Those Pesky GPA & GMAT Averages

GPAs & GMATs For The Top 26-50 U.S. Business Schools

Rank & School             GMAT      Range           GPA      Range             Selectivity
26. Wisconsin 675 610 — 740 3.32 2.82 — 3.88 33.3%
27. Minnesota 692 630 — 740 3.40 2.83 — 3.94 43.4%
28. Ohio State 668 590 — 720 3.38 2.92 — 3.81 31.8%
29. Washington Univ. 698 640 — 750 3.43 3.00 — 3.85 34.1%
30. Rice 673 590 — 750 3.40 2.80 — 3.90 27.0%
31. Maryland 656 598 — 712 3.30 2.70 — 3.84 43.7%
32. Texas A&M 649 570 — 710 3.40 3.00 — 3.90 25.1%
33. Washington 670 610 — 720 3.37 2.92 — 3.81 43.4%
34. Penn State 643 560 — 720 3.23 2.60 — 3.80 29.5%
35. Boston University 680 620 — 740 3.35 2.87 — 3.71 32.6%
36. Brigham Young 672 610 — 730 3.50 3.03 — 3.86 54.2%
37. Rochester 680 620 — 720 3.45 3.00 — 3.93 34.3%
38. Wake Forest 648 580 — 710 3.25 2.69 — 3.77 53.6%
39. Purdue 643 540 — 702 3.23 2.84 — 3.74 44.8%
40. Georgia Tech 678 620 — 740 3.38 2.85 — 3.88 38.1%
41. Michigan State 641 557 — 720 3.30 2.80 — 3.80 40.8%
42. Iowa 665 620 — 710 3.35 2.90 — 3.71 42.0%
43. Illinois 650 570 — 710 3.20 2.67 — 3.65 31.9%
44. Boston College 666 600 — 710 3.41 2.95 — 3.84 34.8%
45. Babson 618 530 — 710 3.23 2.58 — 3.74 72.8%
46. Arizona State 676 606 — 730 3.40 2.98 — 3.89 36.0%
47. SMU 639 570 — 710 3.40 2.80 — 3.80 49.5%
48. UC-Irvine 657 600 — 720 3.35 2.95 — 3.78 33.4%
49. Georgia 637 560 — 710 3.21 2.76 — 3.73 39.2%
50. Northeastern 643 578 — 710 3.27 2.78 — 3.86 28.4%

Source: Business schools ranked by PoetsandQuants and reporting to U.S. News & World Report for the Class of 2014, GMAT & GPA average numbers, GMAT and GPA ranges are for the middle 80th percentile

Notes: * HBS has reported a 730 median for the Class of 2015, with a top-to-bottom range of 550 to 780 for admitted students.

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