Milan, IT · 12 months · class of 129
SDA Bocconi MBA: cost, salary and payback
SDA Bocconi publishes what its class of 2025 earned in each region, from €44,347 on average in Asia to €247,585 in North America, on tuition of €86,000.
Paid back after graduation in
4.9 years
Total cost $186,217 · 10-year NPV $119,414
| Tuition and fees, whole program | $96,217 |
| Living budget | $0 |
| Salary given up, 12 months | $90,000 |
| Total cost | $186,217 |
| Salary after: average total pay | $123,382 |
| 10-year net present value | $119,414 |
| Return on the cost (present values) | 64% |
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. The school publishes no living budget: the figure above is yours. 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
- €86,000
- Total cost, salary given up included
- n/a
- average total pay
- €110,281
- Payback, reference person
- not computable
SDA Bocconi charges €86,000 for its 12-month full-time MBA in Milan, for the 2027-2028 class, paid in instalments and exempt from VAT; there is no other mandatory fee beyond the application fee. The school gives no total living budget, only an estimate of monthly personal expenses based on what recent students report, €2,000 to €2,500 a month. The class of 2025 reported a mean salary package of €110,281, about $123,382, which we record as average total pay because the school calls it an overall salary package without saying whether bonuses are inside it. 79% of graduates seeking a job were employed within three months. Without a published living budget, our model computes no total cost and no payback for the reference person earning $90,000, and the school is not ranked. What sets Bocconi apart is the detail of its pay data: average salaries by industry, by function and by region, though without the share of the class in each.
Salaries by region, shares unknown
The regional table is the most useful part of the Bocconi report and the one that needs most care. Graduates working in North America averaged €247,585, about 2.4 times the European average of €102,235. The Middle East paid €108,726, Latin America €79,849 and Asia €44,347. The school does not say how many graduates sit behind each figure. A regional mean can rest on a handful of jobs, so treat the highest figures as a ceiling rather than a plan, and use the European figure if you intend to stay in Italy or nearby.
By industry, finance led at €125,514, then manufacturing at €119,459 and consulting at €107,318, with technology lower at €92,383. General management roles averaged €220,817, far above any industry, the kind of gap a mean drawn from a small group can produce. Every one of these figures is a mean, and the industry chart on the school's page shows shares only as bars, without numbers, so this page leaves the shares blank.
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.
A year in Milan, priced by the student
Over 12 months, the school's monthly estimate gives €24,000 to €30,000 of personal expenses, which is a range, not a budget we can count. Type your own figure for rent and daily costs in the calculator at the top together with tuition, and the tool gives the payback this page cannot. Scholarships are merit-based tuition waivers from a partial share up to the full fee, drawn from a fixed pool each year; the school publishes no average award.
The salary you leave behind
With a class of 129, 29 years old on average and about 6 years into their careers, a student who leaves a job gives up a full year of salary. At $90,000, 12 months away cost about $90,000 before tax, close to the tuition. The mini below puts your own salary in place of that figure.
The salary you give up while you study
Salary given up, net of the internship
$157,500
| Gross salary not earned | $157,500 |
| Per month away | $7,500 |
Pension contributions and raises you would have had are not counted here.
Where SDA Bocconi stands in our rankings
Not ranked: SDA Bocconi does not publish a living budget for students, 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.
What the SDA Bocconi MBA costs
| Item | EUR, and US dollars |
|---|---|
| Tuition, whole program | €86,000 $96,217 |
| Living budget | not published |
SDA Bocconi employment report: Class of 2025
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Average total pay | €110,281 $123,382 |
| Graduates who employed within three months | 79% |
SDA Bocconi graduates by industry
| Industry, as the school names it | Share | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Consulting / Consultancy | n/a | €107,318 (average) |
| Technology/Telecoms/IT | n/a | €92,383 (average) |
| Financial and insurance services/Banking | n/a | €125,514 (average) |
| Manufacturing/Industrial | n/a | €119,459 (average) |
| Retail/E-commerce/Luxury + Consumer Packaged Goods | n/a | not published |
| Healthcare | n/a | €101,768 (average) |
| Energy/Utilities | n/a | €106,093 (average) |
| Other + Real estate + Law | n/a | not published |
| Government/Public sector | n/a | not published |
Where SDA Bocconi graduates went to work
| Region | Share | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| US (North America) | n/a | €247,585 |
| Europe | n/a | €102,235 |
| Asia | n/a | €44,347 |
| Middle East | n/a | €108,726 |
| Latin America | n/a | €79,849 |
SDA Bocconi graduates by job function
| Function | Share | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Consulting | n/a | €111,103 |
| Finance | n/a | €121,009 |
| General Management | n/a | €220,817 |
| Marketing/Sales | n/a | €91,542 |
| Strategy/Planning | n/a | €105,522 |
| Supply Chain/Operations | n/a | €81,571 |
| Legal | n/a | €72,000 |
| Other | n/a | €66,536 |
Employers named by SDA Bocconi
Accenture · Bain · BCG · McKinsey · EY-Parthenon · Kearney · Oliver Wyman · Roland Berger · Strategy& · Amazon · Google · Microsoft · Meta · Morgan Stanley · BNP Paribas · Intesa Sanpaolo · Unicredit · Partners Group · Novartis · Roche · L'Oreal · Hermes · Richemont
Names only: the school gives no hire counts.
The SDA Bocconi class
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Women | 43% |
| Average age | 29 |
| Average years of work experience | 6 |
| Nationalities | 40 |
| Class size | 129 |
Not published by SDA Bocconi in the documents we read: a living budget for students. We leave these blank rather than fill them with an estimate.