MBA Acceptance Rates 2026
MBA acceptance rates for 52 US business schools ranked from most to least selective. Tier analysis, class sizes, and GMAT medians for each program.
| School | Acceptance Rate | Tier | GMAT Median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford GSB | 6% | Ultra-Selective | 738 | #2 |
| Harvard | 11% | Ultra-Selective | 740 | #1 |
| MIT Sloan | 12% | Ultra-Selective | 730 | #4 |
| UC Berkeley Haas | 12% | Ultra-Selective | 727 | #8 |
| Yale SOM | 17% | Very Selective | 730 | #9 |
| Wharton | 18% | Very Selective | 733 | #3 |
| Kellogg | 20% | Very Selective | 727 | #7 |
| Chicago Booth | 21% | Selective | 732 | #6 |
| Duke Fuqua | 22% | Selective | 718 | #11 |
| Tuck | 23% | Selective | 724 | #10 |
| NYU Stern | 23% | Selective | 729 | #14 |
| UT Dallas Jindal | 24% | Selective | 660 | #38 |
| UVA Darden | 25% | Selective | 715 | #13 |
| Michigan Ross | 26% | Selective | 720 | #12 |
| UCLA Anderson | 26% | Selective | 714 | #16 |
| UCSD Rady | 27% | Selective | 660 | #30 |
| Cornell Johnson | 28% | Selective | 710 | #15 |
| UC Irvine Merage | 28% | Selective | 670 | #29 |
| USC Marshall | 29% | Selective | 707 | #18 |
| Columbia | 30% | Selective | 729 | #5 |
| CMU Tepper | 30% | Selective | 710 | #17 |
| Georgetown McDonough | 31% | Accessible | 705 | #19 |
| Washington Foster | 32% | Accessible | 700 | #24 |
| UC Davis | 32% | Accessible | 657 | #43 |
| MSU Broad | 32% | Accessible | 650 | #46 |
| Texas McCombs | 33% | Accessible | 704 | #20 |
| WashU Olin | 33% | Accessible | 690 | #22 |
| Indiana Kelley | 35% | Accessible | 693 | #21 |
| UNC Kenan-Flagler | 35% | Accessible | 695 | #22 |
| Maryland Smith | 35% | Accessible | 660 | #31 |
| Rice Jones | 36% | Accessible | 695 | #25 |
| Vanderbilt Owen | 36% | Accessible | 690 | #30 |
| Rochester Simon | 36% | Accessible | 662 | #33 |
| BC Carroll | 36% | Accessible | 638 | #42 |
| Emory Goizueta | 37% | Accessible | 690 | #23 |
| Wisconsin | 38% | Accessible | 670 | #27 |
| Georgia Tech Scheller | 38% | Accessible | 690 | #28 |
| Ohio State Fisher | 38% | Accessible | 685 | #32 |
| SMU Cox | 38% | Accessible | 678 | #36 |
| Minnesota Carlson | 40% | Accessible | 680 | #34 |
| BU Questrom | 40% | Accessible | 680 | #35 |
| Penn State Smeal | 42% | Accessible | 665 | #36 |
| Florida Warrington | 42% | Accessible | 670 | #37 |
| ASU W.P. Carey | 45% | Accessible | 670 | #35 |
| Purdue Krannert | 45% | Accessible | 660 | #38 |
| Notre Dame Mendoza | 46% | Accessible | 681 | #26 |
| Iowa Tippie | 50% | Accessible | 660 | #41 |
| Pitt Katz | 50% | Accessible | 615 | #48 |
| Pepperdine Graziadio | 54% | Accessible | 612 | #52 |
| Illinois Gies | 55% | Accessible | 600 | #44 |
| BYU Marriott | 70% | Accessible | 681 | #34 |
| Babson Olin | 70% | Accessible | 640 | #39 |