Where do you find the most experienced peers? Among full-time MBA programs, Arizona State and the University of Washington have 6 years of experience,, with Stanford and Illinois grads barely clearing 4 years. Among part-time programs, the difference stretches from 4 years (Pittsburgh) to nearly 12 years (Temple). However, Rice rules the roost, with the average EMBA student possessing 17 years of professional experience.
| School | FT Avg Age | PT Avg Age | Exec Age | FT Work Exp | PT Work Exp | Exec Work Exp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Business School | 2727 | DNP | DNP | 5353 | DNP | DNP |
| Wharton School | 2828 | DNP | 35 | 6060 | DNP | 130 |
| Chicago (Booth) | 2727 | 29 | 37 | 5858 | 72 | 130 |
| MIT (Sloan) | 2828 | DNP | 40 | 5858 | DNP | NA |
| Northwestern (Kellogg) | 2828 | NA | NA | 6262 | NA | NA |
| Stanford GSB | NANA | DNP | DNP | 4949 | DNP | DNP |
| U.C.-Berkeley (Haas) | 2929 | 32 | 36 | 6565 | 92 | NA |
| Dartmouth (Tuck) | 2828 | DNP | DNP | 6363 | DNP | DNP |
| Columbia | 2828 | DNP | 33 | 6363 | DNP | NA |
| Yale | 2828 | DNP | 36 | 6363 | DNP | NA |
| Michigan (Ross) | 2727 | 28 | 38 | 6464 | 61 | 167 |
| Duke (Fuqua) | 2929 | DNP | 39 | 6666 | DNP | 180 |
| NYU (Stern) | 2727 | 28 | 38 | 5959 | 66 | 162 |
| Virginia (Darden) | 2727 | DNP | NA | 5959 | DNP | NA |
| UCLA (Anderson) | 2828 | 31 | 38 | 6262 | 86 | 160 |
| Cornell (Johnson) | 2828 | DNP | 35 | 5858 | DNP | NA |
| Texas (McCombs) | 2828 | 30 | 37 | 6666 | 75 | 165 |
| North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 2828 | DNP | 37 | NANA | DNP | NA |
| Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | 2828 | 27 | DNP | 6363 | 60 | DNP |
| Emory (Goizueta) | 2929 | 28 | 37 | 6666 | 61 | 154 |
| Georgetown (McDonough) | 2828 | 28 | 35 | 6565 | 61 | 144 |
| Indiana (Kelley) | 2828 | 31 | DNP | 6363 | 83 | DNP |
| Washington U. (Olin) | 2828 | 29 | 37 | 6060 | 63 | 148 |
| USC (Marshall) | 2929 | 29 | 37 | 6666 | 65 | 187 |
| Arizona State (Carey) | 2929 | 30 | 38 | 7272 | 73 | 166 |
| Vanderbilt (Owen) | 2828 | DNP | 33 | 6363 | DNP | 126 |
| Ohio State (Fisher) | 2828 | 33 | 37 | 6464 | 102 | 165 |
| U. of Washington (Foster) | 2929 | 30 | 39 | 7272 | 79 | 168 |
| Georgia Tech (Scheller) | 2828 | 29 | 38 | 5959 | 73 | 168 |
| Rice (Jones) | 2828 | 30 | 41 | 6565 | 73 | 204 |
| Notre Dame (Mendoza) | 2727 | DNP | 37 | 6161 | DNP | 166 |
| Temple (Fox) | 2727 | 35 | 38 | 5555 | 141 | 175 |
| Minnesota (Carlson) | 2929 | 29 | 37 | 5858 | 69 | 168 |
| BYU (Marriott) | 3030 | DNP | 39 | 5353 | DNP | 135 |
| Wisconsin | 2828 | 29 | 40 | 7070 | 71 | 163 |
| Penn State (Smeal) | 2828 | DNP | 37 | 5555 | DNP | 72 |
| Michigan State (Broad) | 2828 | DNP | 36 | 5050 | DNP | 145 |
| Texas A&M (Mays) | 2727 | 30 | 40 | 5656 | 79 | 182 |
| Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | 2929 | 29 | 40 | 6161 | 84 | 189 |
| Florida (Hough) | 2626 | 30 | 38 | 5454 | 84 | 156 |
| Illinois | 2727 | 32 | 36 | 4949 | 99 | 150 |
| U.C. Davis | 2929 | 31 | DNP | 6161 | 80 | DNP |
| Rochester (Simon) | 2828 | 33 | 35 | 6464 | 96 | 128 |
| Boston College (Carroll) | 2828 | 28 | DNP | 5555 | 51 | DNP |
| Boston University (Questrom) | 2727 | 28 | 42 | 5454 | 63 | NA |
| U.C. Irvine (Merage) | 2929 | 30 | 40 | 6868 | 77 | 199 |
| Maryland (Smith) | 2929 | 29 | 42 | 6464 | 60 | 191 |
| Georgia (Terry) | 2828 | 31 | 40 | 5252 | 76 | 192 |
| Arizona (Eller) | 2828 | 31 | 39 | 5050 | 74 | 130 |
| Purdue (Krannert) | 2626 | 34 | 39 | 5050 | 99 | 167 |
| Rutgers (New Brunswick) | 2828 | 31 | DNP | 5555 | 86 | DNP |
| SMU (Cox) | 2727 | 28 | 37 | 5353 | 57 | 139 |
| Pittsburgh (Katz) | 2828 | 28 | 36 | 5252 | 47 | 167 |
