Real Humans of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management
In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we hear from new members of the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis.
Eighty-nine students decided to become a part of the Carlson School of Management Class of 2022. Thirty-two percent are women and 19 percent are international. Sixteen percent identify as students of color. Nineteen percent had a military background.
During their undergraduate years, Carlson MBA students earned a median GPA of 3.45. Business was the most popular major, as 22 percent studied it. Engineering was a close second, with a fifth of the class studying it. Social science followed at 18 percent and science or maths at 17 percent. Nine percent each studied economics or the humanities. When it came time to take the GMAT or GRE, Carlson MBAs scored a median of 690 and 321, respectively. Altogether, they averaged 4.74 years of work experience before matriculating.
See what drew MBA students to Minneapolis and the Carlson School, what they learned during admissions and more in the following pages.
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