Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)

Business School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Rank Category Name #4 Best Business Schools

Specialties Locked in Accounting #3 in Entrepreneurship Locked in Executive MBA #6 in Finance #1 in Information Systems Locked in International Locked in Management Locked in Marketing #1 in Production / Operations #1 in Supply Chain / Logistics

Business School Overview

The Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers graduate programs in these departments and concentrations: accounting, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, health care administration, human resources management, industrial management, international business, leadership, manufacturing and technology management, marketing, management information systems, production/operations management, organizational behavior, supply chain management/logistics, quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research, and technology. Its tuition is full-time: $57,920 per year. At graduation, 84.5 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

Though graduate students at the Sloan School of Management study at the campus facilities in Cambridge, Mass., their business education has a broader slant. The academic courses are inherently global in nature, and there are dozens of opportunities for students to travel and study abroad. The school also has Action Labs for students to tackle real problems in existing companies in the United States, China, and India.

Even graduate student organizations at MIT have a global focus, with business clubs for nations around the world. There are also sports clubs for everything from surfing to salsa dancing, and student athletes can join M.B.A. intramural teams to compete with other M.B.A. students throughout the Northeast. Students can also compete in yearlong contests in the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, with cash prizes and business start-up services for winning business plans. Students, faculty, and staff meet weekly for Consumption Functions, better known as “C-Functions,” which often celebrate international cultures with food, music, and dancing.

The business school campus is near a stop on the “T” subway system, and downtown Boston is about a 20-minute walk away. Students may live in university housing, though space is limited. Close to a quarter of Sloan graduates have gone on to become company presidents and CEOs, and some of the most notable alumni include Carly Fiorina, former president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co.; John Reed, former chairman of Citicorp; and Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	N/A
Application deadline (international students)	N/A
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)	N/A

Academics

Departments/concentrations

accounting manufacturing and technology management economics marketing entrepreneurship management information systems finance production/operations management health care administration organizational behavior human resources management supply chain management/logistics industrial management quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research international business technology leadership other

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	816
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $57,920 per year
Required fees (full-time and part-time)	$280 per year
Required fees (executive degree program)	N/A

Salary

Average base salary	$118,406
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	84.5%

* Business School Overview details based on 2012 data