The question every prospective student asks before committing to a master’s program is the same one: what actually happens after you graduate?
For the Class of 2025 at IE New York College, the answer is in the numbers. Here is what they show.
100% of the Class of 2025 is working upon graduation. 82% are employed in corporates and SMEs. 18% have founded their own ventures.
That entrepreneurship figure is not incidental. IENYC is located in SoHo, in the middle of one of the world’s most active startup and investor ecosystems.
Students spend eleven months working on live partner briefs, building real deliverables, and learning from practitioner faculty who are currently running the companies and organizations they teach about. Some graduates go on to work for those organizations. Others build their own.
71% of the Class of 2025 remained in New York City after graduation. 23% returned to Europe. 6% went to the Middle East and Africa.
New York is one of the most competitive job markets in the world. Staying here after a one-year master’s program takes preparation, networks, and real career infrastructure. The IENYC Talent and Careers team works with students throughout the program through career advising, employer partnerships, and a dedicated employer partnerships director who actively sources roles from companies.
Employers who have hired IENYC graduates include organizations across technology, finance, consulting, fashion, fintech, and the arts.
The 23% who returned to Europe and 6% who went to the Middle East and Africa reflect something equally important: the education travels. IENYC graduates are not built for one city or one market. Eleven months in the most demanding professional environment in the world builds the kind of judgment and capability that holds up anywhere.
All IENYC master’s programs carry STEM designation. For international graduates, this means eligibility for up to three years of work authorization in the United States through the OPT and STEM OPT pathway, rather than the standard one year. For the Class of 2025, 100% of OPT applications were approved.
Full details on the OPT process are on the IENYC international students page.
The Class of 2025 is working across six sectors: technology, finance, consulting, fashion, fintech, and the arts. IENYC alumni have gone on to build careers at a wide range of organizations, including:
A fuller picture of where graduates are working and what they are building is on the alumni impact page.
A graduating class is not a statistic. It is 57 people who spent eleven months in the most demanding city in the world, doing real work, building real networks, and finding out what they were made of. The numbers tell you what happened to them. What happens next is up to you. It’s your move.
100% of the Class of 2025 are working upon graduation. 82% are employed in corporates and SMEs. 18% have founded their own ventures. See more on the career acceleration page.
71% of the Class of 2025 remained in New York City. 23% returned to Europe and 6% went to the Middle East and Africa. The program is designed to prepare graduates for careers in New York and anywhere else they choose to build one.
100% of OPT applications from the Class of 2025 were approved. All IENYC master’s programs carry STEM designation, giving eligible graduates up to three years of work authorization in the United States. Full details are on the international students page.
The Class of 2025 is working across technology, finance, consulting, fashion, fintech, and the arts. Alumni have gone on to roles at BCG, KPMG, UBS, Macy’s, Altuzarra, and a range of impact investment firms and sustainability-focused organizations. See the full picture on the industries and sectors page.
All IENYC master’s programs are eleven months, full-time. Combined with up to three years of STEM OPT work authorization, graduates have up to four years to build their careers in the United States after enrolling.
IENYC offers five STEM-designated master’s programs: the Master of Science in Management, the Master in Global Business and Sustainability, the Master of Science in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, and additional programs across finance and marketing and communications. All are accredited by the New York State Education Department.
Explore alumni stories, learn about career acceleration, or find out more about IENYC.
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