Graduates of the ESSEC Business School MiM report $119k on the Financial Times' weighted measure — pay about three years after graduation, not a starting salary. The employment rate within three months of graduation is 99%.
That places it #11 of 51 programs we track on graduate salary, above the cohort median.
Compare this against every Master in Management in France on our MiM salary & careers in France guide.
Top industries
| Consulting / Engineering / ICT | 34% |
|---|---|
| Finance / Trading / Insurance | 33% |
| Health / Luxury / Sports / Sustainability | 30% |
Top recruiters
McKinsey & Company · Boston Consulting Group · Bain & Company · EY · Deloitte · L'Oréal · BNP Paribas · Amazon · Société Générale · LVMH
Frequently asked questions
How does ESSEC compare with HEC Paris?
ESSEC and HEC are both top-tier French grande école programs and compete for the same applicant pool. HEC sits at FT rank 2 and QS rank 1; ESSEC at FT rank 10 and QS rank 3. HEC is larger (~400 per cohort vs ESSEC's 800 across the full program), more international (40% vs 35%), and slightly stronger in finance and consulting placement. ESSEC has the edge in luxury management, multi-campus mobility (Singapore and Rabat), and structural flexibility. Our HEC vs ESSEC piece walks through the trade-offs in detail.
What does ESSEC tuition cover?
ESSEC's published Intake 2026 fee table itemises three charges. The Intensive 1-year track is €38,000 tuition plus a €2,000 registration fee and a service fee of €2,170 (EU citizens) or €2,270 (non-EU), which ESSEC totals as €42,170 and €42,270. The Flexible track charges €21,500 (EU) or €25,300 (non-EU) tuition a year plus €2,000 registration a year and a €2,440 or €2,640 service fee, totalling €49,440 and €57,240 on a two-year basis. On admission you also pay a €6,000 deposit within two weeks — €500 for CROUS or Cap ESSEC scholarship recipients — which is deducted from tuition, and the application fee on the international route is €180. The fee covers academic instruction, course materials, careers services, and ESSEC's alumni network. It does not include living costs, France's €105 CVEC contribution, apprenticeship-related costs, or international travel for the Singapore or Rabat campuses. The French apprenticeship contract (contrat d'apprentissage) can cover a substantial share of tuition for eligible students.
What jobs do ESSEC graduates take?
Approximately 34% of graduates enter consulting, engineering, or ICT; 33% enter finance, trading, or insurance; and 30% enter health, luxury, sports, or sustainability. The employment rate at three months post-graduation is 99%. Top employers include the major strategy consultancies (McKinsey, BCG, Bain), the Big Four (EY, Deloitte), French luxury houses (L'Oréal, LVMH), and the major French and European banks (BNP Paribas, Société Générale).
Sources
- ESSEC — Master in Management Grande École (NOTE: this URL 404s as of 2026-09-03; ESSEC moved the Grande École MiM under /en/program/master-in-management-international/ and /en/pages/mim-master-in-management/, both of which return 200. Retained only as the provenance of figures read before the move) ↗ — ESSEC Business School
- ESSEC — MiM Grande École admissions calendar (re-checked: page still shows the 2026-intake rounds, R1 Oct 2 2025 → R4 Apr 9 2026; the 2027-intake calendar is still not posted) ↗ — ESSEC Business School
- ESSEC — MIM International pathway, Financing tab (re-read 2026-09-03 and the fee table RECOVERED: the amounts are not rendered as page text but ship in the page source as an embedded JSON payload, so the tables 'Tuitions fees - MIM AST INTENSIVE TRACK - 2026' and 'Tuitions fees - MIM AST FLEXIBLE TRACK - 2026' are readable without a browser. Intensive: tuition EUR 38,000/yr, registration EUR 2,000/yr, service fee EUR 2,170 EU / EUR 2,270 non-EU, 'Total cost of the program' EUR 42,170 / EUR 42,270. Flexible: tuition EUR 21,500 EU / EUR 25,300 non-EU per year, registration EUR 2,000/yr, service fee EUR 2,440 / EUR 2,640, total EUR 49,440 / EUR 57,240. Both tables headed 'Applicable for Intake 2026'; no Intake 2027 table published. Also: EUR 180 non-refundable application fee, waived for B2M Alliance Passport holders; EUR 6,000 deposit within two weeks of admission, EUR 500 for CROUS / Cap ESSEC scholarship recipients, deducted from tuition. Confirmed by a second cache-busted fetch the same day) ↗ — ESSEC Business School
- ESSEC — MIM official overview ↗ — ESSEC Business School
- ESSEC Alumni ↗ — ESSEC Business School
- Financial Times — Masters in Management 2025 ↗ — Financial Times
- QS Business Masters Rankings: Management 2026 ↗ — QS Quacquarelli Symonds
- ESSEC — Centre de Formation d'Apprentis, Apprentissage et MiM Grande Ecole. ALTERNANCE CHECKED 2026-09-07 (P44): the apprenticeship runs across the 2nd and 3rd years of the Master cycle, starting at the earliest in January of the 1st year; 'Avoir moins de 30 ans à la date de début du contrat'; 'Avoir validé ou être en cours de validation de minimum 3 UV de gestion (hors cours de langue)'; 'Pour les étudiants internationaux (hors UE), il peut être nécessaire d'avoir obtenu au préalable une autorisation de travail'; and 'Les frais de scolarité sont pris en charge par l'entreprise pendant la durée du contrat'. No French-language level is published on this page, unlike ESCP's ↗ — ESSEC Business School