#2 Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford University

#2 Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford University

CITY & STATE

Palo Alto, CA

Class Size

419

Total Cost*

$143,526

Total Applicants

7,797

ACCEPTANCE RATE

6%

MEDIAN GMAT SCORE

732

Work Experience

4.4 years

Employed After Graduation‡

88%

Median Base Salary

$142,000

Median Signing Bonus

$25,000

WEBSITE

www.gsb.stanford.edu

It is harder to get into Stanford than any other business school in the country. The school’s 6% acceptance rate is the lowest in the world. All students are required to go abroad, either on short trips with other students or on longer stays during the summer. Twenty percent of Stanford students get joint or dual degrees with other schools, including the law and medical schools. A Stanford degree pays off—the median base salary for 2018 grads was $142,000 – the highest in the world.

On forbes lists

#2

Best U.S. Business Schools 2019

BY THE NUMBERS

Class of 2014

TOTAL 5-YEAR MBA GAIN§

$90,800

PRE-MBA SALARY

$86,000

2018 SALARY

$250,000

YEARS TO PAYBACK

4.2

Job Placement by Function

FINANCE/ACCOUNTING

30%

MARKETING/SALES

28%

CONSULTING

24%

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

12%

OPERATIONS/LOGISTICS

3%

OTHER

3%

Enrollment

ENROLMENT BY GENDER

MALE

59%

FEMALE

41%

ENROLLMENT BY CITIZENSHIP

U.S. CITIZENS

58%

FOREIGN NATIONALS

42%

Top Employers

What Alumni Are Saying

I received incredible utility from some of my uniquely-GSB courses. Every MBA needs finance, of course, but I use what I learned in Interpersonal Dynamics, Family Business, and Work & Family every day at work.

Stanford GSB is a platform that makes almost anything possible. You still have to work as hard as ever to get there, but with enough focus, the school gives you an incredible platform consisted of an amazing and introspective faculty, the “”across the street”” classes and networks, your own incredible classmates, the legendary alumni network and proximity to the most powerful companies in the world, to make almost anything within your grasp.

The Stanford GSB alumni network was crucial in funding my company right after the MBA. Within a few weeks I’d raised significantly more funding than my MBA cost, so the investment paid off immediately.