Berkeley Haas MBA Class Of 2024 Profile: Big Class Size Drop, Big Gains For Women

Haas’ Eric Askins: “We are incredibly pleased with the community of students who have joined the program this year.”

HAAS MBA CLASS OF 2024 ACADEMIC MARKERS ARE STRONG

Another school record, but one that Askins and Haas are downplaying, is the new class’s Graduate Management Admission Test average of 729, which is up three points from last fall.

“The average GMAT of 729 is a reflection of the preparation of our student community,” Askins says. “While this is a higher figure than prior years, I’m no less proud than I was of the average 726 GMAT from the prior year. In both cases we had a median of 730 and a clear reminder that an average number isn’t always the best representative figure.” The school’s median GMAT score is once again 730 this year, and the 80% range is 700 to 760.

It was a good test-taking year for Haas admits because the school also reports a new high combined quant-verbal score of 326, with equal 163 scores on each section. That’s a 1-point improvement on the quant and a 2-point improvement on the verbal from last year.

Class undergraduate grade point average, meanwhile, was down slightly to 3.64 from 3.67, with a “middle 80%” range of 3.4 to 3.92.

Source: Berkeley Haas

FEW CHANGES IN UNDERGRAD MAJOR, PRE-MBA INDUSTRY CLASS MAKEUP

In terms of pre-MBA industries, in last year’s class, the Class of 2023, consultants accounted for 22% of the class, bankers were 17%, and techies were 12%, with health/pharma moving up from the previous year to account for 9%. This year, all of the big three ticked upward by 1 percentage point: consulting to 23%, finance to 18%, and tech to 13%. Healthcare/pharma stayed flat at 9%.

Top undergraduate majors for the Haas MBA Class of 2023 were engineering (24%) followed by economics (17%), business/commerce (15%), and social sciences (14%). This fall, engineering was 23%, economics and social sciences were even at 15%, and business/commerce shrank to 13%. See above for details.

“We are incredibly pleased with the community of students who have joined the program this year,” Askins says. “The diversity of professional experience, the wide range of undergraduate disciplines and the strong academic indicators are all highlights of this great class.”

See the Haas School of Business MBA class profile page for details.

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