All Of The Data Behind P&Q’s 2024 Top MBA Programs For Entrepreneurship

AVERAGE PERCENT OF STUDENTS ENTERING VC AND/OR PE (5%)

An entrepreneurial mindset isn’t just about launching a business or working at an early-stage startup. Evaluating ventures is another piece. So, we also include the average percentage of MBAs entering venture capital and/or private equity jobs.

The data below are the average percentage of MBAs going into VC and/or PE from the classes of 2018 to 2022.

Average Percentage of MBAs Going Into VC/PE (2018-2022)
	School	VC Average
1	London Business School	9.00%
2	City University of London (Bayes)	4.24%
3	Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)	3.80%
4	Babson College	3.46%
5	IE Business School	3.11%
6	Georgetown University (McDonough)	3.02%
7	University of Michigan (Ross)	3.00%
8	University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)	2.96%
9	Yale University School of Management	2.62%
10	University of Virginia Darden School of Business	2.60%
11	University of California-Los Angeles (Anderson)	2.58%
12	New York University (Stern)	2.54%
13	Rice University (Jones)	2.40%
14	Brigham Young University	2.30%
15	Texas Christian University (Neeley)	2.20%
16	Esade Business School	1.98%
17	University of California-San Diego (Rady)	1.64%
18	Depaul University	1.60%
19	Duke University (Fuqua)	1.51%
20	Southern Methodist University (Cox)	1.20%
21	Boston University (Questrom)	0.91%
22	University of Minnesota (Carlson)	0.84%
23	Rutgers Business School	0.64%
24	ESMT Berlin	0.40%
25	Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	0.34%
26	Clemson University (Powers)	0.00%
27	Arizona State University (W. P. Carey)	0.00%
28	University of Arizona (Eller)	0%

PERCENT OF MBA FACULTY TEACHING IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP OR INNOVATION (5%)

Given a 5% weight is the percentage of MBA faculty teaching at least one entrepreneurship or innovation-focused course during the most recent academic year.

Percentage of MBA Faculty Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2022-2023)
	School	% of Faculty
1	University of Arizona (Eller)	100%
2	ESMT Berlin	59.00%
3	University of California-Los Angeles (Anderson)	37.50%
4	Clemson University (Powers)	37.00%
5	University of Virginia Darden School of Business	36.20%
6	Esade Business School	36.00%
7	London Business School	33.50%
8	Arizona State University (W. P. Carey)	33.00%
9	IE Business School	31.00%
10	Babson College	30.00%
11	University of Michigan (Ross)	30.00%
12	Depaul University	30.00%
13	Yale University School of Management	28.00%
14	Duke University (Fuqua)	25.00%
15	Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)	24.00%
16	Boston University (Questrom)	21.90%
17	Brigham Young University	20.30%
18	Texas Christian University (Neeley)	19.60%
19	University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)	19.35%
20	Rice University (Jones)	16.00%
21	Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	10.00%
22	Georgetown University (McDonough)	8.20%
23	University of California-San Diego (Rady)	8.00%
24	Southern Methodist University (Cox)	6.00%
25	City University of London (Bayes)	5.10%
26	University of Minnesota (Carlson)	4.10%
27	Rutgers Business School	3.92%
28	New York University (Stern)	3.00%

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