Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Average GMAT Scores at Top U.S. MBA Programs

Last Updated Jun 21, 2022 by Lauren Wakal

See where your GMAT score lands among the top U.S. MBA programs, as we report the average GMAT scores in the chart below. If you have yet to take the GMAT, you can also get a sense of what score you need to target. Business school admissions use the GMAT score as a sign of applicants’ academic abilities and a high score can help you stand out in admissions. Also, average GMAT scores play a role in schools’ rankings.

Review the average GMAT scores for your b-schools in the U.S. below.

U.S. School	Avg. GMAT
Arizona State University W.P. School of Business	694
Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business	691
Columbia Business School	726
Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management (2 Year Program)	710*
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business	724
Duke University Fuqua School of Business	670-750**
Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University	650
Emory University Goizueta School of Business	640-740**
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business	704.8
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business	682
Harvard Business School	730*
The Haslam College of Business at University of Tennessee–Knoxville	680
Indiana University Kelley School of Business	679
Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University	678
Mays Business School at Texas A&M University–College Station	620-710**
MIT Sloan School of Management	730*
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management	727
NYU Stern School of Business	729
Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business	683
Owen Graduate School of Business of Vanderbilt University	690*
Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business	705
Stanford GSB	738
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business	726
UCLA Anderson School of Management	706
University of Chicago Booth School of Business	714
University of Georgia Terry College of Business	655
University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business	722
University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of Management	690*
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School	696
University of Rochester Simon Business School	590-710**
USC Marshall School of Business	715
UT Austin McCombs School of Business	708
UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management	681
UVA Darden School of Business	715
UW Foster School of Business	704
Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School	684
The Wharton School	733
Yale School of Management	730*

*Median GMAT score.
**80% GMAT range reported.

The chart of Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Average GMAT Scores at Top U.S. MBA Programs represents the scores for the MBA Class of 2023.

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Schools: Arizona State / W.P. Carey, Berkeley / Haas, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Georgetown / McDonough, Georgia / Terry, Georgia Tech / Scheller, Harvard Business School, Indiana / Kelley, Michigan / Ross, Minnesota / Carlson, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Ohio State / Fisher, Rice / Jones, Rochester / Simon, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, U. Washington / Foster, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UPenn / Wharton, USC / Marshall, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen, Washington U. / Olin, Yale SOM

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Lauren Wakal

Lauren Wakal has been covering the MBA admissions space for more than a decade, from in-depth business school profiles to weekly breaking news and more.

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