MBA Acceptance Rates 2025

Name: 2025 US MBA Acceptance Rates
Creator: AdmitBase

Acceptance rates for 18 US MBA programs. The average acceptance rate across all programs is 21.8%.

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Data: official admissions disclosures · Last updated September 2026

Across 18 US MBA programs, the average acceptance rate for the 2025 cycle is 21.8%. The most selective is The Wharton School at 9%, while Boston College Carroll School of Management admits 54% of applicants — the highest of any US MBA program we track. Median GMAT scores among admitted students range from 685 to 740.

< 15% accept

15–29% accept

30–49% accept

50%+ accept

All MBA Programs by Acceptance Rate

18 programs from most to least selective.

School	Accept %	Rank	GMAT	GPA	Class Size
The Wharton School Philadelphia, PA	9%	#3	732	3.68	866
MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, MA	10%	#7	730	3.70	408
Harvard Business School Cambridge, MA	11%	#1	740	3.76	943
Haas School of Business Berkeley, CA	12%	#9	730	3.67	273
Kellogg School of Management Chicago, IL	13%	#5	733	3.72	529
Yale School of Management New Haven, CT	14%	#10	740	3.69	367
Tuck School of Business Hanover, NH	16%	#8	726	3.60	295
ASU W. P. Carey School of Business Phoenix, AZ	19%	#32	—	3.60	47
Baylor Hankamer School of Business Waco, TX	19.8%	#76	—	—	53
Tepper School of Business Pittsburgh, PA	20%	#19	695	3.45	215
Kenan-Flagler Business School Chapel Hill, NC	22%	#18	705	3.45	270
NYU Stern School of Business New York, NY	24%	#11	737	3.64	336
Rice Jones Graduate School of Business Houston, TX	25%	#27	693	3.40	137
Northeastern D'Amore-McKim School of Business Boston, MA	26.2%	#50	—	3.63	68
Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, IN	28%	#23	685	3.40	165
Marshall School of Business Los Angeles, CA	31%	#20	—	3.55	176
University of Miami Herbert Business School Coral Gables, FL	38%	#75	—	3.54	38
Boston College Carroll School of Management Newton, MA	54%	#41	690	3.10	77
University of Connecticut School of Business (Stamford) Hartford, CT	—	#90	—	—	—
University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business Boulder, CO	—	#63	541	3.33	53
Goizueta Evening MBA Atlanta, GA	—	—	—	—	—
Marshall Part-Time MBA Los Angeles, CA	—	—	—	—	—
Tepper Online Hybrid MBA Pittsburgh, PA	—	—	—	—	—
Haas Evening/Weekend MBA Berkeley, CA	—	—	645	3.50	341
Michigan Ross Part-Time MBA Ann Arbor, MI	—	—	629	3.34	101
Michigan Ross Online MBA Ann Arbor, MI	—	—	693	3.30	170
Carey Online MBA Phoenix, AZ	—	—	—	—	—
Marshall Online MBA Los Angeles, CA	—	—	—	—	—
Gies iMBA (Online) Champaign, IL	—	—	—	—	—
University of Rochester Simon Business School Rochester, NY	—	#46	675	3.30	92
Boston University Questrom School of Business Boston, MA	—	#33	633	3.44	117
Foster Online MBA Seattle, WA	—	—	—	—	—
Warrington Online MBA Gainesville, FL	—	—	—	—	—
Ohio State Fisher College of Business Columbus, OH	—	#30	673	3.49	45
NYU Stern Part-Time MBA New York, NY	—	—	—	3.52	308
Columbia Business School J-Term MBA New York, NY	—	—	—	—	—
McCombs Working Professional MBA Austin, TX	—	—	—	—	—
Graziadio Online MBA Malibu, CA	—	—	—	—	—
Whitman Online MBA Syracuse, NY	—	—	—	—	—
Harbert Online MBA Auburn, AL	—	—	—	—	—
Michigan Ross School of Business Ann Arbor, MI	—	#13	—	—	—
Temple University Fox School of Business Philadelphia, PA	—	#37	—	—	—
University of Maryland Smith School of Business Baltimore, MD	—	#38	—	—	—
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business Iowa City, IA	—	#39	—	—	—
Syracuse Whitman School of Management Syracuse, NY	—	#77	—	3.68	—
Stanford Graduate School of Business Stanford, CA	—	#2	—	—	—
University of Florida Warrington College of Business Gainesville, FL	—	#42	—	—	—
Georgetown McDonough Evening MBA Washington, DC	—	—	612	3.38	67
Questrom Part-Time MBA Boston, MA	—	—	—	3.40	103
Chicago Booth Evening/Weekend MBA Chicago, IL	—	—	—	—	256
University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Minneapolis, MN	—	#35	664	3.50	—
Chicago Booth School of Business Chicago, IL	—	#4	730	3.60	635
Darden School of Business Charlottesville, VA	—	#14	730	3.59	297
Rutgers Business School Newark, NJ	—	#36	—	3.41	—
SMU Cox School of Business Dallas, TX	—	#43	633	3.50	83
UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business Irvine, CA	—	#55	670	3.40	45
Columbia Business School New York, NY	—	#6	734	3.60	982
Tulane Freeman School of Business New Orleans, LA	—	#44	—	—	—
University of Arizona Eller College of Management Tucson, AZ	—	#74	—	—	—
Goizueta Business School Atlanta, GA	—	#22	723	3.50	128
University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Salt Lake City, UT	—	#89	—	3.33	37
Chapman University Argyros School of Business and Economics Orange, CA	—	#91	—	—	—
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Malibu, CA	—	#92	—	—	—
Foster School of Business Seattle, WA	—	#25	—	3.43	102
TCU Neeley School of Business Fort Worth, TX	—	#93	—	—	—
Bentley University Graduate School of Business Waltham, MA	—	#94	—	—	—
Creighton University Heider College of Business Omaha, NE	—	#95	—	—	—
Penn State Smeal College of Business University Park, PA	—	#40	—	3.47	96
Wake Forest School of Business Winston-Salem, NC	—	#45	—	—	—
Case Western Weatherhead School of Management Cleveland, OH	—	#47	—	—	—
University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business Pittsburgh, PA	—	#48	—	—	—
George Washington University School of Business Washington, DC	—	#49	—	—	—
Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business Wellesley, MA	—	#51	—	—	—
Thunderbird School of Global Management Phoenix, AZ	—	#52	—	—	—
Texas A&M Mays Business School Fort Worth, TX	—	#56	—	—	—
Purdue Krannert School of Management West Lafayette, IN	—	#57	—	—	—
Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business Roanoke, VA	—	#58	—	—	—
University of Connecticut School of Business Hartford, CT	—	#59	—	—	—
University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business Columbia, SC	—	#60	—	—	—
University of Alabama Manderson Graduate School of Business Tuscaloosa, AL	—	#64	—	—	—
Clemson Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business Clemson, SC	—	#66	—	—	—
University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business Knoxville, TN	—	#67	—	—	—
University of Missouri Trulaske College of Business Columbia, MO	—	#68	—	—	—
University of Arkansas Walton College of Business Fayetteville, AR	—	#69	—	—	—
University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business Eugene, OR	—	#70	—	—	—
University of Kansas School of Business Lawrence, KS	—	#71	—	—	—
University at Buffalo School of Management Buffalo, NY	—	#72	—	—	—
University of Illinois Gies College of Business Champaign, IL	—	#73	—	—	—
NC State Poole College of Management Raleigh, NC	—	#78	—	—	57
Drexel LeBow College of Business Philadelphia, PA	—	#79	—	—	—
Saint Louis University Chaifetz School of Business St. Louis, MO	—	#80	—	—	—
BYU Marriott School of Business Provo, UT	—	#34	628	3.50	95
University of San Diego School of Business San Diego, CA	—	#85	—	3.31	63
Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business Chicago, IL	—	#81	—	—	—
University of Denver Daniels College of Business Denver, CO	—	#82	—	—	—
American University Kogod School of Business Washington, DC	—	#83	—	—	—
University of Tulsa Collins College of Business Tulsa, OK	—	#84	—	—	—
Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business Santa Clara, CA	—	#86	—	—	—
Gonzaga University School of Business Administration Spokane, WA	—	#96	—	—	—
Loyola Marymount University College of Business Administration Los Angeles, CA	—	#97	—	—	—
Elon University Love School of Business Greensboro, NC	—	#98	—	—	—
Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business Winter Park, FL	—	#99	—	—	—
Xavier University Williams College of Business Cincinnati, OH	—	#100	—	—	—
William & Mary Raymond A. Mason School of Business Williamsburg, VA	—	#87	—	—	—
UC Davis Graduate School of Management Davis, CA	—	#54	—	3.50	31
Howard University School of Business MBA Washington, DC	—	—	600	—	45
McDonough School of Business Washington, DC	—	#21	700	3.30	248
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Nashville, TN	—	#26	660	3.40	160
Duke Fuqua School of Business Durham, NC	—	#12	—	—	426
McCombs School of Business Austin, TX	—	#17	655	3.53	235
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Atlanta, GA	—	#29	654	3.31	72
UCLA Anderson School of Management Los Angeles, CA	—	#16	703	3.50	307
University of Georgia Terry College of Business Athens, GA	—	#65	—	3.50	78
Lehigh University College of Business Bethlehem, PA	—	#88	—	3.63	—
Michigan State Broad College of Business East Lansing, MI	—	#53	—	3.40	54
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management Ithaca, NY	—	#15	—	—	—
Olin Business School St. Louis, MO	—	#24	—	—	—
Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business Notre Dame, IN	—	#28	—	—	—
Kellogg Evening/Weekend MBA Chicago, IL	—	—	635	3.60	—
UCLA Anderson FEMBA Los Angeles, CA	—	—	—	—	—
Kenan-Flagler Evening MBA Chapel Hill, NC	—	—	—	—	—
Rice Jones Professional MBA Houston, TX	—	—	—	—	—
Foster Evening MBA Seattle, WA	—	—	—	—	—
Kenan-Flagler Online MBA (MBA@UNC) Chapel Hill, NC	—	—	—	—	—
Kelley Online MBA Indianapolis, IN	—	—	—	—	—
Wisconsin School of Business Madison, WI	—	#31	675	3.42	79
Fordham Gabelli School of Business New York, NY	—	#61	—	—	—
Villanova School of Business Villanova, PA	—	#62	—	—	—

MBA Rankings 2025 MBA Admissions Guide

Frequently Asked Questions

Which MBA programs have the lowest acceptance rates?

The five most selective AACSB-accredited MBA programs in the 2025 data are The Wharton School (9%), MIT Sloan School of Management (10%), Harvard Business School (11%), Haas School of Business (12%), and Kellogg School of Management (13%). Selectivity is not the same as difficulty for a given applicant: a school's GMAT and GPA medians tell you more about your own odds than its headline rate does, because a low rate can reflect a large self-selecting applicant pool as much as a high bar.

Which MBA programs have the highest acceptance rates?

The five least selective AACSB-accredited MBA programs in the 2025 data are Boston College Carroll School of Management (54%), University of Miami Herbert Business School (38%), Marshall School of Business (31%), Kelley School of Business (28%), and Northeastern D'Amore-McKim School of Business (26.2%). A high acceptance rate does not make a programme a safety for everyone — many of these are state programmes that admit a large share of in-state applicants and very few from outside, so the rate an out-of-state applicant actually faces can be several times lower than the published figure.

What is the average acceptance rate for MBA programs in 2025?

Acceptance rates vary widely by tier. Top-ranked MBA programs often admit fewer than 10% of applicants, while regional programmes typically admit 30–60%. AdmitBase publishes the most recent acceptance rate for every AACSB-accredited MBA program in the table below, sourced from each programme's own published class profile.

How is acceptance rate calculated?

Acceptance rate is the number of admitted applicants divided by the number of applications received, as reported in each MBA program's class profile. Yield (the percentage of admits who enrol) is reported separately. AdmitBase displays both metrics when available, and leaves the field empty rather than estimating one when a school reports neither.

Are acceptance rates the best signal of admission difficulty?

Acceptance rate alone can mislead. A school with a 20% acceptance rate may be easier to get into than one with a 30% rate if its applicant pool is significantly stronger. GMAT and GPA medians, not raw acceptance rates, are the best predictors of an individual applicant's chances. AdmitBase uses 45% GMAT, 35% GPA, and 20% work experience to calculate personalised match scores.

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This page lists acceptance-rate data for 18 AACSB-accredited MBA programs, refreshed as each school republishes its class profile, which schools do on their own timelines rather than to a common calendar.

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