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%

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