The Class Of 2016 By The Numbers

WOMEN GAINING GROUND

Perhaps the most refreshing report is all but two schools reported increases in women entering B-school this year. Berkeley had the largest increase, a ridiculously amazing jump to 43% from 29% a year earlier. Wharton, which had made a concerted effort in recent years to admit more women, has yet to report its class profile. But last year women made up 42% of Wharton’s incoming MBA class.

This year, among reporting schools, Harvard Business School, at 41%, and Yale, at 37%, come right after UC-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business in successfully enrolling women MBA students. Columbia Business School was not far behind, holding even from last year at 36%.

Other schools reporting significant increases are Emory and the University of Texas-Austin, each reporting six percentage point rises to 30% and 32%, respectively.

CLASS OF 2016 — WOMEN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

2013 P&Q Rank & School	2016 Women	2015 Women	2016 International	2015 International
1. Harvard	41%	41%	35%	34%
7. Columbia	36%	36%	41%	36%
8. Dartmouth (Tuck)	32%	32%	35%	31%
9. Duke (Fuqua)	35%	32%	41%	38%
10. UC-Berkeley (Haas)	43%	29%	43%	37%
13. Virginia (Darden)	32%	30%	37%	37%
17. Yale School of Management	37%	39%	39%	37%
18. UNC (Kenan-Flagler)	26%	27%	36%	28%
19. Texas-Austin (McCombs)	32%	26%	24%	19%
21. Emory (Goizueta)	30%	24%	43%	23%
22. Georgetown (McDonough)	32%	27%	41%	34%
24. Washington (Foster)	N/A	34%	40%	32%
25. Vanderbilt (Owen)	30%	31%	18%	20%