Spotlight on Women Applicants for MBA Programmes- Report by GMAC

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Graduate business schools that participated in this year's Application Trends Survey received a combined total of 121,413 applications from women, which represents 36 % of the collective applicant pool for the 2013-2014 academic year.

 

Unlike 2012, when women made notable inroads in applicant volume for several MBA and master's programmes, their share of the applicant pool this year contracted a bit, especially in professional MBA programmes and specialized master's programmes.

Only two program types saw an increase in the %age of women in this year's applicant pool compared with 2012. One is Master of Accounting programmes, in which women represent a majority (59%) of applicants for the incoming 2013-2014 class, up from 56% last year.

Additionally, a greater %age of master's programmes in IT management reported higher representation from women this year (45%) compared with 2012 (40%).

Spotlight on Women Applicants for MBA

Even though 2013 application volume trends for women mirrored the overall downward trend seen in some program volumes, anywhere from one-third to more than half of programmes in this year's study received increased applications from women. For several program types, the growth in application volume from women exceeded the growth seen in male application volume.

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