Acceptance Rates For The Top 50 U.S. Business Schools by: John A. Byrne on March 26, 2015 | 100,267 Views March 26, 2015 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Acceptance Rates & Application Volume At Top 50 U.S. MBA Programs P&Q Rank & School 2014 Accept Rate 2014 Apps 2014 Admits 2014 Enrolled 2013 Accept Rate 2013 Apps 2013 Admits 2013 Enrolled 1. Stanford 7.1% 7,355 521 410 6.8% 7,108 483 406 2. Harvard 11.0% 9,543 1,053 935 11.3% 9,315 1,050 932 3. Wharton 20.7% 6,111 1,263 859 18.7% 6,498 1,217 837 4. Chicago 23.5% 4,175 982 583 21.0% 4,430 929 581 5. Columbia 18.2% 5,799 1,056 743 18.1% 5,765 1,044 749 6. Kellogg 23.2% 4,652 1,081 691 21.6% 5,453 1,177 646 7. MIT 13.8% 4,735 652 406 13.1% 4,529 593 406 8. Tuck 22.1% 2,434 538 281 20.8% 2,680 558 277 9. Duke 25.1% 3,453 865 440 26.5% 3,150 834 433 10. Berkeley 13.2% 3,475 459 241 14.3% 3,422 488 251 11. Michigan 35.9%* 2,443 878* 447 33.7% 2,647 893 455 12. Yale 23.7% 2,756 652 323 21.3% 2,826 601 291 13. Darden 26.0% 2,717 707 324 25.1% 2,721 682 316 14. UCLA 17.8% 4,129 734 354 22.3% 3,124 697 356 15. Cornell 30.0% 1,858 557 293 22.1% 2,356 521 289 16. NYU 18.1% 3,890 706 344 16.0% 3,661 587 313 17. Tepper 31.2% 1,411 440 205 32.0% 1,411 451 201 18. UNC 38.8% 1,912 741 281 43.8% 1,494 655 278 19. Texas 28.5% 2,130 608 270 32.6% 1,951 637 275 20. Emory 30.7% 1,334 409 178 31.2% 1,168 364 157 20. Indiana 33.1% 1,232 408 186 38.9% 1,034 402 204 22.Georgetown 47.4% 1,649 782 270 52.8% 1,351 713 270 23. Foster 22.9% 1,025 235 105 45.1% 596 269 139 24. Olin 26.7% 1,685 450 139 29.9% 1,404 420 142 25. Owen 41.3% 888 367 169 38.1% 1,059 404 166 Source: P&Q analysis of publicly available data provided by schools to U.S. News Note: An asterisk indicates an estimate by P&Q. Michigan’s Ross School was the only MBA program out of the top 50 that failed to provide acceptance rate data to U.S. News. DON’T MISS: AVERAGE GMAT SCORES AT THE TOP 50 U.S.BUSINESS SCHOOLS & AVERAGE MBA PAY AT THE TOP 50 U.S. BUSINESS SCHOOLS Previous Page Continue ReadingPage 3 of 4 1 2 3 4