Sydney, AU · 12 months · class of 60
AGSM UNSW MBA: cost, salary and payback
A Sydney MBA of about 60 students that costs A$115,620 with a year of living costs, and publishes no graduate salary.
Paid back after graduation in
salary not published
Total cost $170,681
| Tuition and fees, whole program | $60,542 |
| Living budget | $20,139 |
| Salary given up, 12 months | $90,000 |
| Total cost | $170,681 |
| Salary after: salary | not published |
US dollars at the ECB rate of the last update. Raises of 5% a year with the MBA and 3% without, discounted at 5%, before tax. How this is calculated.
Fees and budget read on October 13, 2026 · employment: Class of 2025 (school standard) · Built by Radif Partners · Method
- Tuition and fees
- A$86,760
- Total cost, salary given up included
- n/a
- Salary
- not published
- Payback, reference person
- not computable
The AGSM full-time MBA at UNSW Business School charges A$86,760 in tuition for its 12-month program, priced per course, and the university's own estimate for a modest year in Sydney adds A$28,860, for A$115,620 before any salary you give up (about $80,681). What this page cannot give you is a total cost for the reference person earning $90,000 with a payback date: AGSM states how much salaries rose after the degree but never the salary itself, so there is no figure to repay the cost against. The employment page for the class of 2025 reports that 87% of the class accepted an offer within three months, and names only its 4 largest sectors. The program is small, around 60 students a year, a very different room from the large American classes, and one of only 2 Australian schools in our data.
Priced by the course, in Australian dollars
AGSM does not quote a yearly fee. It charges per course, and the program total of A$86,760, about $60,542 at the ECB rate, is the school's estimate for all the courses of the degree at the 2026 rate. Students who take the extension year pay more, and the school lists no mandatory fee beyond tuition on the pages we read, so health cover and student services charges sit outside the figure. For comparison, Melbourne Business School, the other Australian school on this site, charges $84,005 for its 23-month program.
The living figure is the university's lower estimate, for a student on campus who keeps spending modest. Renting your own apartment in Sydney costs noticeably more, so treat A$28,860 as a floor. Because everything is billed in Australian dollars, the cost in your own currency moves with the exchange rate between the day you accept the offer and the day you pay.
A fee or a salary in US dollars
In US dollars
$111,880
| 1 EUR | $1.119 |
ECB reference rate of October 13, 2026. Prices on the ground do not follow exchange rates one for one.
What the employment page leaves out
The class of 2025 figures name the sectors that hired the most graduates: 20% went into financial services, 20% into technology and 10% into consulting. Together with media, these named sectors cover 55% of the class; the other 45% are not broken down. There is no salary level, no split by job function, no list of countries where graduates work and no employer list. With a class this small, a handful of hires can move a sector share by several points from one year to the next.
Without a salary, our ranking cannot place AGSM, and the calculator above needs you to type the salary you expect after the degree. A realistic way to fill it is to look at what the employers you target pay in Sydney for post-MBA roles, then test a low and a high case to see how far apart the two payback dates land.
AGSM UNSW: where the class went
Share of the class
10%
| Salary reported | not published |
| Graduates, about | 6 |
| Payback with that salary | n/a |
Reference person earning $90,000 before the MBA.
Who the program suits
A one-year format keeps the salary you give up to 12 months, which is the main argument for AGSM against a two-year program abroad for someone who wants to stay in Australia. The school publishes no average age, no average experience and no share of international students, so you cannot check from the data who sits next to you in class. If staying in Asia or the Pacific is the plan, the Asia ranking lists the schools that publish placements in the region, and the one-year MBA ranking compares short programs on the same model.
Where AGSM UNSW stands in our rankings
Not ranked: AGSM UNSW does not publish a graduate salary or where graduates went to work, which our ranking needs. Its cost is complete above.
Our fit score, reference person earning $90,000 before the MBA (method). Third-party rankings play no part in it. For reference, AGSM UNSW was ranked 48 in the FT Global MBA 2026.
What the AGSM UNSW MBA costs
| Item | AUD, and US dollars |
|---|---|
| Tuition, whole program | A$86,760 $60,542 |
| Living budget, whole program | A$28,860 $20,139 |
AGSM UNSW employment report: Class of 2025
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Graduates who accepted an offer within three months | 87% |
AGSM UNSW graduates by industry
| Industry, as the school names it | Share | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Services | 20% | not published |
| Technology | 20% | not published |
| Consulting | 10% | not published |
| Media | 5% | not published |
The AGSM UNSW class
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Class size | 60 |
Not published by AGSM UNSW in the documents we read: a graduate salary; where graduates went to work; the split by job function. We leave these blank rather than fill them with an estimate.