MBA programmes in the US can be ranked by a number of factors. These factors include average starting salary after graduation, acceptance rate, academic reputation, and student satisfaction to sort schools and create rankings.
If you have applied for a business school in the US and wondering about your chances at the top MBA programmes? The first check is to look into the average GMAT scores of the top schools and see how close you are.
For admissions to any programmes, the admissions officers look at the whole application, not just your GMAT score. However, if your GMAT score is not anywhere close to a school's average GMAT, then the odds are against you.
Below is the list of 30 business schools of America with the average GMAT scores. Also, we provide you the rankings given to these schools as per the U.S. News Ranking.
Name of the Business School | Average GMAT Score | U.S. News Ranking |
Stanford University | 730 | Rank 1 |
Harvard University | 724 | Rank 1 |
University of Chicago (Booth) | 719 | Rank 6 |
New York University (Stern) | 719 | Rank 10 |
Yale University | 719 | Rank 13 |
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 718 | Rank 3 |
Tuck School of Business | 718 | Rank 9 |
Columbia University | 716 | Rank 8 |
University of California - Berkeley | 715 | Rank 7 |
Northwestern University (Kellogg) | 712 | Rank 4 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) | 710 | Rank 4 |
University of California-Los Angeles (Anderson) | 704 | Rank 14 |
Ross School of Business | 703 | Rank 14 |
University of Virginia Darden School of Business | 701 | Rank 12 |
Olin Business School, Washington University | 696 | Rank 21 |
Owen Graduate School of Management | 695 | Rank 30 |
McCombs School of Business, University of Texas | 692 | Rank 17 |
The University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business | 692 | Rank 27 |
Johnson Graduate School of Management - Cornell University | 691 | Rank 16 |
University of California, Davis | 690 | Rank 40 |
Duke University's Fuqua School of Business | 689 | Rank 11 |
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School | 689 | Rank 20 |
USC Marshall School of Business | 687 | Rank 26 |
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University | 686 | Rank 19 |
McDonough School of Business - Georgetown University | 686 | Rank 25 |
Carlson School of Management - University of Minnesota | 686 | Rank 23 |
Boston University | 684 | Rank 40 |
Emory University Goizueta Business School | 681 | Rank 18 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison | 680 | Rank 34 |
University of Florida: Hough Graduate School of Business | 678 | Rank 36 |