GRE Scores & Submission Rates At The Top 50 U.S. MBA Programs

GRE Scores At The Top 50 U.S. MBA Programs

Graduate Record Exam submission rates leveled off at the top 50 U.S. B-schools in 2022 — but resumed their advance in 2023 at more than half of the schools analyzed by P&Q

GRE SUBMISSION RATES AT THE LEADING U.S. B-SCHOOLS, 2017 TO 2023

2024 P&Q Rank	School	% GRE 2023	% GRE 2022	% GRE 2021	% GRE 2020	% GRE 2019	% GRE 2018	% GRE 2017	2-Year Trend	7-Year Trend
1	Stanford GSB	39%	33%	24%	25%	19%	18%	16%	+6	+23
2	Harvard Business School	34%	30%	29%	22%	20%	15%	12%	+4	+22
3	Dartmouth (Tuck)	42%	38%	37%	39%	21%	15%	15%	+4	+27
4	Columbia Business School	26%	26%	23%	24%	16%	9%	7%	Even	+19
5	Yale SOM	37%	39%	36%	35%	26%	25%	NA	-2	NA
6	Duke (Fuqua)	37%	36%	33%	38%	23%	14%	11%	+1	+26
7	Cornell (Johnson)	16%	22%	19%	18%	18%	14%	11%	-6	+5
8	Virginia (Darden)	34%	36%	38%	28%	23%	18%	8%	-2	+26
9	Michigan (Ross)	36%	30%	33%	37%	34%	24%	19%	+6	+17
10	New York (Stern)	22%	21%	18%	23%	18%	19%	12%	+1	+10
11	Chicago (Booth)	32%	NA	18%	17%	13%	NA	NA	NA	NA
12	Northwestern (Kellogg)	29%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
13	UCLA (Anderson)	32%	22%	19%	14%	10%	9%	10%	+10	+22
14	MIT (Sloan)	34%	32%	24%	NA	24%	NA	18%	+2	+16
15	UC-Berkeley (Haas)	53%	45%	36%	35%	21%	11%	10%	+8	+43
16	Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)	24%	17%	17%	11%	19%	14%	11%	+7	+13
17	Washington (Foster)	32%	9%	36%	27%	21%	16%	17%	+23	+15
18	Rice (Jones)	31%	7%	35%	29%	31%	22%	12%	+24	+19
19	Texas-Austin (McCombs)	30%	40%	42%	38%	33%	23%	18%	-10	+12
20	North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	23%	19%	26%	22%	48%	30%	20%	+4	+3
21	Vanderbilt (Owen)	23%	22%	23%	19%	16%	12%	13%	+1	+10
22	Southern California (Marshall)	33%	33%	31%	25%	29%	20%	21%	Even	+12
23	Emory (Goizueta)	24%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	13%	NA	+11
24	Georgetown (McDonough)	37%	49%	48%	54%	43%	33%	28%	-12	+9
25	Florida (Hough)	6%	46%	62%	45%	50%	24%	21%	-40	-15
26	Rochester (Simon)	27%	16%	19%	23%	27%	20%	23%	+11	+4
27	Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)	30%	26%	20%	26%	29%	35%	25%	+4	+5
28	Washington (Olin)	27%	47%	70%	71%	49%	50%	27%	-20	Even
29	Georgia (Terry)	32%	38%	32%	42%	34%	33%	33%	-6	-1
30	Notre Dame (Mendoza)	27%	16%	17%	37%	24%	13%	20%	+11	+7
31	Pennsylvania (Wharton)	37%	30%	24%	NA	15%	10%	11%	+7	+16
32	Brigham Young (Marriott)	8%	NA	NA	NA	19%	NA	NA	NA	NA
33	Texas-Dallas (Jindal)	41%	44%	33%	36%	62%	40%	45%	-3	-4
34	William & Mary (Mason)	13%	15%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	-2	NA
35	Arizona State (Carey)	30%	37%	46%	48%	43%	40%	30%	-7	Even
36	Boston (Carroll)	20%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
37	Indiana (Kelley)	13%	20%	15%	26%	23%	14%	10%	-7	+3
38	Michigan State (Broad)	14%	5%	14%	23%	14%	29%	8%	+9	+6
39	Maryland (Smith)	16%	18%	22%	28%	33%	38%	31%	-2	-15
40	UC-Irvine (Merage)	6%	29%	12%	7%	20%	11%	14%	-23	-8
41	Boston (Questrom)	28%	18%	29%	49%	52%	45%	29%	+10	-1
42	George Washington	12%	23%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	-11	NA
43	Texas A&M (Mays)	39%	39%	38%	29%	39%	36%	33%	Even	+6
44	Minnesota (Carlson)	11%	15%	20%	36%	30%	24%	22%	-4	-11
45	UC-Davis	22%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
46	Southern Methodist (Cox)	22%	23%	20%	31%	40%	47%	20%	-1	+2
47	Northeastern (D’Amore-McKim)	7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
48	Babson (Olin)	11%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
49	Rutgers Business School	15%	6%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	+9	NA
50	Ohio State (Fisher)	33%	23%	44%	53%	35%	31%	45%	+10	-12
52	Pittsburgh (Katz)	25%	23%	24%	58%	34%	22%	29%	+2	-4
53	Wisconsin	15%	21%	30%	15%	16%	10%	12%	-6	+3
55	Utah (Eccles)	24%	38%	40%	12%	NA	NA	NA	-14	NA
59	Penn State (Smeal)	NA	22%	33%	19%	35%	26%	24%	NA	NA

Source: U.S. News and business schools

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