Brussels, BE · 10 months · class of 35
Vlerick MBA: cost, salary and payback
A 10-month MBA in Brussels with a class of 35, the smallest of any school on this site, and 75% of graduates placed in Europe.
Paid back after graduation in
salary not published
Total cost $124,227
| Tuition and fees, whole program | $49,227 |
| Living budget | $0 |
| Salary given up, 10 months | $75,000 |
| Total cost | $124,227 |
| 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. The school publishes no living budget: the figure above is yours. How this is calculated.
Fees and budget read on October 13, 2026 · employment: latest report (school standard) · Built by Radif Partners · Method
- Tuition and fees
- €44,000
- Total cost, salary given up included
- n/a
- Salary
- not published
- Payback, reference person
- not computable
The Vlerick full-time MBA in Brussels costs €44,000, about $49,227, for 10 months from September to June, and the fee already includes electives, textbooks, career coaching and alumni membership. There is no separate mandatory fee. The school gives a monthly range for living costs rather than one budget, and publishes no salary for its graduates, only a percentage salary increase with no class or basis stated. So the total cost for a person earning $90,000 today cannot be completed here, and there is no payback or ten-year value. The salary given up can be counted: $75,000 for that person over the 10 months, more than the tuition. What sets Vlerick apart is scale: a class of 35, the smallest on this site, 88% of it from outside Belgium, and 75% of graduates working in Europe afterwards.
The smallest class on this site
Vlerick admits 35 students to its full-time MBA, fewer than any other school whose figures we read. A class that size makes every percentage the school publishes fragile, since one graduate is about 2.9% of the class. The students are 88% international, 40% women, 32 years old on average. No school on this site runs a shorter program than Vlerick's 10 months, so the time out of work, and the salary given up, are short too. A candidate weighing Vlerick against a two-year program gives up less than half the pay for the reference salary.
The fee is billed in euros. For a candidate paid in another currency, the converter below uses the ECB rate the site is built on.
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 fee includes, and what it does not
The €44,000 covers tuition, electives, textbooks, career services and coaching, campus facilities and alumni membership, so the figure is closer to the full academic bill than a bare tuition line. Two things stay outside. The international study course, in Asia or Africa, is paid separately: the school estimates flights, visas and accommodation as an extra. Living costs are given only as a monthly range for a single student in Brussels, with rent the largest part; the school names no single figure, and we do not build one for it. Pick a monthly amount you trust, multiply by 10, and type the result in the Living budget field of the calculator at the top. Scholarships cover part of tuition, awarded mostly on merit and on a first-come basis.
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.
Placement in Europe, without a salary
The school states that 75% of graduates work in Europe after the MBA, which places Vlerick number 4 of 16 in our Europe ranking on the share placed there. It publishes no report behind that figure: no class year, no split by industry, no list of employers with hires, no starting salary. The salary claim on its pages is a percentage increase with no statement of the class, the statistic or the base it compares with, so it cannot be turned into a salary. Ask admissions for the base salaries of the last class and type the median into the field "Salary after the MBA" to see a payback for yourself.
Vlerick: where the class went
Share of the class
75%
| Salary reported | not published |
| Graduates, about | 26 |
| Payback with that salary | n/a |
Reference person earning $90,000 before the MBA.
Where Vlerick stands in our rankings
- #4 of 16 · Working in Europe, UK included
Our fit score, reference person earning $90,000 before the MBA (method). Third-party rankings play no part in it.
What the Vlerick MBA costs
| Item | EUR, and US dollars |
|---|---|
| Tuition, whole program | €44,000 $49,227 |
| Living budget | not published |
Where Vlerick graduates went to work
| Region | Share | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Europe | 75% | not published |
The Vlerick class
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| International students | 88% |
| Women | 40% |
| Average age | 32 |
| Class size | 35 |
Not published by Vlerick in the documents we read: a living budget for students; a graduate salary; the split of the class by industry; the split by job function. We leave these blank rather than fill them with an estimate.