All Of The Data Behind P&Q’s 2025 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 is the five-year average percentage of MBAs going into VC and/or PE from the classes of 2019 to 2023.

Average Percentage of MBAs Going Into VC/PE

Category Rank School
VC/PE Average
1 London Business School 9.20%
2 University of Oregon (Lundquist) 8.00%
3 City St George’s, University of London (Bayes) 5.76%
4 IE Business School 4.82%
5 INSEAD 4.60%
6 Rice University (Jones) 4.42%
7 University of Michigan (Ross) 3.80%
8 Babson College 3.54%
9 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 3.40%
10 Georgetown University (McDonough) 3.32%
11 University of Texas at Austin (McCombs) 3.07%
12 University of Virginia (Darden) 3.06%
13 Brigham Young University (Marriott) 2.94%
14 Texas Christian University (Neeley) 2.84%
15 Esade Business School 2.80%
16 New York University (Stern) 2.72%
17 UCLA (Anderson) 2.54%
18 EDHEC Business School 2.38%
19 Duke University (Fuqua) 1.95%
20 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 1.91%
21 University of California-San Diego (Rady) 1.82%
22 DePaul University 1.08%
23 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 0.86%
24 Johnson Cornell Tech MBA 0.84%
25 Boston University (Questrom) 0.78%
26 Rutgers Business School 0.64%
27 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 0.44%
28 Arizona State University (W. P. Carey) 0.38%
29 Clemson University (Powers) 0.00%
29 ESMT Berlin 0.00%
29 University of Arizona (Eller) 0.00%

 

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 

Category Rank School
% Faculty Teaching
1 ESMT Berlin 50.00%
2 University of Virginia (Darden) 42.50%
3 IE Business School 40.00%
4 UCLA (Anderson) 38.00%
5 University of Michigan (Ross) 37.00%
6 Esade Business School 33.00%
7 Duke University (Fuqua) 32.40%
8 Clemson University (Powers) 32.00%
8 Johnson Cornell Tech MBA 32.00%
10 EDHEC Business School 29.60%
11 DePaul University 27.00%
12 Arizona State University (W. P. Carey) 26.00%
13 University of Oregon (Lundquist) 24.00%
14 Brigham Young University (Marriott) 22.10%
15 London Business School 22.00%
16 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 21.00%
17 University of Texas at Austin (McCombs) 20.00%
18 Boston University (Questrom) 19.35%
19 City St George’s, University of London (Bayes) 18.50%
20 Rice University (Jones) 18.40%
21 Babson College 17.00%
21 University of California-San Diego (Rady) 17.00%
23 INSEAD 16.00%
24 Texas Christian University (Neeley) 14.00%
25 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 11.00%
26 Georgetown University (McDonough) 7.90%
27 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 6.00%
28 University of Arizona (Eller) 5.00%
29 Rutgers Business School 4.95%
30 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 4.16%
31 New York University (Stern) 3.00%