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Top 50 MBA: Average Age and Work Experience

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 SchoolAverage AgeExperience
Harvard27 years*4.9 years
Stanford27 years*5 years
Wharton27 years*5 years
Booth28 years5 years
Columbia28 years5 years
Kellogg27 years*5 years
MIT Sloan27 years*5 years
Duke Fuqua29 years6.1 years
LBSNANA
INSEADNANA
Tuck27 years*5.75 years
Yale27 years*5.1 years
Darden28 years*5.9 years
Haas29 years*5.8 years
Ross30 years*5.8 years
NYU Stern28 years5.2 years
Cornell28 years5.4 years
UCLA Anderson28 years*5.7 years
Cambridge29 years6 years
McDonough29 years5.5 years
McCombs29 years5.9 years
IESE29 years5.4 years
IE29 years6 years
Oxford28 years*6 years
WHU30 years6 years
HEC Paris30 years6 years
SDA Bocconi29 years6 years
Tepper29 years5.8 years
Rotman School of Management28 years5 years
UNC28 years5 years
Rice Jones29 years5 years
Vanderbilt Owen31 years5.6 years
NUS MBA29 years6 years
Kelley MBA30 years6.4 years
Foster MBA29 years6 years
Ivey Business School29 years5.5 years
USC Marshall29 years5.5 years
Mendoza College30 years5.5 years
BU Questrom School of Business28 years6 years
IIMANANA
ISB PGP27 years4.3 years
IIMB PGP24 years2 years
Washington University Olin Business School28 years4.6 years
ESADE29 years6 years
IMD29 years6 years
Rochester – Simon School of Business27 years4.8 years
Georgia Tech Scheler School of Business28 years5 years
HKUST29 years6 years
Paul Merage School of Business28 years5 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*assuming the average age while entering a Job is 22 years (Since the respective schools do not publish the average Age)

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