Acceptance Rates At The Top 50 U.S. Schools

Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management saw the biggest decline in applications, more than 30%, and had one of the biggest jumps in acceptance rate, to 49.4% from 37.3% the year before. In the last two years Krannert’s app volume has declined 49%. Purdue photo

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