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 June 2026

< 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	740	3.69	918
MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, MA	10%	#7	736	3.62	480
Harvard Business School Cambridge, MA	11%	#1	740	3.73	938
Columbia Business School New York, NY	11%	#6	739	3.66	846
Chicago Booth School of Business Chicago, IL	12%	#4	738	3.66	627
Haas School of Business Berkeley, CA	12%	#9	733	3.65	299
Kellogg School of Management Chicago, IL	13%	#5	733	3.65	529
Yale School of Management New Haven, CT	14%	#10	730	3.71	357
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
Duke Fuqua School of Business Durham, NC	16%	#12	728	3.56	481
Tuck School of Business Hanover, NH	16%	#8	726	3.60	295
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
Darden School of Business Charlottesville, VA	18%	#14	725	3.55	378
UCLA Anderson School of Management Los Angeles, CA	18%	#16	720	3.55	380
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management Ithaca, NY	19%	#15	722	3.50	312
Tepper School of Business Pittsburgh, PA	20%	#19	695	3.45	215
McCombs School of Business Austin, TX	20%	#17	718	3.50	274
Kellogg Evening/Weekend MBA Chicago, IL	20%	—	725	3.52	350
Haas Evening/Weekend MBA Berkeley, CA	20%	—	718	3.52	280
Marshall School of Business Los Angeles, CA	21%	#20	715	3.50	246
NYU Stern Part-Time MBA New York, NY	22%	—	710	3.45	540
Kenan-Flagler Business School Chapel Hill, NC	22%	#18	705	3.45	270
Olin Business School St. Louis, MO	24%	#24	710	3.45	185
McDonough School of Business Washington, DC	24%	#21	710	3.48	275
Goizueta Business School Atlanta, GA	25%	#22	710	3.45	190
Rice Jones Graduate School of Business Houston, TX	25%	#27	710	3.44	134
Foster School of Business Seattle, WA	25%	#25	705	3.42	138
UCLA Anderson FEMBA Los Angeles, CA	25%	—	708	3.48	240
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
Michigan Ross Part-Time MBA Ann Arbor, MI	28%	—	700	3.42	180
McCombs Working Professional MBA Austin, TX	28%	—	695	3.40	150
Marshall Part-Time MBA Los Angeles, CA	28%	—	695	3.38	160
Kenan-Flagler Online MBA (MBA@UNC) Chapel Hill, NC	28%	—	690	3.40	300
Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business Notre Dame, IN	28%	#28	705	3.42	152
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Nashville, TN	28%	#26	708	3.45	178
Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, IN	28%	#23	685	3.40	165
Boston College Carroll School of Management Newton, MA	30%	#41	695	3.40	82
Georgetown McDonough Evening MBA Washington, DC	30%	—	690	3.38	220
Rice Jones Professional MBA Houston, TX	30%	—	690	3.35	80
Ohio State Fisher College of Business Columbus, OH	30%	#30	695	3.38	110
Tepper Online Hybrid MBA Pittsburgh, PA	30%	—	690	3.35	100
Goizueta Evening MBA Atlanta, GA	32%	—	690	3.36	95
Kenan-Flagler Evening MBA Chapel Hill, NC	32%	—	685	3.35	140
Foster Evening MBA Seattle, WA	32%	—	685	3.32	80
Michigan Ross Online MBA Ann Arbor, MI	32%	—	690	3.35	150
Wisconsin School of Business Madison, WI	32%	#31	693	3.38	92
ASU W. P. Carey School of Business Phoenix, AZ	32%	#32	690	3.36	115
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
Kelley Online MBA Indianapolis, IN	35%	—	670	3.30	350
Questrom Part-Time MBA Boston, MA	35%	—	680	3.30	120
University of Rochester Simon Business School Rochester, NY	35%	#46	680	3.30	95
SMU Cox School of Business Dallas, TX	35%	#43	685	3.34	105
BYU Marriott School of Business Provo, UT	35%	#34	695	3.50	140
Rutgers Business School Newark, NJ	35%	#36	680	3.30	115
Northeastern D'Amore-McKim School of Business Boston, MA	35%	#50	680	3.30	75
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 Davis Graduate School of Management Davis, CA	36%	#54	680	3.32	65
Marshall Online MBA Los Angeles, CA	38%	—	670	3.28	200
Tulane Freeman School of Business New Orleans, LA	38%	#44	678	3.30	75
Michigan State Broad College of Business East Lansing, MI	38%	#53	670	3.28	80
UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business Irvine, CA	38%	#55	678	3.30	95
Fordham Gabelli School of Business New York, NY	38%	#61	680	3.30	90
University of Illinois Gies College of Business Champaign, IL	38%	#73	675	3.30	60
University of Miami Herbert Business School Coral Gables, FL	38%	#75	675	3.28	105
Foster Online MBA Seattle, WA	38%	—	665	3.25	90
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
William & Mary Raymond A. Mason School of Business Williamsburg, VA	40%	#87	672	3.28	60
Carey Online MBA Phoenix, AZ	40%	—	660	3.25	250
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
Villanova School of Business Villanova, PA	40%	#62	670	3.28	48
University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business Boulder, CO	40%	#63	672	3.28	70
University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business Pittsburgh, PA	42%	#48	668	3.26	60
University of Connecticut School of Business Hartford, CT	42%	#59	665	3.26	55
University of Georgia Terry College of Business Athens, GA	42%	#65	665	3.26	60
University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Salt Lake City, UT	42%	#89	668	3.26	55
Thunderbird School of Global Management Phoenix, AZ	42%	#52	670	3.25	80
University of Arizona Eller College of Management Tucson, AZ	42%	#74	660	3.24	55
Purdue Krannert School of Management West Lafayette, IN	42%	#57	670	3.26	60
Gies iMBA (Online) Champaign, IL	45%	—	650	3.20	800
Warrington Online MBA Gainesville, FL	45%	—	650	3.18	180
Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business Roanoke, VA	45%	#58	660	3.24	40
University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business Knoxville, TN	45%	#67	658	3.24	50
University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business Eugene, OR	45%	#70	660	3.24	60
NC State Poole College of Management Raleigh, NC	45%	#78	658	3.24	50
Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business Santa Clara, CA	45%	#86	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
University of Alabama Manderson Graduate School of Business Tuscaloosa, AL	48%	#64	655	3.22	50
American University Kogod School of Business Washington, DC	48%	#83	650	3.20	45
Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business Chicago, IL	48%	#81	650	3.20	55
University of Denver Daniels College of Business Denver, CO	48%	#82	652	3.22	55
University at Buffalo School of Management Buffalo, NY	48%	#72	650	3.20	80
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
Graziadio Online MBA Malibu, CA	48%	—	640	3.15	90
University of San Diego School of Business San Diego, CA	50%	#85	650	3.20	40
Whitman Online MBA Syracuse, NY	50%	—	635	3.12	80
Syracuse Whitman School of Management Syracuse, NY	50%	#77	648	3.18	40
Drexel LeBow College of Business Philadelphia, PA	50%	#79	645	3.18	40
Lehigh University College of Business Bethlehem, PA	50%	#88	645	3.18	35
Clemson Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business Clemson, SC	50%	#66	650	3.20	35
University of Missouri Trulaske College of Business Columbia, MO	50%	#68	650	3.20	40
University of Kansas School of Business Lawrence, KS	52%	#71	645	3.18	40
Bentley University Graduate School of Business Waltham, MA	52%	#94	640	3.18	40
Loyola Marymount University College of Business Administration Los Angeles, CA	52%	#97	640	3.16	35
Xavier University Williams College of Business Cincinnati, OH	52%	#100	640	3.16	35
Baylor Hankamer School of Business Waco, TX	52%	#76	645	3.18	35
University of Arkansas Walton College of Business Fayetteville, AR	52%	#69	648	3.18	35
Saint Louis University Chaifetz School of Business St. Louis, MO	55%	#80	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
Chapman University Argyros School of Business and Economics Orange, CA	55%	#91	640	3.16	30
Harbert Online MBA Auburn, AL	55%	—	630	3.10	60
Creighton University Heider College of Business Omaha, NE	55%	#95	635	3.14	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
Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice Houston, TX	—	—	712	—	109
MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, MA	—	—	730	—	408

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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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