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How people got into master's at NYU
What 30 people did before they enrolled in NYU for a master's: where they worked, what they studied, which role they came in through, and how long it took.
30
people in our data got there
13%
had a graduate degree first (of those listing one)
3
typical years since first job
- The most common step right before: from other companies (50%).
- Of those who list their education, 13% had a graduate degree before arriving and <1% a PhD.
- The typical person arrived about 3 years after their first job.
How NYU compares
- 23% came straight from a degree, well above the <1% across other degree programs, the highest of the 5 in our data.
Among people who list their education; places with at least 10 such people.
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| People listing education | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| USC · Master's | 19 | 5% |
| Columbia University · Master's | 29 | 3% |
| Stanford University · Master's | 15 | <1% |
| NYU · Master's (this page) | 23 | <1% |
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| Median years | ||
|---|---|---|
| Columbia University · Master's | 4 yrs | |
| USC · Master's | 3 yrs | |
| NYU · Master's (this page) | 3 yrs | |
| Stanford University · Master's | 3 yrs | |
| UC Berkeley · Bachelor's | 2 yrs |
What they studied before
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Computing | 13 | 43% |
| Not listed | 12 | 40% |
| Other | 5 | 17% |
How much work experience they had
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| No work before | 10 | 33% |
| 1 job before | 9 | 30% |
| 2-3 jobs before | 7 | 23% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
What they did right before
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| From other companies | 15 | 50% |
| Straight from a degree | 7 | 23% |
| Other | 8 | 27% |
Education
Among the 23 of 30 people who list their education.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 20 | 87% |
| Master's | 2 | 9% |
| MBA | 1 | 4% |
How much experience they had
Among the 20 of 30 people with an earlier job listed.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 | 5% |
| 1-3 years | 8 | 40% |
| 3-5 years | 7 | 35% |
| 5-8 years | 3 | 15% |
| 8-12 years | 1 | 5% |
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Related
How these numbers are made. From 3k+ public career histories collected for careerladder.fyi (dated jobs, degrees and publications). The collection was built around particular employers, so people who reached well-known tech, AI and finance employers are over-represented: read shares as "among people in this dataset", not as hiring odds. Names are shown only when at least 5 people are behind them; smaller groups are combined into "Other". No individual profile is shown. Updated November 2026.