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MBA NYC Campus

DESIGNED BY NEW YORK CITY'S TOP BUSINESS LEADERS | $25K TOTAL TUITION*

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NYC Campus MBA

Built for the future of business, designed for you.

Fall or Spring Start | Full-Time (15 months) or Part-Time

The Sy Syms STEM-designated MBA is built for professionals who want to make strategic decisions grounded in data, analytics, and ethical judgment. With an applied, career-focused curriculum that combines core business disciplines with advanced quantitative methods and the most advanced AI tools, the program prepares graduates to create value across established industries like finance, consulting and healthcare, and emerging ones shaped by frontier research and technology. Study full- or part-time, with evening classes designed to fit around your career, not the other way around.

Midtown NYC Campus | STEM-OPT Eligible | Total Tuition: $25K (domestic)*

Why Sy Syms?

  • Applied, career-focused learning, with hands-on coursework analyzing real-world datasets, culminating in a Management Science Capstone
  • STEM-designated program integrating AI, data analytics, optimization, and machine learning into strategy and leadership
  • Values-driven curriculum emphasizing ethical decision-making and responsible management in data-intensive environments
  • Taught by Wall Street professionals and research faculty trained at leading universities
  • Direct access to NYC's business ecosystem — investment banks, PE firms, Fortune 500 headquarters, and consulting firms
  • Early acceptance for YU undergraduates through the MBA Pathways program and Shabbat-observant schedule available

Customize Your Path

Customize your MBA with a focus track or build your own path with our General MBA: 

  • General MBA — Design your own curriculum across business functions.
  • Business Analytics — Turn data into strategy. Master predictive modeling, business intelligence, and executive communication. Roles: Data Strategy Manager, BI Director, Analytics Product Manager. 
  • Finance — Navigate capital markets, corporate finance, and investment strategy with confidence. Roles: Investment Associate, Treasury Manager, CFO-track.
  • Strategy & Entrepreneurship — Launch ventures and lead growth initiatives with both analytical rigor and entrepreneurial execution. Roles: Startup Founder, Strategy Consultant, Business Development Manager. 
  • Accounting — Build CPA-aligned financial expertise paired with MBA leadership skills. Roles: CFO, VP of Finance, Corporate Controller.

*$25K total program tuition after scholarship for domestic (U.S.) students; $35K total program tuition after scholarship for international students.

Full Program Breakdown

NYC Campus MBA

Built for the future of business, designed for you.

Fall or Spring Start | Full-Time (15 months) or Part-Time

The Sy Syms STEM-designated MBA is built for professionals who want to make strategic decisions grounded in data, analytics, and ethical judgment. With an applied, career-focused curriculum that combines core business disciplines with advanced quantitative methods and the most advanced AI tools, the program prepares graduates to create value across established industries like finance, consulting and healthcare, and emerging ones shaped by frontier research and technology. Study full- or part-time, with evening classes designed to fit around your career, not the other way around.

Midtown NYC Campus | STEM-OPT Eligible | Total Tuition: $25K (domestic)*

Why Sy Syms?

  • Applied, career-focused learning, with hands-on coursework analyzing real-world datasets, culminating in a Management Science Capstone
  • STEM-designated program integrating AI, data analytics, optimization, and machine learning into strategy and leadership
  • Values-driven curriculum emphasizing ethical decision-making and responsible management in data-intensive environments
  • Taught by Wall Street professionals and research faculty trained at leading universities
  • Direct access to NYC's business ecosystem — investment banks, PE firms, Fortune 500 headquarters, and consulting firms
  • Early acceptance for YU undergraduates through the MBA Pathways program and Shabbat-observant schedule available

Customize Your Path

Customize your MBA with a focus track or build your own path with our General MBA: 

  • General MBA — Design your own curriculum across business functions.
  • Business Analytics — Turn data into strategy. Master predictive modeling, business intelligence, and executive communication. Roles: Data Strategy Manager, BI Director, Analytics Product Manager. 
  • Finance — Navigate capital markets, corporate finance, and investment strategy with confidence. Roles: Investment Associate, Treasury Manager, CFO-track.
  • Strategy & Entrepreneurship — Launch ventures and lead growth initiatives with both analytical rigor and entrepreneurial execution. Roles: Startup Founder, Strategy Consultant, Business Development Manager. 
  • Accounting — Build CPA-aligned financial expertise paired with MBA leadership skills. Roles: CFO, VP of Finance, Corporate Controller.

*$25K total program tuition after scholarship for domestic (U.S.) students; $35K total program tuition after scholarship for international students.

Application Requirements

Each applicant to the MBA NYC Campus program must possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. Please submit the following materials before the designated application deadline:

  • Completed online application
  • $50 application fee (waivable by the university; connect with an admissions outreach advisor for more information)
  • Official undergraduate and/or graduate transcripts from any colleges or universities you have attended. Unofficial transcripts can be submitted via the online application to start the review process. If you are admitted, official transcripts provided from past academic institutions must be submitted prior to registration
  • A current resume or CV demonstrating a minimum of three years of professional experience preferred; 🎵TK账号 | 澳大利亚IP注册 | 2020年及以前老号 | 老白号 | 微软邮箱 | 部分有2FA will holistically consider applicants with fewer
  • Two professional or academic recommendations, or one professional or academic recommendation and one personal statement

Provisional Admission to Sy Syms

While we maintain high standards for admission to ensure that all students enrolled are equipped to succeed, we may be willing to offer provisional admission to prospective students who do not meet our admissions requirements in exceptional cases.

If you are interested in pursuing provisional admission to the On Campus MBA program, please contact an admissions outreach advisor.

Jared Hakimi
Director of Admissions 
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Email: jared.hakimi@yu.edu
Tel: 646-592-4722

Admissions and Financial Aid

Application Requirements

Each applicant to the MBA NYC Campus program must possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. Please submit the following materials before the designated application deadline:

  • Completed online application
  • $50 application fee (waivable by the university; connect with an admissions outreach advisor for more information)
  • Official undergraduate and/or graduate transcripts from any colleges or universities you have attended. Unofficial transcripts can be submitted via the online application to start the review process. If you are admitted, official transcripts provided from past academic institutions must be submitted prior to registration
  • A current resume or CV demonstrating a minimum of three years of professional experience preferred; 🎵TK账号 | 澳大利亚IP注册 | 2020年及以前老号 | 老白号 | 微软邮箱 | 部分有2FA will holistically consider applicants with fewer
  • Two professional or academic recommendations, or one professional or academic recommendation and one personal statement

Provisional Admission to Sy Syms

While we maintain high standards for admission to ensure that all students enrolled are equipped to succeed, we may be willing to offer provisional admission to prospective students who do not meet our admissions requirements in exceptional cases.

If you are interested in pursuing provisional admission to the On Campus MBA program, please contact an admissions outreach advisor.

Contact Us

Jared Hakimi
Director of Admissions 
🎵TK账号 | 澳大利亚IP注册 | 2020年及以前老号 | 老白号 | 微软邮箱 | 部分有2FA
Email: jared.hakimi@yu.edu
Tel: 646-592-4722

The Value of a Sy Syms Graduate Degree

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Where Sy Syms Grads Land

Sy Syms graduates land roles in management consulting, investment, corporate finance, data strategy, operations, and entrepreneurship — at for-profits, nonprofits, consulting firms and everything in between.

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$197K Median Salary for MBA Grads in New York City

Sample Job Titles: 

  • Director of Product Strategy: $308,000 
  • Director of Operations: $227,000 
  • Finance Director: $217,000 
  • Management Consultant: $158,000 
  • Product Manager: $156,000

Source: Glassdoor 2025

Meet Your Classmates

Michelle Borde '24

Director of Benefits, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking 

Michele Borde spent 15 years mastering benefits strategy, navigating healthcare reform, restructuring retirement plans, and delivering millions in cost savings. She came to Sy Syms wanting to contribute at the senior leadership table, not just execute. As a single parent balancing a full-time career, she chose the program for its flexibility and left ready for her next role.

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Laura Camargo ’26

Marketing Volunteer, Women of ALPFA New York 

Laura Camargo's journey from Bogotá, Colombia, to Brooklyn, N.Y. is shaped by a deep belief in the power of education, exposure, and community. Today she applies her marketing expertise and MBA experience not just to advance her own career, but to uplift others through her work with the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA), one of the largest Latino professional organizations in the U.S. Read Laura's story.

Christopher Regalado '24

Founder & Engineering Lead, Abakato, LLC 

Christopher Regalado spent a decade building systems and the teams to run them. From infrastructure rollouts for JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley, to engineering leadership at Lyte, to founding Abakato LLC, he brought rare operational range to the MBA classroom. At Sy Syms, he gained the strategic framework to match a career already defined by scale and a values-driven context that made him, in his own words, a better decision maker.

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Ia Bater ’14

Managing Director and Global Head of Product, Marsh McLennan 

At Sy Syms, Ia Bater built more than business acumen, she built a leadership style defined by precision, adaptability, and the ability to turn complexity into opportunity. Today, she designs digital trading platforms that reshape how institutions trade, manage risk, and generate revenue. She traces the roots of that success back to her Sy Syms experience. Read Ia's story.

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Chaya Kohn ’26

Director of Operations, Preventel Health

Chaya Kohn turned years of mental health leadership into a six-figure operations role at a fast-growing healthcare startup. Earning her MBA full-time while balancing work and family, she gained fluency in finance, marketing, accounting, and risk management — skills that drove her transition into healthcare operations and business development. She's now on a trajectory toward becoming COO. Read Chaya’s story.

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Yoav “Avi” Adlerstein ’25 

Associate, GoTo and Founder, Induced Fitness 

With a SaaS sales role already in hand, Avi Adlerstein came to the Sy Syms MBA for a framework in strategy, financial analysis, and organizational performance, not a career break. While enrolled, he was promoted to an outbound role at GoTo while running Induced Fitness, his personal coaching business. "What mattered most was whether the program would genuinely support professional growth. It did." Read Avi’s story.

Featured Faculty

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Dr. Pablo Hernandez-Lagos

MBA Director and Associate Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship

Dr. Hernández-Lagos’ research examines the delicate balance between economic growth and conflict, the erosion of trust due to political polarization, and the impact of leadership on equity markets. An authority in strategy and leadership, he has recently investigated whether generative Al can help job candidates and entrepreneurs fake or enhance their expertise.

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Dr. Jannine D. Lasaleta

Associate Professor and Chair of Marketing 

Professor Lasaleta investigates how nostalgia shapes consumer attitudes, behaviors, and decision-making across domains including politics, health, and marketplace choices. Her work also explores the psychology of money, product preference formation, and patterns of hedonic consumption.

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Dr. Gabriela Coiculescu

Assistant Professor of Finance 

Professor Coiculescu studies corporate finance, innovation, and financial intermediation. Her research examines how firms make R&D decisions under uncertainty, finding that risk can encourage innovation while ambiguity consistently discourages it. She has twice been named Sy Syms Full-Time Professor of the Year. 

Meet More Faculty

Sy Syms Grad News

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How Rabbis Can Lead in the Digital Age

Read Tamar Avnet's essay

How Rabbis Can Lead in the Digital Age

In today’s world, where information is constant, attention is fleeting and noise competes with meaning, the ability to communicate effectively has never been more critical. For rabbis, whose work is rooted in guidance, teaching, connection and inspiration, this challenge is even more profound. Drawing from her background in marketing and behavioral research, Tamar Avnet, head of graduate programs and marketing professor, believes that the same principles that help brands connect authentically with audiences can empower rabbis to reach their communities with greater depth, empathy and purpose.

Read the story in the Sy Syms blog.

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Hollywood Careers Reveal Evidence of Age Bias

Read about the study

Hollywood Careers Reveal Evidence of Age Bias

Dr. S. Abraham Ravid, Sy Syms Professor of Finance, and Dr. Shu Han, associate professor of management information systems, published a paper, “Do Age and Gender Affect Managers’ Careers? Evidence from the Career Paths of Movie Directors,” that suggests age may play a larger role than many people realize, even in a highly visible industry where performance records are publicly available.

Read about the study in the Sy Syms blog.

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Movie Industry Shows How Organizations Adopt AI

Read about Avri Ravid's study

Movie Industry Shows How Organizations Adopt AI

A Sy Syms study led by S. Abraham Ravid, Sy Syms Professor of Finance, “Technology Adoption and Career Concerns: Evidence from the Adoption of Digital Technology in Motion Pictures,” examines a simple but important question: Who is most likely to embrace risky new technology at work?

Read the story in the Sy Syms blog.

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Reshaping How Global Markets Trade

Read about Ia Bater

Reshaping How Global Markets Trade

As Managing Director and Global Head of Product at Marsh McLennan, MBA graduate Ia Bater is known for designing digital trading platforms that reshape how institutions trade, manage risk and generate revenue, but the roots of that success trace directly back to her MBA experience.

Read the story in the Sy Syms blog.

 


 

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Generative AI Demands Human Discipline

Read about Travis Oh's report

Generative AI Demands Human Discipline

Marketing professor Travis Oh and his colleagues at Columbia Business School, Georgetown University, USC and the University of Tennessee co-authored a report that explores how generative AI is transforming every stage of marketing research, while warning that speed alone does not guarantee better decisions.

Read the story in the Sy Syms blog.

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How Curiosity, Adaptability Shaped a Media Career

Read about Melanie Winer

How Curiosity, Adaptability Shaped a Media Career

In an industry defined by constant disruption, MBA graduate Melanie Winer has built a career not by chasing certainty, but by embracing change. As Director of Business Development at Hearst Newspapers, she leads partnerships and growth strategy across more than 70 local publications.

Read the story in the Sy Syms blog.

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Turning Business Pitches Into New Lives

Read about Linda Driver

Turning Business Pitches Into New Lives

Linda Driver, executive director of graduate programs, volunteers with the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, known as PEP, which is dedicated to helping incarcerated individuals successfully re-enter society while building second-chance communities through entrepreneurship.

Read the story in the Sy Syms blog.

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Sy Syms Launches Finance Master’s Program

Read about the program

Sy Syms Launches Finance Master’s Program

Program Features Wall Street Proximity, Access to Top Financial Institutions and Internships

Read More

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Study Finds Risk Fuels Innovation

Read about the study

Study Finds Risk Fuels Innovation

Professors S. Abraham Ravid and Gabriela Coiculescu published a study in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis has found that risk can sometimes encourage innovation. Ambiguity, by contrast, consistently discourages it.

Read about the study in the Sy Syms blog.

""

Boston Globe Interviews Hernández-Lagos on AI

Read about the interview

Boston Globe Interviews Hernández-Lagos on AI

Pablo Hernández-Lagos, director of the MBA program, was interviewed by The Boston Globe on the increasing use of AI by job seekers.

Read about the interview and his study in the Sy Syms blog.

""

How Rabbis Can Lead in the Digital Age

Read Tamar Avnet's essay

How Rabbis Can Lead in the Digital Age

In today’s world, where information is constant, attention is fleeting and noise competes with meaning, the ability to communicate effectively has never been more critical. For rabbis, whose work is rooted in guidance, teaching, connection and inspiration, this challenge is even more profound. Drawing from her background in marketing and behavioral research, Tamar Avnet, head of graduate programs and marketing professor, believes that the same principles that help brands connect authentically with audiences can empower rabbis to reach their communities with greater depth, empathy and purpose.

Read the story in the Sy Syms blog.

""

Hollywood Careers Reveal Evidence of Age Bias

Read about the study

Hollywood Careers Reveal Evidence of Age Bias

Dr. S. Abraham Ravid, Sy Syms Professor of Finance, and Dr. Shu Han, associate professor of management information systems, published a paper, “Do Age and Gender Affect Managers’ Careers? Evidence from the Career Paths of Movie Directors,” that suggests age may play a larger role than many people realize, even in a highly visible industry where performance records are publicly available.

Read about the study in the Sy Syms blog.

""

Movie Industry Shows How Organizations Adopt AI

Read about Avri Ravid's study

Movie Industry Shows How Organizations Adopt AI

A Sy Syms study led by S. Abraham Ravid, Sy Syms Professor of Finance, “Technology Adoption and Career Concerns: Evidence from the Adoption of Digital Technology in Motion Pictures,” examines a simple but important question: Who is most likely to embrace risky new technology at work?

Read the story in the Sy Syms blog.

""

Reshaping How Global Markets Trade

Read about Ia Bater

Reshaping How Global Markets Trade

As Managing Director and Global Head of Product at Marsh McLennan, MBA graduate Ia Bater is known for designing digital trading platforms that reshape how institutions trade, manage risk and generate revenue, but the roots of that success trace directly back to her MBA experience.

Read the story in the Sy Syms blog.

 


 

""

Generative AI Demands Human Discipline

Read about Travis Oh's report

Generative AI Demands Human Discipline

Marketing professor Travis Oh and his colleagues at Columbia Business School, Georgetown University, USC and the University of Tennessee co-authored a report that explores how generative AI is transforming every stage of marketing research, while warning that speed alone does not guarantee better decisions.

Read the story in the Sy Syms blog.

""

How Curiosity, Adaptability Shaped a Media Career

Read about Melanie Winer

How Curiosity, Adaptability Shaped a Media Career

In an industry defined by constant disruption, MBA graduate Melanie Winer has built a career not by chasing certainty, but by embracing change. As Director of Business Development at Hearst Newspapers, she leads partnerships and growth strategy across more than 70 local publications.

Read the story in the Sy Syms blog.

""

Turning Business Pitches Into New Lives

Read about Linda Driver

Turning Business Pitches Into New Lives

Linda Driver, executive director of graduate programs, volunteers with the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, known as PEP, which is dedicated to helping incarcerated individuals successfully re-enter society while building second-chance communities through entrepreneurship.

Read the story in the Sy Syms blog.

""

Sy Syms Launches Finance Master’s Program

Read about the program

Sy Syms Launches Finance Master’s Program

Program Features Wall Street Proximity, Access to Top Financial Institutions and Internships

Read More

""

Study Finds Risk Fuels Innovation

Read about the study

Study Finds Risk Fuels Innovation

Professors S. Abraham Ravid and Gabriela Coiculescu published a study in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis has found that risk can sometimes encourage innovation. Ambiguity, by contrast, consistently discourages it.

Read about the study in the Sy Syms blog.

""

Boston Globe Interviews Hernández-Lagos on AI

Read about the interview

Boston Globe Interviews Hernández-Lagos on AI

Pablo Hernández-Lagos, director of the MBA program, was interviewed by The Boston Globe on the increasing use of AI by job seekers.

Read about the interview and his study in the Sy Syms blog.

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