How Much Does A Top Executive MBA Cost?

The Most Expensive Executive MBA Programs On Earth

 

School Total Tuition Increase Since 2011 2011 Tuition App Fee
  1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) $181,500 5.4% $172,200* $180
  2. Northwestern University (Kellogg) $180,084 17.0% $153,900 $150
  3. Columbia Business School $175,200 18.1% $148,320 $250
  4. New York University (Stern) $170,200 18.2% $144,000 $215
  5. University of Chicago (Booth) $168,000 18.3% $142,000 $175
  6. London Business School/Columbia $166,911 15.8% $144,156 $250
  7. Duke University Global EMBA (Fuqua) $166,000 13.2% $146,600 $225
  8. Cornell University (Johnson) $161,360 15.5% $138,800 $150
  9. UC-Berkeley (Haas) $159,900 6.6% $150,000** $200
10. Trium (NYU/LSE/HEC-Paris) $159,500 13.9% $140,000 $180
11. Yale School of Management $155,500 NA NA $225
12. Hong Kong UST/Northwestern $155,000 24.5% $124,500 $200
13. London/HKU/Columbia $154,140 20.6% $127,920 $250
14. MIT (Sloan) $149,000 NA NA NA
15. Georgetown/ESADE $148,625 NA NA $175
16. University of Michigan (Ross) $146,000 12.3% $130,000 NA
17. UCLA (Anderson) $138,758 28.2% $108,240 $200
18. INSEAD (Europe section) $136,000 11.1% $122,400 $270
19. University of Virginia (Darden) $129,900 NA NA $250
20. IESE Business School $128,464 NA NA NA
21. Georgetown University (McDonough) $126,000 14.5% $110,000 $175
22. University of Southern Cal (Marshall) $123,000 10.8% $111,000 $150
23. Cornell/Queen’s University $121,530 17.2% $103,680 $150
23. Rutger’s University $90,000 —– $90,000 $73
24. Pepperdine University (Graziadio) $118,775 12.4% $105,650 $100
25. IMD $117,000 -11.7% $132,500 $210
26. University of Maryland (Smith) $114,500 NA NA NA
27. Southern Methodist Univ. (Cox) $113,800 NA NA None
28. Washington University (Olin) $112,500 NA NA NA
29. Emory University (Goizueta) $110,000 NA NA NA
30. UCLA/National University of Singapore $107,828 NA NA NA
31. Northwestern (Kellogg)/York (Schulich) $107,102 NA NA NA
32. UC-Irvine (Merage) $106,708 NA NA $150
33. University of Toronto (Rotman) $106,000 NA NA $280
34. UNC Global OneMBA (Kenan-Flagler) $105,520 NA NA $145
35. University of Minnesota (Carlson) $105,000 NA NA NA
36. Northwestern (Kellogg)/WHU $101,404 NA NA $270
37. Notre Dame (Mendoza) $101,000 NA NA $100
38. London Business School-Dubai stream $100,000 NA NA $273
39. Tsinghua/INSEAD $100,000 NA NA $250

Source: Business school websites & Poets&Quants data

Notes: When there are different tuition rates for residents and non-residents, we have used the non-resident numbers.

* Wharton tuition stated was for the school’s San Francisco program; the Philadelphia program cost $162,300 in 2011

** Tuition three years ago was for Berkeley’s EMBA partnership program with Columbia Business School which has since been shut down

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