Acceptance Rates & Yield At The Top 50 U.S. MBA Programs

Acceptance rates rose at elite U.S. B-schools in 2022, but across all 50 P&Q-ranked schools the average rate was similar to 2021 — and some schools got much more selective

by: Marc Ethier on September 01, 2023 | 8 minute read

Acceptance Rates, Yield & More At The Top 50 U.S. MBA Programs

Harvard Business School boasted the highest yield in 2022: 85.5%. Brigham Young University Marriott Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business were second and third, both at just over 80%; no other school had as much as 70% yield, which is the percentage of admits who actually enroll

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