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
26. USC	31.6%	1,648	520	222	36.0%	1,501	540	214
27. Rice	26.2%	763	200	109	29.5%	638	188	105
28. Ohio State	31.2%	658	205	119	32.1%	638	205	117
29. Wisconsin	29.3%	473	137	100	33.0%	460	152	101
30. Maryland	28.7%	830	238	88	36.4%	626	104
31. BYU	53.8%	394	212	150	62.1%	317	197	145
32. Penn State	24.0%	541	130	80	26.8%	526	141	77
33. Rochester	32.1%	661	212	60	32.5%	674	219	65
34. Texas A&M	23.6%	525	124	58	21.4%	566	121	58
35. Mich State	28.5%	459	131	79	34.1%	452	154	71
36. Minnesota	38.7%	635	246	107	43.9%	565	248	113
37. Notre Dame	34.8%	735	256	129	39.7%	740	294	136
38. GA Tech	22.7%	427	97	63	28.3%	350	99	65
39. Purdue	28.7%	581	167	82	29.9%	576	172	92
40. Illinois	25.5%	683	174	82	25.7%	690	177	79
41. Arizona State	24.5%	477	117	67	33.6%	333	112	74
42. Boston U	30.5%	1,123	343	133	31.3%	1,174	367	143
43. Pittsburgh	24.9%	535	133	81	27.0%	NA	NA	NA
44. UC-Davis	15.3%	359	55	44	NA	NA	NA	NA
45. Wake Forest	39.9%	268	107	48	42.0%	317	133	52
46. UC-Irvine	22.7%	866	197	102	27.1%	819	222	88
47. SMU	49.0%	494	242	89	49.0%	551	270	118
48. Boston College	41.6%	620	258	98	38.0%	694	264	100
49. Iowa	36.7%	384	141	62	45.4%	240	109	53
50. Georgia	33.7%	291	98	46	44.8%	212	95	49

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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