First-Gen, LGBTQ, Military & More: Key MBA Class Profile Data At The Top U.S. B-Schools

KEY MBA CLASS PROFILE DATA AT THE  TOP U.S. B-SCHOOLS

2024 P&Q Rank School Average Age Years Work Experience (2022 in Brackets) First-Generation College Students (2022) Hold Advanced Degrees (2022) LGBTQ+ (2022) Military/Veterans* (2022) Class of 2025 Size (Class of 2024)
1 Stanford GSB NA 5.0 (4.9) 11% (12%) 17% (13%) NA (NA) NA (4%) 431 (424)
2 Harvard Business School NA 4.9 (5.0) 11% (13%) NA (NA) NA (NA) 6% (4%) 938 (1,015)
3 Dartmouth (Tuck) NA 5.8 (5.6) 19% (11%) 13% (12%) 10% (7%) NA (NA) 297 (287)
4 Columbia 28 5.0 (5.0) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) 5%** (5%) 683 (629)
5 Yale SOM NA 5.1 (4.7) 16% (17%) NA (NA) 13% (12%) NA (NA) 339 (347)
6 Duke (Fuqua) NA 6.1 (6.0) 18% (NA) 21% (18%) NA (NA) 19% (9%) 385 (399)
7 Cornell (Johnson) 28 5.4 (5.5) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) 10% (13%) 283 (303)
8 Virginia (Darden) NA 5.9 (5.8) 21% (16%) 17% (19%) 7% (NA) 14% (8%) 352 (348)
9 Michigan (Ross) NA 5.8 (5.6) 17% (14%) NA (NA) 10% (9%) 8% (7%) 376 (378)
10 NYU (Stern) 28 5.2 (5.0) NA (NA) NA (NA) 13% (9%) 13% (11%) 327 (324)
11 Chicago (Booth) 28 5.0 (5.0) 12% (11%) 19% (17%) 12% (7%) 11% (8%) 657 (634)
12 Northwestern (Kellogg) NA 5.2 (5.1) 13% (NA) NA (NA) 9% (8%) 3% (4%) 529 (503)
13 UCLA (Anderson) 29 5.7 (6.0) NA (NA) NA (NA) 4.7% (NA) 4% (NA) 296 (322)
14 MIT (Sloan) NA 5.0 (5.0) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) 409 (408)
15 UC-Berkeley (Haas) NA 5.8 (5.6) 20% (13%) NA (NA) 14% (16%) 7% (4%) 244 (247)
16 CMU (Tepper) 29 5.8 (5.8) NA (NA) NA (NA) 7% (8%) 8% (5%) 171 (192)
17 Washington (Foster) 29 6.0 (6.0) 19% (NA) 21% (NA) 9% (NA) 18% (9%) 111 (96)
18 Rice (Jones)t NA 5.3 (NA) 26% (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) 157 (160)
19 Texas-Austin (McCombs) 29 5.9 (5.7) 20% (11%) 17% (13%) NA (NA) 14% (13%) 241 (220)
20 UNC (Kenan-Flagler) 28 5.0 (5.0) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) 14% (9%) 253 (242)
21 Vanderbilt (Owen) NA 5.6 (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) 16% (NA) 160 (147)
22 USC (Marshall) 29 5.5 (5.5) NA (NA) NA (NA) 9% (NA) 12% (5%**) 199 (190)
23 Emory (Goizueta) NA 6.0 (5.7) NA (NA) NA (NA) 9% (NA) NA (NA) 125 (113)
24 Georgetown (McDonough) 29 5.5 (5.7) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) 11% (9%) 258 (249)
25 Florida (Warrington) NA 4.0 (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) 18 (24)
28 Washington (Olin) 28 4.6 (4.2) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) 15% (NA) 83 (89)
30 Georgia (Terry) 25 4.8 (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) 6% (NA) 65 (46)
31 Penn (Wharton) NA 5.0 (5.0) 11% (11%) NA (NA) 11% (8%) NA (NA) 874 (894)
37 Indiana (Kelley) 30 6.4 (6.0) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) NA (NA) 96 (125)
* Includes U.S. service members (Active Duty and Reserve) and veterans
** Listed as Military/Government
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