 5 years of work experience.
Duke Fuqua stands out with an average age of 29 and 6.1 years of experience.
European and UK Business Schools - Cambridge, Oxford, WHU, HEC Paris, IESE, and IE show a trend towards slightly older students, averaging around 29 to 30 years of age and 5.4 to 6 years of experience.
Asian schools like NUS MBA and HKUST also align with the European trend.
USC Marshall, Mendoza College, and Kelley MBA demonstrate a relatively older cohort, averaging 29 to 30 years of age and around 5.5 to 6.4 years of experience.
The Indian schools, IIMB PGP and ISB PGP stand out for their younger average age, with IIMB at 24 years and ISB at 27 years, reflecting a shorter average work experience of 2 to 4.3 years.
| Business School | Average Age | Experience |
| Harvard | 27 years* | 4.9 years |
| Stanford | 27 years* | 5 years |
| Wharton | 27 years* | 5 years |
| Booth | 28 years | 5 years |
| Columbia | 28 years | 5 years |
| Kellogg | 27 years* | 5 years |
| MIT Sloan | 27 years* | 5 years |
| Duke Fuqua | 29 years | 6.1 years |
| LBS | NA | NA |
| INSEAD | NA | NA |
| Tuck | 27 years* | 5.75 years |
| Yale | 27 years* | 5.1 years |
| Darden | 28 years* | 5.9 years |
| Haas | 29 years* | 5.8 years |
| Ross | 30 years* | 5.8 years |
| NYU Stern | 28 years | 5.2 years |
| Cornell | 28 years | 5.4 years |
| UCLA Anderson | 28 years* | 5.7 years |
| Cambridge | 29 years | 6 years |
| McDonough | 29 years | 5.5 years |
| McCombs | 29 years | 5.9 years |
| IESE | 29 years | 5.4 years |
| IE | 29 years | 6 years |
| Oxford | 28 years* | 6 years |
| WHU | 30 years | 6 years |
| HEC Paris | 30 years | 6 years |
| SDA Bocconi | 29 years | 6 years |
| Tepper | 29 years | 5.8 years |
| Rotman School of Management | 28 years | 5 years |
| UNC | 28 years | 5 years |
| Rice Jones | 29 years | 5 years |
| Vanderbilt Owen | 31 years | 5.6 years |
| NUS MBA | 29 years | 6 years |
| Kelley MBA | 30 years | 6.4 years |
| Foster MBA | 29 years | 6 years |
| Ivey Business School | 29 years | 5.5 years |
| USC Marshall | 29 years | 5.5 years |
| Mendoza College | 30 years | 5.5 years |
| BU Questrom School of Business | 28 years | 6 years |
| IIMA | NA | NA |
| ISB PGP | 27 years | 4.3 years |
| IIMB PGP | 24 years | 2 years |
| Washington University Olin Business School | 28 years | 4.6 years |
| ESADE | 29 years | 6 years |
| IMD | 29 years | 6 years |
| Rochester – Simon School of Business | 27 years | 4.8 years |
| Georgia Tech Scheler School of Business | 28 years | 5 years |
| HKUST | 29 years | 6 years |
| Paul Merage School of Business | 28 years | 5 years |
*assuming the average age while entering a Job is 22 years (Since the respective schools do not publish the average Age)
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