How much does a senior executive or advanced management program cost?
The published price of every leading senior executive and advanced management program, including Harvard AMP and Stanford SEP, from each school's own page.
Last reviewed July 6, 2026 · By Tobias Plewka · How we research this
The flagship senior executive and advanced management programs are the most expensive open-enrollment courses a business school runs, and the fees vary more than the reputations do. This guide lists the published price for ten of the leading programs, each read from the school's own program page for the 2026 or 2027 cohort in July 2026. Prices are shown in the currency each school publishes, with no conversions, because exchange rates move and a converted figure would be wrong within weeks. Where a school runs the program on Gradia, we link straight to it.
The leading multi-week senior executive programs run from roughly the low twenty-thousands in pounds at Cambridge (£20,500 plus VAT) to about $95,000 at Harvard and $95,000 at Stanford. The largest programs bundle accommodation and meals into the fee, while shorter ones bill lodging separately, so the headline price is not always the full cost.
The range, in one line
A senior executive or advanced management program costs between the low twenty-thousands in pounds and roughly $95,000, depending on the school, the length, and how much of your board and lodging the fee absorbs. At the top, Harvard's Advanced Management Program and Stanford's full-time Executive Program both reach $95,000. At the lower end of the multi-week group, Cambridge's General Management Programme is £20,500 plus VAT and Oxford's Advanced Management and Leadership Programme is £26,000 before a separate accommodation fee. The rest sit in between. The sections below give each program's published price, what it covers, and its length, because a shorter program at a lower price is not always the cheaper choice per day.
What each program costs
The table lists the published fee for ten leading programs, each taken from the school's own page for its 2026 or 2027 cohort. Prices stay in the currency the school charges in. Where two options exist at different prices, both are shown. Taxes are noted where the school adds VAT or GST on top of the headline fee.
| Program | School | Published price | Duration and format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Management Program | Harvard Business School | $95,000 | About three months, six weeks on campus plus live online |
| Stanford Executive Program | Stanford GSB | $89,000 flex or $95,000 full-time | Six-week full-time, or a longer hybrid flex option |
| Advanced Management Program | Wharton | $79,000 | Five consecutive weeks on campus, or a modular format |
| Columbia Senior Executive Program | Columbia Business School | $59,500 | Three weeks in person, New York and the Hamptons |
| Advanced Management Programme | INSEAD (Fontainebleau) | €47,500 | Four weeks on campus, tuition only, plus VAT |
| Advanced Management Programme | INSEAD (Singapore) | S$67,900 | Four weeks on campus, tuition only, plus GST |
| Senior Executive Programme | London Business School | £41,500 | Multi-week, hotel accommodation included |
| Advanced Management and Leadership Programme | Oxford Saïd | £26,000 plus £4,000 accommodation | Three-week residential, or a blended option |
| General Management Programme | Cambridge Judge | £20,500 plus VAT | Two weeks face to face, accommodation included |
| Orchestrating Winning Performance | IMD | CHF 11,900 | Five days, categorically shorter than the rest |
The United States flagships
Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton run the most expensive programs, and each folds board and lodging into the fee. Harvard's Advanced Management Program is $95,000, which the school states covers tuition, program materials, accommodations, and most meals. It now runs over about three months, with six weeks on campus across two full-time modules and roughly five weeks of live online and self-paced work between them, so it is no longer a single continuous residency. Stanford's Executive Program lists two prices: $89,000 for the hybrid flex option and $95,000 for the six-week full-time session, each covering tuition, private accommodation, all meals, executive coaching, and materials. Wharton's Advanced Management Program is $79,000, covering instruction, coaching, private accommodation, and most meals, and it can be taken as five consecutive weeks on campus or in a modular format that spreads across four months.
Columbia and the European programs
Below the top three, the prices fall and the currency changes. Columbia's Senior Executive Program is $59,500 for three weeks split between New York and the Hamptons, with the Hamptons week's accommodation included but the New York nights left to the participant. In Europe, London Business School's Senior Executive Programme is £41,500 and includes London hotel accommodation and most meals, which is the clearest example of a bundled European fee. INSEAD prices its Advanced Management Programme by campus: €47,500 at Fontainebleau and S$67,900 in Singapore, and in both cases the fee is tuition only, with accommodation arranged and paid for separately and local tax added on top. Oxford Saïd's Advanced Management and Leadership Programme is £26,000 for the programme itself plus a mandatory £4,000 accommodation fee for the three-week residential option. Cambridge Judge's General Management Programme is the lowest of the multi-week group at £20,500 plus VAT, and it includes twelve nights of accommodation in central Cambridge.
What the Harvard AMP fee does and does not cover
Harvard states that the $95,000 fee covers tuition, program materials, accommodations, and most meals. Two things are worth reading carefully. First, the meals are described as most, not all, so some meals are on you, and the page does not itemize which. Second, the program now mixes on-campus and virtual modules, and the fee text does not spell out whether accommodation is provided only for the on-campus weeks or in any other form, which it plainly is not for the online stretch. Travel to and from Boston is not mentioned and is a normal exclusion. So the honest reading is that $95,000 buys the teaching, the materials, campus lodging for the residential weeks, and most meals during them, while airfare, some meals, and anything during the online weeks are the participant's own cost. Where a page leaves the bundling unstated, treat the fee as covering the residency and confirm the edges with the school before you enroll.
How to compare these prices honestly
Three things stop these fees from being directly comparable. The first is lodging: Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and London Business School bundle accommodation into the fee, so their higher headline prices already include a hotel, while INSEAD and Oxford quote tuition and charge for the room separately, so their real cost is higher than the sticker. The second is tax: INSEAD adds VAT or GST, and Cambridge quotes £20,500 plus VAT, so a European fee needs its local tax added before you set it beside a United States price that has none. The third is length: IMD's CHF 11,900 looks like a bargain until you note it buys five days, against four to six weeks for the others, so per day it is not cheap at all. Read each fee for what it includes, add the tax and the lodging where they sit outside it, and divide by the days, and the ranking shifts from the one the headline prices suggest.
Frequently asked questions
Sources
- Harvard Business School: Advanced Management Program (accessed 2026-07-06)
- Stanford Graduate School of Business: Stanford Executive Program (accessed 2026-07-06)
- Wharton Executive Education: Advanced Management Program (accessed 2026-07-06)
- Columbia Business School: Columbia Senior Executive Program (accessed 2026-07-06)
- INSEAD: Advanced Management Programme, Dates & Fees (accessed 2026-07-06)
- London Business School: Senior Executive Programme (accessed 2026-07-06)
- Saïd Business School: Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Programme (accessed 2026-07-06)
- Cambridge Judge Business School: Cambridge General Management Programme (accessed 2026-07-06)
- IMD: Orchestrating Winning Performance (accessed 2026-07-06)