Acceptance Rates For The Top 50 U.S. Business Schools

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.

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