Acceptance Rates At The Top 50 MBA Programs by: John A. Byrne on April 12, 2017 | 81,945 Views April 12, 2017 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business has the lowest acceptance rate of any prestige full-time MBA program ACCEPTANCE RATES FOR LEADING BUSINESS SCHOOL MBA PROGRAMS P&Q Rank & School 2016 Accept Rate 2016 Apps 2016 Admits 2016 Enrolled 2015 Accept Rate 2015 Apps 2015 Admits 2015 Enrolled 1. Harvard 10.7% 9,759 1,042 934 10.7% 9,688 1,033 937 2. Stanford 6.0% 8,116 489 417 6.1% 7,899 485 407 3. Chicago 23.6% 4,117 973 586 24.4% 4,284 1,047 585 4. Kellogg 20.1% 4,553 917 474 20.6% 4,300 887 NA 4. Wharton 19.6% 6,679 1,306 851 19.8% 6,590 1,302 856 6. MIT 11.7% 5,707 669 409 14.6% 4,254 623 400 7. Tuck 22.4% 2,623 588 285 22.6% 2,585 584 286 8. Berkeley 12.0% 3,957 475 252 13.0% 3,506 455 246 9. Columbia 14.1% 5,534 783 558 18.0% 5,829 1,048 762 10. Yale 19.0% 3,649 692 334 20.7% 3,449 713 326 11. Duke 22.1% 3,737 827 446 23.1% 3,424 729 450 12. Darden 26.5% 2,524 668 345 27.8% 2,579 718 334 13. Michigan 26.3% 3,354 881 413 28.3% 3,207 907 407 14. Cornell 27.6% 1,947 537 279 32.4% 1,704 552 274 15. UCLA 20.7% 3,290 680 361 19.8% 3,533 699 372 16. UNC 36.4% 2,237 815 298 33.8% 2,357 797 276 17. NYU 23.1% 3,773 872 390 20.0% 3,696 740 340 18. Texas 28.0% 2,530 709 260 29.7% 2,266 674 265 19. Tepper 30.3% 1,615 490 207 30.6% 1,698 519 208 20. Emory 33.1% 1,343 445 181 30.0% 1,384 417 166 21. Indiana 31.4% 1,532 481 185 29.2% 1,471 430 186 22. Foster 23.9% 1,032 247 125 25.6% 1,045 267 128 23. Rice 26.6% 764 203 110 27.2% 775 211 116 24. Mendoza 41.0% 647 265 121 40.5% 692 280 122 25. Geotown 44.6% 1,911 852 287 44.3% 1,862 806 270 Source: P&Q analysis of publicly available data provided by schools to U.S. News DON’T MISS: AVERAGE GMAT SCORES FOR FOR THE TOP 50 U.S. BUSINESS SCHOOLS Previous Page Continue ReadingPage 3 of 4 1 2 3 4 Comments or questions about this article? Email us.