[4] Located in New York's downtown business district, the school's "Wall Street Division" served both full-time and currently employed students.

[citation needed] The School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance was renamed the College of Business and Public Administration in 1972.

[citation needed] In 1998, a $10 million gift from Henry Kaufman (PhD 1958) supported an expansion and upgrading of Stern's facilities.

The school is located on West 4th Street, occupying Shimkin and Tisch Halls and the Kaufman Management Center, on NYU's Washington Square campus.

Stern currently has multiple partner schools for this program in Singapore, Australia, China, Denmark, England, France, Hong Kong SAR, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, Spain and Thailand.

[46] In 2023, the Business, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (BTE) program received over 5,000 applications for its 50 available spots, resulting in an acceptance rate of less than 2%.

[11] Stern offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) for full-time students and executive programs for working professionals.

The program combines the complementary strengths of three premier universities and five international learning locations to ensure global depth and focus.

[55][56][57][58] In 2023, Stern announced its partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi to launch a one-year full-time MBA Program in the UAE.

[45] Admissions decisions are made on a holistic basis that considers academic record, standardized test scores, accomplishments outside of the classroom, recommendations, essays, and diversity.

[63] In 2023, the median combined verbal and math SAT score of incoming freshmen at the undergraduate level of Stern was 1550 and 95% ranked within the top 10% of their high school's graduating class.

[65][66] The Stern School announced it would join the programs accepting the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) from MBA candidates applying beginning in 2010.

[68][69] Current and former CEOs of Fortune 500 companies including American Express, Berggruen Institute, Griffon Corporation, Wynn Resorts, the New York Stock Exchange, Lehman Brothers, Lord Abbett, Barnes & Noble, W. R. Berkley Corporation, McKinsey & Company, Chase Manhattan Bank, and CBS are also Stern alumni.

[70][71][72] Stern's alumni also includes Olympic fencing bronze medalist and 13-time national champion in saber Peter Westbrook, and Guinness World Record holder Vanessa O'Brien, the first woman to reach Earth's highest and lowest points.