MBA Acceptance Rates 2026

Name: 2026 US MBA Acceptance Rates
Creator: AdmitBase

Acceptance rates for 127 US MBA programs. The average acceptance rate across all programs is 35.2%.

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Data: official admissions disclosures · Last updated August 2026

Across 127 US MBA programs, the average acceptance rate for the 2026 cycle is 35.2%. The most selective is Stanford Graduate School of Business at 6%, while Gonzaga University School of Business Administration admits 58% of applicants — the highest of any US MBA program we track. Median GMAT scores among admitted students range from 630 to 740.

< 15% accept

15–29% accept

30–49% accept

50%+ accept

All MBA Programs by Acceptance Rate

127 programs from most to least selective.

School	Accept %	Rank	GMAT	GPA	Class Size
Stanford Graduate School of Business Stanford, CA	6%	#2	738	3.78	436
The Wharton School Philadelphia, PA	9%	#3	732	3.68	866
MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, MA	10%	#7	730	3.70	408
Columbia Business School New York, NY	11%	#6	739	3.66	846
Harvard Business School Cambridge, MA	11%	#1	740	3.76	943
Chicago Booth School of Business Chicago, IL	12%	#4	730	3.60	635
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
NYU Stern School of Business New York, NY	15%	#11	729	3.60	406
Columbia Business School J-Term MBA New York, NY	15%	—	725	3.55	140
Tuck School of Business Hanover, NH	16%	#8	726	3.60	295
Duke Fuqua School of Business Durham, NC	16%	#12	728	3.56	481
Michigan Ross School of Business Ann Arbor, MI	16%	#13	728	3.55	475
Chicago Booth Evening/Weekend MBA Chicago, IL	18%	—	730	3.55	520
UCLA Anderson School of Management Los Angeles, CA	18%	#16	720	3.50	307
Darden School of Business Charlottesville, VA	18%	#14	725	3.55	378
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management Ithaca, NY	19%	#15	722	3.50	312
Haas Evening/Weekend MBA Berkeley, CA	20%	—	718	3.52	280
Kellogg Evening/Weekend MBA Chicago, IL	20%	—	725	3.52	350
Tepper School of Business Pittsburgh, PA	20%	#19	695	3.45	215
McCombs School of Business Austin, TX	20%	#17	718	3.50	274
Marshall School of Business Los Angeles, CA	21%	#20	715	3.50	246
Kenan-Flagler Business School Chapel Hill, NC	22%	#18	705	3.45	270
NYU Stern Part-Time MBA New York, NY	22%	—	710	3.45	540
McDonough School of Business Washington, DC	24%	#21	710	3.48	275
Olin Business School St. Louis, MO	24%	#24	710	3.45	185
UCLA Anderson FEMBA Los Angeles, CA	25%	—	708	3.48	240
Rice Jones Graduate School of Business Houston, TX	25%	#27	693	3.40	137
Foster School of Business Seattle, WA	25%	#25	705	3.42	138
Goizueta Business School Atlanta, GA	25%	#22	710	3.45	190
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Atlanta, GA	26%	#29	705	3.40	80
Boston University Questrom School of Business Boston, MA	27%	#33	700	3.40	195
Marshall Part-Time MBA Los Angeles, CA	28%	—	695	3.38	160
Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business Notre Dame, IN	28%	#28	705	3.42	152
Michigan Ross Part-Time MBA Ann Arbor, MI	28%	—	700	3.42	180
Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, IN	28%	#23	685	3.40	165
McCombs Working Professional MBA Austin, TX	28%	—	695	3.40	150
Kenan-Flagler Online MBA (MBA@UNC) Chapel Hill, NC	28%	—	690	3.40	300
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Nashville, TN	28%	#26	708	3.45	178
Rice Jones Professional MBA Houston, TX	30%	—	690	3.35	80
Tepper Online Hybrid MBA Pittsburgh, PA	30%	—	690	3.35	100
Georgetown McDonough Evening MBA Washington, DC	30%	—	690	3.38	220
Ohio State Fisher College of Business Columbus, OH	30%	#30	695	3.38	110
Boston College Carroll School of Management Newton, MA	30%	#41	695	3.40	82
ASU W. P. Carey School of Business Phoenix, AZ	32%	#32	690	3.36	115
Michigan Ross Online MBA Ann Arbor, MI	32%	—	690	3.35	150
Foster Evening MBA Seattle, WA	32%	—	685	3.32	80
Kenan-Flagler Evening MBA Chapel Hill, NC	32%	—	685	3.35	140
Goizueta Evening MBA Atlanta, GA	32%	—	690	3.36	95
Wisconsin School of Business Madison, WI	32%	#31	693	3.38	92
University of Florida Warrington College of Business Gainesville, FL	33%	#42	685	3.35	110
University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Minneapolis, MN	33%	#35	690	3.35	80
University of Maryland Smith School of Business Baltimore, MD	34%	#38	685	3.32	105
Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business Wellesley, MA	34%	#51	685	3.32	145
Questrom Part-Time MBA Boston, MA	35%	—	680	3.30	120
Northeastern D'Amore-McKim School of Business Boston, MA	35%	#50	680	3.30	75
University of Rochester Simon Business School Rochester, NY	35%	#46	680	3.30	95
BYU Marriott School of Business Provo, UT	35%	#34	695	3.50	140
Rutgers Business School Newark, NJ	35%	#36	680	3.30	115
Kelley Online MBA Indianapolis, IN	35%	—	670	3.30	350
SMU Cox School of Business Dallas, TX	35%	#43	685	3.34	105
UC Davis Graduate School of Management Davis, CA	36%	#54	680	3.32	65
George Washington University School of Business Washington, DC	36%	#49	685	3.32	140
Penn State Smeal College of Business University Park, PA	36%	#40	680	3.32	72
UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business Irvine, CA	38%	#55	678	3.30	95
Marshall Online MBA Los Angeles, CA	38%	—	670	3.28	200
University of Miami Herbert Business School Coral Gables, FL	38%	#75	675	3.28	105
University of Illinois Gies College of Business Champaign, IL	38%	#73	675	3.30	60
Michigan State Broad College of Business East Lansing, MI	38%	#53	670	3.28	80
Wake Forest School of Business Winston-Salem, NC	38%	#45	680	3.32	90
Temple University Fox School of Business Philadelphia, PA	38%	#37	670	3.28	75
Tulane Freeman School of Business New Orleans, LA	38%	#44	678	3.30	75
Fordham Gabelli School of Business New York, NY	38%	#61	680	3.30	90
Foster Online MBA Seattle, WA	38%	—	665	3.25	90
Villanova School of Business Villanova, PA	40%	#62	670	3.28	48
Carey Online MBA Phoenix, AZ	40%	—	660	3.25	250
William & Mary Raymond A. Mason School of Business Williamsburg, VA	40%	#87	672	3.28	60
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business Iowa City, IA	40%	#39	675	3.30	55
Case Western Weatherhead School of Management Cleveland, OH	40%	#47	670	3.28	75
Texas A&M Mays Business School Fort Worth, TX	40%	#56	672	3.28	70
University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business Boulder, CO	40%	#63	672	3.28	70
University of Georgia Terry College of Business Athens, GA	42%	#65	665	3.26	60
Purdue Krannert School of Management West Lafayette, IN	42%	#57	670	3.26	60
University of Connecticut School of Business Hartford, CT	42%	#59	665	3.26	55
University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Salt Lake City, UT	42%	#89	668	3.26	55
University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business Pittsburgh, PA	42%	#48	668	3.26	60
University of Arizona Eller College of Management Tucson, AZ	42%	#74	660	3.24	55
Thunderbird School of Global Management Phoenix, AZ	42%	#52	670	3.25	80
Warrington Online MBA Gainesville, FL	45%	—	650	3.18	180
Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business Santa Clara, CA	45%	#86	660	3.24	60
Gies iMBA (Online) Champaign, IL	45%	—	650	3.20	800
University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business Knoxville, TN	45%	#67	658	3.24	50
Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business Roanoke, VA	45%	#58	660	3.24	40
University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business Eugene, OR	45%	#70	660	3.24	60
University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business Columbia, SC	45%	#60	660	3.24	65
University of Connecticut School of Business (Stamford) Hartford, CT	45%	#90	660	3.22	45
NC State Poole College of Management Raleigh, NC	45%	#78	658	3.24	50
Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business Chicago, IL	48%	#81	650	3.20	55
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Malibu, CA	48%	#92	650	3.20	55
TCU Neeley School of Business Fort Worth, TX	48%	#93	655	3.22	55
University of Denver Daniels College of Business Denver, CO	48%	#82	652	3.22	55
Graziadio Online MBA Malibu, CA	48%	—	640	3.15	90
University of Alabama Manderson Graduate School of Business Tuscaloosa, AL	48%	#64	655	3.22	50
University at Buffalo School of Management Buffalo, NY	48%	#72	650	3.20	80
American University Kogod School of Business Washington, DC	48%	#83	650	3.20	45
University of Missouri Trulaske College of Business Columbia, MO	50%	#68	650	3.20	40
Lehigh University College of Business Bethlehem, PA	50%	#88	645	3.18	35
University of San Diego School of Business San Diego, CA	50%	#85	650	3.20	40
Drexel LeBow College of Business Philadelphia, PA	50%	#79	645	3.18	40
Clemson Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business Clemson, SC	50%	#66	650	3.20	35
Syracuse Whitman School of Management Syracuse, NY	50%	#77	648	3.18	40
Whitman Online MBA Syracuse, NY	50%	—	635	3.12	80
Baylor Hankamer School of Business Waco, TX	52%	#76	645	3.18	35
Bentley University Graduate School of Business Waltham, MA	52%	#94	640	3.18	40
University of Arkansas Walton College of Business Fayetteville, AR	52%	#69	648	3.18	35
Loyola Marymount University College of Business Administration Los Angeles, CA	52%	#97	640	3.16	35
University of Kansas School of Business Lawrence, KS	52%	#71	645	3.18	40
Xavier University Williams College of Business Cincinnati, OH	52%	#100	640	3.16	35
University of Tulsa Collins College of Business Tulsa, OK	55%	#84	640	3.16	30
Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business Winter Park, FL	55%	#99	635	3.14	30
Creighton University Heider College of Business Omaha, NE	55%	#95	635	3.14	30
Saint Louis University Chaifetz School of Business St. Louis, MO	55%	#80	640	3.16	35
Harbert Online MBA Auburn, AL	55%	—	630	3.10	60
Chapman University Argyros School of Business and Economics Orange, CA	55%	#91	640	3.16	30
Elon University Love School of Business Greensboro, NC	58%	#98	630	3.12	25
Gonzaga University School of Business Administration Spokane, WA	58%	#96	630	3.12	25
Howard University School of Business MBA Washington, DC	—	—	600	—	45

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What is the average acceptance rate for MBA programs in 2026?

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 published class profiles from AACSB-accredited programs.

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Acceptance rate is the number of admitted applicants divided by the number of applications received, typically reported in each MBA program's annual AACSB class profiles disclosure. Yield (the percentage of admits who enrol) is reported separately. AdmitBase displays both metrics when available.

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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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