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Real Humans of the HEC Paris MBA Class of 2025

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This edition of Real Humans: MBA Students takes us to France to meet some new members of the MBA Class of 2025 at HEC Paris.

The Class of 2025 is comprised of 235 students, who may matriculate in September or January. Forty percent are women and 95 percent are international, representing 49 nationalities.

During their undergraduate years, 24 percent of HEC Paris MBAs earned degrees in engineering. Seventeen percent had majored in business & commerce followed by 11 percent in economics. Nine percent had studied management and five percent had studied law.

Before arriving on campus, the HEC Paris Class of 2025 averaged six years of work experience. Twenty-three percent had worked in financial services and 16 percent in the tech sector. Fifteen percent hailed from consulting services. Eleven percent came from other services and nine percent from consumer products.

When it came time to take the GMAT, the newest class averaged a score of 690.

Learn more about HEC Paris through the eyes of six new MBA students, as they share their admissions journeys, what drew them to the program and more.

Christina Griffith
Christina Griffith is a writer and editor based in Philadelphia. She specializes in covering education, science, and criminal justice, and has extensive experience in research and interviews, magazine content, and web content writing.