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%

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