Accepted’s Selectivity Index is designed to help you assess your competitiveness as a candidate at top MBA programs. The tool allows you to compare key admissions criteria for different business schools, including mean GMAT/GRE score, average GPA, and acceptance rate, providing valuable insight into the relative difficulty of gaining admission at your target programs and positioning you to make more-informed application decisions.
| Name | U.S. News Ranking 2023–2024 | Total Full-Time Enrollment | Average GMAT Score | Average Undergrad GPA | Acceptance Rate | Selectivity Score | Selectivity Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | 6 | 862 | 737 | 3.76 | 8.60% | 2,533 | 100 |
| Harvard University | 5 | 2,025 | 730 | 3.7 | 14.40% | 2,312 | 91.3 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) | 4 | 858 | 724 | 3.59 | 14.80% | 2,214 | 87.4 |
| University of California - Berkeley (Haas) | 11 | 562 | 729 | 3.64 | 19.60% | 2,133 | 84.2 |
| Columbia University | 11 | 1,448 | 732 | 3.6 | 19.70% | 2,116 | 83.5 |
| University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 3 | 1,788 | 733 | 3.6 | 22.80% | 2,037 | 80.4 |
| New York University (Stern) | 10 | 678 | 733 | 3.62 | 27.10% | 1,934 | 76.4 |
| Arizona State University (W.P. Carey) | 35 | 115 | 684 | 3.4 | 18.00% | 1,907 | 75.3 |
| Yale University | 8 | 784 | 723 | 3.64 | 27.60% | 1,905 | 75.2 |
| University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Ross) | 8 | 754 | 720 | 3.47 | 28.10% | 1,796 | 70.9 |
| University of Chicago (Booth) | 1 | 1,281 | 729 | 3.56 | 30.00% | 1,816 | 71.7 |
| Duke University (Fuqua) | 11 | 858 | 718 | 3.46 | 20.50% | 1,975 | 78 |
| Northwestern University (Kellogg) | 2 | 1,423 | 729 | 3.7 | 31.40% | 1,850 | 73.1 |
| University of Southern California (Marshall) | 15 | 405 | 732 | 3.58 | 24.80% | 1,971 | 77.8 |
| Northeastern University (School of Business) | 81 | 129 | 658 | 3.42 | 15.90% | 1,893 | 74.7 |
| Pennsylvania State University - University Park (Smeal) | 37 | 96 | 663 | 3.38 | 18.50% | 1,826 | 72.1 |
| University of Florida (Warrington) | 40 | 68 | 690 | 3.49 | 36.10% | 1,539 | 60.8 |
| University of Rochester (Simon) | 27 | 216 | 678 | 3.54 | 14.70% | 2,047 | 80.8 |
| Dartmouth College (Tuck) | 6 | 592 | 726 | 3.53 | 33.40% | 1,707 | 67.4 |
| Ohio State University (Fisher) | 44 | 115 | 672 | 3.38 | 15.10% | 1,928 | 76.1 |
| University of Virginia (Darden) | 14 | 699 | 720 | 3.51 | 34.20% | 1,663 | 65.7 |
| Southern Methodist University (Cox) | 33 | 124 | 694 | 3.41 | 30.80% | 1,638 | 64.7 |
| University of California - Los Angeles (Anderson) | 19 | 689 | 708 | 3.41 | 37.60% | 1,507 | 59.5 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) | 26 | 156 | 690 | 3.24 | 32.30% | 1,514 | 59.8 |
| Cornell University (Johnson) | 15 | 587 | 707 | 3.3 | 31.20% | 1,605 | 63.4 |
| University of California - Irvine (Merage) | 37 | 91 | 652 | 3.44 | 20.60% | 1,781 | 70.3 |
| Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | 18 | 430 | 702 | 3.33 | 28.80% | 1,664 | 65.7 |
| University of California - Davis | 55 | 81 | 657 | 3.5 | 21.50% | 1,805 | 71.3 |
| University of Texas - Dallas | 27 | 95 | 689 | 3.7 | 34.00% | 1,683 | 66.4 |
| University of Texas - Austin (McCombs) | 20 | 478 | 706 | 3.5 | 34.10% | 1,628 | 64.3 |
| University of Arizona (Eller) | 53 | 59 | 673 | 3.47 | 28.90% | 1,660 | 65.6 |
| University of Washington (Foster) | 20 | 221 | 703 | 3.3 | 28.10% | 1,668 | 65.9 |
| Indiana University (Kelley) | 22 | 281 | 685 | 3.38 | 23.50% | 1,771 | 69.9 |
| Boston University (Questrom) | 51 | 323 | 683 | 3.31 | 27.50% | 1,639 | 64.7 |
| Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) | 37 | 177 | 670 | 3.4 | 25.50% | 1,697 | 67 |
| University of Massachusetts - Amherst (Isenberg) | 86 | 60 | 638 | 3.45 | 28.50% | 1,574 | 62.1 |
| University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (Carlson) | 31 | 153 | 682 | 3.47 | 37.80% | 1,472 | 58.1 |
| Rice University (Jones) | 24 | 329 | 702 | 3.43 | 42.80% | 1,377 | 54.4 |
| George Washington University | 59 | 119 | 669 | 3.36 | 28.40% | 1,609 | 63.5 |
| Texas Christian University (Neeley) | 50 | 65 | 617 | 3.36 | 23.70% | 1,582 | 62.5 |
| University of Georgia (Terry) | 31 | 109 | 672 | 3.55 | 33.70% | 1,582 | 62.4 |
| CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College (Zicklin) | 49 | 74 | 595 | 3.41 | 50.40% | 1,006 | 39.7 |
| North Carolina State University (Poole) | 78 | 75 | 554 | 3.42 | 34.10% | 1,249 | 49.3 |
| University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) | 22 | 542 | 706 | 3.4 | 35.90% | 1,539 | 60.7 |
| University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) | 30 | 281 | 673 | 3.3 | 32.70% | 1,495 | 59 |
| Texas A&M University - College Station (Mays) | 45 | 91 | 660 | 3.35 | 42.20% | 1,278 | 50.5 |
| Vanderbilt University (Owen) | 27 | 329 | 690 | 3.28 | 39.90% | 1,360 | 53.7 |
| University of Alabama (Manderson) | 55 | 372 | 653 | 3.7 | 46.20% | 1,300 | 51.3 |
| University of Connecticut | 93 | 42 | 520 | 3.36 | 93.30% | 117 | 4.6 |
| Michigan State University (Broad) | 33 | 133 | 658 | 3.4 | 23.00% | 1,723 | 68 |
| Georgetown University (McDonough) | 24 | 519 | 697 | 3.29 | 50.90% | 1,126 | 44.5 |
| University of Maryland - College Park (Smith) | 42 | 94 | 663 | 3.5 | 35.50% | 1,497 | 59.1 |
| Rutgers, State University of NJ - Newark and New Brunswick | 45 | 61 | 668 | 3.25 | 26.10% | 1,604 | 63.3 |
| Auburn University (Harbert) | 78 | 77 | 603 | 3.56 | 51.50% | 1,041 | 41.1 |
| University of Wisconsin - Madison | 40 | 155 | 665 | 3.36 | 39.30% | 1,356 | 53.5 |
| University of Tennessee - Knoxville (Haslam) | 55 | 97 | 680 | 3.45 | 64.00% | 845 | 33.3 |
| Emory University (Goizueta) | 17 | 276 | 700 | 3.38 | 37.10% | 1,488 | 58.8 |
| University of Pittsburgh (Katz) | 86 | 122 | 651 | 3.39 | 39.60% | 1,333 | 52.6 |
| Boston College (Carroll) | 42 | 171 | 645 | 3.35 | 56.40% | 942 | 37.2 |
| Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) | 68 | 74 | 354 | 3.3 | 51.90% | 1,038 | 41 |
| University of Miami (Herbert) | 75 | 151 | 583 | 3.3 | 80.10% | 383 | 15.1 |
| University of Denver (Daniels) | 68 | 64 | 587 | 3.22 | 48.60% | 972 | 38.4 |
| William & Mary | 45 | 179 | 618 | 3.4 | 55.30% | 939 | 37.1 |
| University of Utah (Eccles) | 48 | 81 | 632 | 3.34 | 61.60% | 811 | 32 |
| Brigham Young University (Marriott) | 35 | 254 | 677 | 3.55 | 47.30% | 1,267 | 50 |
| Pepperdine University (Graziadio) | 95 | 53 | 620 | 3.25 | 49.50% | 1,018 | 40.2 |
| North Carolina A&T State University | 63 | 140 | 445 | 3.6 | 96.30% | 59 | 2.3 |
| Howard University | 63 | 40 | 521 | 3.27 | 42.10% | 986 | 38.9 |
| Temple University (Fox) | 84 | 44 | 624 | 3.41 | 58.00% | 894 | 35.3 |
| Babson College (Olin) | 68 | 321 | 653 | 3.27 | 63.10% | 788 | 31.1 |
| University of Mississippi | 86 | 31 | 532 | 3.4 | 39.30% | 1,098 | 43.3 |
| Baylor University (Hankamer) | 60 | 111 | 624 | 3.52 | 57.40% | 936 | 36.9 |
| Chapman University (Argyros) | 60 | 39 | 642 | 3.57 | 79.40% | 472 | 18.6 |
| Fordham University (Gabelli) | 68 | 157 | 655 | 3.1 | 64.30% | 725 | 28.6 |
| University of Houston (Bauer) | 63 | 52 | 613 | 3.48 | 42.90% | 1,218 | 48.1 |
| University of South Carolina (Moore) | 55 | 56 | 620 | 3.3 | 68.90% | 363 | 25.1 |
| Oklahoma State University (Spears) | 98 | 94 | 533 | 3.6 | 72.00% | 537 | 21.2 |
| Syracuse University (Whitman) | 63 | 57 | 650 | 3.68 | 73.00% | 646 | 25.5 |
| University of Hawaii - Manoa (Shidler) | 77 | 31 | 478 | 3.34 | 88.00% | 192 | 7.6 |
| University of Colorado - Boulder (Leeds) | 60 | 162 | 622 | 3.3 | 84.90% | 310 | 12.2 |
| Iowa State University (Ivy) | 51 | 101 | 609 | 3.61 | 88.00% | 264 | 10.4 |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | 53 | 152 | 653 | 3.3 | 46.50% | 1,153 | 45.5 |
| University at Buffalo - SUNY | 73 | 175 | 562 | 3.48 | 82.00% | 352 | 13.9 |
| Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge (Ourso) | 93 | 141 | 540 | 3.56 | 91.20% | 169 | 6.7 |
| University of Kentucky (Gatton) | 63 | 49 | 605 | 3.54 | 78.20% | 467 | 18.4 |
| University of Oklahoma (Price) | 86 | 66 | 560 | 3.52 | 93.50% | 128 | 5.1 |
| Louisiana Tech University | 95 | 51 | 605 | 3.5 | 53.20% | 991 | 39.1 |
| Tulane University (Freeman) | 81 | 35 | 604 | 3.36 | 70.00% | 609 | 24 |
| University of Kansas | 78 | 77 | 584 | 3.5 | 84.90% | 309 | 12.2 |
| Brandeis University | 84 | 47 | 675 | 3.5 | 73.30% | 631 | 24.9 |
| Pace University (Lubin) | 86 | 253 | 539 | 3.4 | 81.00% | 348 | 13.7 |
| University of Arkansas - Fayettville (Walton) | 68 | 75 | 557 | 3.69 | 47.20% | 1,085 | 42.8 |
| University of South Florida (Muma) | 73 | 51 | 577 | 3.61 | 49.30% | 1,056 | 41.7 |
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The Selectivity Index uses data from the most recent U.S. News & World Report MBA rankings, including average GMAT scores, average undergraduate GPAs, and acceptance rates for the schools’ full-time program entrants.
The Selectivity Index for each school is calculated as follows:
The following schools are excluded due to missing data to calculate the selectivity index: Clemson University and University of Arkansas - Fayetteville (Walton).
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