Tuck | Mr. Invest In Change
GMAT 710, GPA 3.1
Tuck | Mr. Chemical Engineer
GRE 326, GPA 3
INSEAD | Mr. Future AI Product Manager
GMAT 715, GPA 3.7
NYU Stern | Mr. Operations Strategy & Youth Leadership
GMAT 770, GPA 4
IE Business School | Mr. JD Garay
GRE GPA: 3.9, GPA 3.0
Kellogg SOM | Mr. Military To Entrepreneur
GMAT 745, GPA 2.38
London Business School | Mr. Decarbonisation
GMAT 695, GPA 3.5
Kellogg SOM | Mr. MENA Growth Equity
GMAT 730, GPA 3.4
Kellogg SOM | Mr. West Point Logistics
GRE 327, GPA 2.76
Harvard | Mr. Energy & AI PM
GRE 328, GPA 9.65
Tepper | Mr. Tech Mil-Veteran
GMAT TBD, GPA 3.35
Columbia | Mr. European MBB Consultant
GMAT 645 (Gmat Focus), GPA 8.2
MIT Sloan | Mr. Startup Strategy
GMAT 720, GPA 3.7
Stanford GSB | Mr. Mid-Market PE
GMAT 770, GPA 4
Stanford GSB | Mr. MBB Guy From Big 4 & Startup
GRE 325, GPA 3

OMBA Ranking 2026: GMAT & GRE Data From Top Online MBA Programs

by: Kristy Bleizeffer on January 16, 2026 | 384 Views

GMAT, GRE REPORTING AT RANKED ONLINE MBAs

Despite its fading relevance, GMAT and GRE requirements and average scores are still among the stats a prospective student look at when narrowing their target list of preferred online MBA programs. A strong score is considered an indicator of eventual MBA success. Students want to know the number to shoot for, and the quality of the cohort to which they, hopefully, will be admitted.

According to data submitted to P&Q, 43 of 61 ranked programs are now test optional, but several allow students to submit scores to make their applications of stronger.

2026 Rank

School

Average GMAT

% Reporting GMAT

Average GRE

% Reporting GRE

GMAT/GRE Required?
1 Indiana University (Kelley) 681 3% 320 1.0% Test Optional
2 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 579 4% 311 14.0% Yes
3 University of Michigan (Ross) 694 6% 317 4.0% Yes
4 University of Washington (Foster) 664 5.26% 157 5.3% Test Optional
5 Hofstra University (Zarb) N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes
6 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 704 14% 322 10.0% Yes
7 Auburn University (Harbert) 635 1% 319 1.0% Test Optional
8 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business 680 1% 305 4% Test Optional
9 Jack Welch Management Institute N/A 0% N/A 0.0% Yes
10 University of Florida (Warrington) N/A 0% N/A 0.0% Test Optional
11 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) NA 3% NA 0.0% Test Optional
12 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 630 0.80% 314 1.2% Yes
13 University of Utah (Eccles) N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes
14 Wake Forest University NR 2% NR 4.0% Test Optional
15 Villanova University 584 5.08% 313 8.5% Test Optional
16 Lehigh University N/A 1.54% N/A 4.6% Test Optional
17 Fairfield University (Dolan) N/A N/A N/A 0.0% Yes
18 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
19 Bryant University N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
20 Rice University (Jones) 703 1% 314 1.0% Yes
21 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 615 0.60% N/A N/A Yes
22 North Carolina State University (Poole) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
23 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
24 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 605 3% 310 1.0% Yes
25 University of Connecticut N/A 0% N/A 0.0% Test Optional
26 University of Iowa (Tippie) 638 <1% 159 1.0% Test Optional
27 University of South Florida (Muma) 593 1% 306 6.0% Yes
28 Clemson University N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
29 University of Denver (Daniels) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
30 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 558 13% 310 7.0% Yes
31 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) N/A 0% N/A 0.0% Test Optional
32 University of Delaware (Lerner) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
33 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 630 0.80% 307 0.8% Test Optional
34 Baylor University (Hankamer) N/A 0% N/A 0.0% Test Optional
35 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
36 University of Maryland (Smith) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
37 Syracuse University (Whitman) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
38 William & Mary (Mason) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
39 University of Michigan-Dearborn N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
40 San Jose State University (Lucas) NA NA NA NA Test Optional
41 American University (Kogod) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
42 Longwood University N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
43 Ohio University N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
44 Rogers State University N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
45 Southern Methodist University (Cox) N/A N/A 300 2.5% Test Optional
46 University of Massachusetts Lowell (Manning) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
47 University of California-Davis N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
48 MIssissippi State University N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
49 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 655 0.50% 301 1.9% Test Optional
50 Creighton University (Heider) 675 1% 327 4.0% Yes
51 Florida International University 350 1% 147 3.0% Yes
52 Temple University (Fox) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
53 SUNY Oswego N/A 0% N/A 0.0% Test Optional
54 Drexel University (LeBow) NA NA NA NA Test Optional
55 University of Missouri (Trulaske) N/A 0% 310 3.0% Test Optional
56 George Mason University (Costello) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
57 Seattle University (Albers) 595 2% 310 2.0% Test Optional
58 University of Houston (Bauer) 645 5% 307 5.0% Yes
59 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Rollins) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
60 Kennesaw State University (Coles) N/A N/A N/A N/A Test Optional
61 University of North Texas (Ryan) 555 1% 301 4.0% Yes

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