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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The percentage of U.S. minorities at top U.S. business schools can provide a sense of the diversity you will find in your MBA program. U.S. minorities is defined as enrolled students at business school who are US citizens or permanent residents who self identify as African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American, Asian Pacific, or Asian Indian. See the percentage of minorities as reported by top business schools in the chart below.
U.S. School
% U.S. Minorities
Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business
44%
Columbia Business School
40%
Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management
43%**
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business
29%
Duke University Fuqua School of Business
45%
Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University
36%
Emory University Goizueta School of Business
13%*
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
38%**
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business
28%
Harvard Business School
52%
The Haslam College of Business at University of Tennessee–Knoxville
14%
Indiana University Kelley School of Business
25%
Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University
14%
Mays Business School at Texas A&M University–College Station
18%
MIT Sloan School of Management
23%
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
43%
NYU Stern School of Business
36%
Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business
20%
Owen Graduate School of Business of Vanderbilt University
23%
Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business
30%
Stanford Graduate School of Business
48%
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
49%
UCLA Anderson School of Management
28%**
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
51%
University of Georgia Terry College of Business
19%
University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business
36%
University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of Management
16%
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
23%
University of Rochester Simon Business School
34%
USC Marshall School of Business
47%
UT Austin McCombs School of Business
37%
UVA Darden School of Business
21%
Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School
25%
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
35%**
Yale School of Management
49%
*AHN includes African American, Hispanic / Latinx, Native American / Alaskan
**Class of 2024
The class size of top MBA programs figures for this Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Percentage of U.S. Minorities at Top Business Schools chart are based on the Class of 2023, except where noted.
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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