Work experience is not required for admission to the Carroll School of Management full-time MBA program, although it is advised students have at least two years of experience before applying. The most recent Carroll School of Management MBA class had an average of 4.5 years of professional work experience.

There is no professional work experience requirement for those applying to the Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business. Students have, on average, 3.3 years of professional work experience prior to enrollment.

There is no work experience requirement for applying to many of the Questrom School of Business at Boston University's MBA programs. However, most join the business school with at least two years of post-graduate professional work experience. Students in the most recent Questrom full-time MBA had an average of five years of work experience.

The MIT Sloan School of Management does not require work experience in order to apply to its MBA programs, but students enrolled in the program have, on average, 4.8 years of work experience.