The MBA degree provides candidates with the tools, skills, networks and opportunities to advance their current career or switch their career path in a new direction. For those looking to use the degree to expand their career opportunities, understanding which business school programs provide the greatest access to which careers is critical.
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Over the past decade, the percentage of female MBA students has been on the rise across leading business schools. USC Marshall was the first leading business school to achieve gender parity while others have achieved or continue to strive for that benchmark. The Forté Foundation has also consistently reported that women are either gaining or holding their ground on b-school campuses.
Look at the chart below to see the percentage of female MBA students at leading business schools around the globe.
Business School
% Women
Arizona State University W.P. School of Business
31%
Bocconi School of Management
37%
Cambridge Judge
43%
Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business
21%
Columbia Business School
41%
Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management
39%
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business
46%
Duke University Fuqua School of Business
48%
Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University
34%
Emory University Goizueta School of Business
27%
Esade
28%
ESMT Berlin
48%
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
32%
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business
39%
The Haslam College of Business at University of Tennessee–Knoxville
35%
Harvard Business School
46%
HEC Paris
34%
IE Business School
31%
IESE Business School
30%
IMD Business School
35%
Imperial College of Business
43%
Indiana University Kelley School of Business
31%
INSEAD
35%
London Business School
38%
Manchester AMBS
39%
Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University
26%
Mays Business School at Texas A&M University–College Station
26%
MIT Sloan School of Management
44%
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
49%
Notre Dame University Mendoza College of Business (2020 Data)
31%
NYU Stern School of Business
41%
Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business
43%
Owen Graduate School of Business of Vanderbilt University
37%
Oxford Saïd Business School
47%
Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business
33%
Stanford Graduate School of Business
44%
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
37%
UCLA Anderson School of Management
42%
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
42%
University of Florida Warrington College of Business
38%
University of Georgia Terry College of Business
31%
University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business
46%
University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of Management
32%
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
34%
University of Rochester Simon Business School
42%
USC Marshall School of Business
36%
UT Austin McCombs School of Business
34%
UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management
38%
UVA Darden School of Business
40%
UW Foster School of Business
40%
Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School
46%
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
52%
Yale School of Management
43%
The data for the chart in this Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Percentage of Female MBA Students has been drawn from the full-time Classes of 2023, except for one-year programs.
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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