BusinessPundit 2026 Rankings
#6 Best Executive MBA Programs

NYU Stern School of Business

New York University · New York, New York · Private

“Greenwich Village's finance school, with the best part-time program in Manhattan.”

Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles

NYU Stern School of Business
89.6
Very goodBP Score
$170,000Tuition, total
732Avg. GMAT
24%Acceptance rate
85%Placed at 3 months
$170,000Median base salary

Scorecard

Four pillars, weighted into the BP Score
Career outcomes 89
Return on investment 85
Academic rigor 93
Student experience 88

Our review

Stern’s full-time class of about 350 sits in Greenwich Village, close enough to Wall Street that adjuncts arrive from trading desks. Banking and fintech absorb the largest share of graduates — financial services took 32% of accepted offers in the school’s 2025 employment report — and the school’s Tech MBA and Fashion & Luxury one-year programs poach applicants who once defaulted to two-year degrees.

The Langone part-time MBA is the biggest of its kind in New York and arguably the best anywhere east of Chicago: same professors, same degree, evening and weekend formats, and a Westchester campus for the suburban. For working New Yorkers who can’t pause a career, it’s the practical answer.

Stern’s persistent gap is elite consulting, where MBB hires skew toward Columbia uptown. And the EQ-heavy admissions pitch — the school pioneered the video essay — reflects a real culture, but also a class that skews young and local.

What impressed us

  • Wall Street adjacency. Practitioner faculty and a finance-first hiring base.
  • Langone part-time. New York's deepest evening MBA, same degree.
  • Focused one-year degrees. The Tech MBA delivers a real discount on time.

What gave us pause

  • MBB shadow. Elite consulting hiring tilts uptown to Columbia.
  • Local gravity. The class and network skew heavily tri-state.

The verdict

Pick Stern for finance, fintech, or any plan that requires staying employed in Manhattan while you study. It's the best part-time credential in New York and a strong full-time one, so long as MBB consulting isn't the goal.

89.6

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