MIT Sloan School of Management

Cambridge, United States - Founded 1914

MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its management program dates to 1914, when MIT established Course XV, Engineering Administration. The full-time MBA is a two-year, STEM-designated program with a one-semester core followed by electives, Action Learning labs, and a required Sloan Intensive Period each spring. The MBA Class of 2028, which entered in fall 2026, has 450 students including LGO dual-degree students, a median GMAT Focus score of 675, and 45% international students. For the Class of 2025, 91.0% of job seekers had received an offer of employment three months after graduation, and the median base salary was $175,000. MIT Sloan placed #1 in the Financial Times Global MBA ranking 2026 and #6 in U.S. News Best Business Schools 2026.

Class size

450

Median GMAT

675

Median salary

$175,000

Class profile

Applications

Avg GPA

GMAT range

645-715

Intl students

45%

Women

43%

Avg work exp

5.0 yrs

Avg age

GRE accepted

Yes

Undergraduate majors

Engineering: 29%Business: 25%Economics: 15%Science/Math: 9%Computer Science: 8%Social Sciences: 7%Other: 3%Humanities: 2%Law: 1%

Pre-MBA industries

Consulting: 37%Technology: 16%Finance: 14%Other: 8%Government, Education, Nonprofit: 7%Energy: 5%Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Biotechnology: 4%Consumer Products, Retail: 3%Automotive, Transportation, Defense: 2%Manufacturing: 2%Media, Entertainment, Sports: 1%

Employment

Median base salary

$175,000

Signing bonus

$30,000

Placement (3 mo)

87.1%

Offers at grad

73.8%

Changed industry

Changed function

Top employers

Boston Consulting Group (26)McKinsey & Company (20)Amazon (12)Bain & Company (12)Verizon (7)Strategy& (5)Apple (3)JP Morgan Chase & Co. (3)Microsoft (3)Moderna (3)NextEra Energy (3)

Industry	% of class
Consulting	32.3%
Technology	23.3%
Finance	20.6%
Healthcare/Pharma/Biotech	8.1%
Retail/CPG	3.6%
Energy	3.1%
Other Manufacturing	2.7%
Auto/Aerospace	2.2%

Programs

Type	Program	Duration	Format	Tuition	Class size
Full-time MBA	Full-time MBA	21 months	on_campus	$91,892 (2026-2027)	450
Executive MBA	MIT Executive MBA	20 months	on_campus	See program page	-
Full-time MBA	MIT Sloan Fellows MBA	12 months	on_campus	See program page	-
Specialized master	Master of Finance (MFin)	18 months	on_campus	See program page	-
Specialized master	Master of Business Analytics (MBAn)	12 months	on_campus	See program page	-
PhD	PhD Program	72 months	on_campus	Funded	-
Joint degree	Leaders for Global Operations (LGO)	24 months	on_campus	See program page	-
Early-career	MBA Early	Enroll after 2 to 5 years of work	on_campus	$91,892 (2026-2027 MBA tuition)	-

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Admissions

Round	Deadline	Decision by
Round 1	September 29, 2026	Mid-December 2026
Round 2	January 12, 2027	Early April 2027

Application fee

$250

Tuition

$91,892 (2026-2027, includes $2,200 MBA program fee)

Total cost

Interview

Required, by invitation only; behavioral one-on-one interview of about 30 minutes with a member of the Admissions Committee, conducted virtually; invited applicants submit an additional short-answer response before the interview

English test

Not required

Deferral

Deferral requests approved case by case; MBA Early is the deferred admission option for students in their final year of study

FAQ

What GMAT score do I need for MIT Sloan?

MIT Sloan has no minimum score. The MBA Class of 2028 reported a median GMAT Focus score of 675 (205-805 scale), with a middle 80% range of 645 to 715. The school accepts the GMAT or GRE with no preference between them.

What is the acceptance rate at MIT Sloan?

MIT Sloan does not publish an acceptance rate in its MBA class profile. The MBA Class of 2028 has 450 students, including LGO dual-degree students.

Does the MIT Sloan MBA accept the Executive Assessment (EA)?

No. The MBA program does not accept an EA score in place of the GMAT or GRE. The MIT Executive MBA and the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA accept EA scores as optional submissions.

What is the median salary for MIT Sloan MBA graduates?

The median base salary for the Class of 2025 was $175,000. Three months after graduation, 91.0% of job seekers had received an offer and 87.1% had accepted an offer.

Sources

1MIT Sloan School of Management, Class profile
2MIT Sloan School of Management, Admissions
3MIT Sloan School of Management, Employment report (checked October 15, 2026)

Campus photo by Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.