Emory / Goizueta MBA News

Published: August 23, 2022

Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Percentage of U.S. Minorities at Top U.S. Business Schools

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 Read more

Published: August 1, 2022

MBA Real Humans: Alumni – LIVE Webinar Summer 2022

The Clear Admit Real Humans: Alumni Series spotlights recent graduates from the world’s top MBA programs. Each of the alumni provide feedback on their MBA experiences and share how business school prepared them for their careers at leading firms. Join us at 8 pm ET on Wednesday, August 17th to hear from a group of our featured alumni on the following: 1. What was the most rewarding thing about your MBA experience? 2. How has your MBA helped you in your career? 3. Think back on the recruiting process for your first post-MBA role, what are some Read more

Published: July 28, 2022

Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Percentage of Female MBA Students

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 Read more

Published: July 19, 2022

Early & Round 1 MBA Deadlines 2022-2023

To help you stay organized, we’ve compiled a chart of the earliest deadlines, including Early Action and Round 1, of the top business schools in one place. For schools that have announced their essay topic(s), you’ll find links to our corresponding Essay Topic Analysis in the “Essay(s) Released” column. We will continue to update this table as more Round 1 MBA deadlines and essay topics are announced. Deadlines are for Round 1 (unless otherwise noted). Last updated: August 16, 2022 School Deadline Decision Essay(s) Released? Application Live? Oxford / Saïd 8/31/2022 10/26/2022 Read more

Published: July 12, 2022

Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Class Size of Top U.S. MBA Programs

Business schools come in all shapes and sizes and the class size of top MBA programs can be a factor in considering fit. From networking to a tight-knit culture to campus opportunities, class size can reveal much about an MBA program. No matter which program you choose, the top MBA programs strive to ensure relationship building during full-time b-school life. Some larger programs, such as Harvard Business School and CBS, mainly break the student body down into cohorts/sections/clusters of dozens of students. Other U.S. business schools, like Wharton, also have Learning Teams, groups of 5-6 students who Read more

Published: June 20, 2022

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

If you completed the new GMAT Focus edition, now simply referred to as the GMAT, with a score ending in a 5, please refer to Coming to Grips with the New GMAT Scores. The analysis below refers to the traditional GMAT test. 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 Read more

Published: March 28, 2022

U.S. News 2023 Full-Time MBA Ranking: Wharton & Chicago Booth Share Top Spot

The 2023 U.S. News Best Graduate Programs Rankings rolled out today and we’re taking a closer look at the full-time MBA program list. Chicago Booth and The Wharton School share the top spot, surpassing last year’s #1, Stanford GSB, which now ranks third along with Northwestern Kellogg. On Wharton and Booth landing in the top slot, Clear Admit Co-founder Graham Richmond notes, “This is likely due to these programs’ impressive statistics on both sides of the equation: incoming stats (GPA, GMAT, acceptance rate) and outgoing Read more

Published: March 20, 2022

MBA Career Trends: Tech Industry Placements at Top Programs

Post-MBA careers in tech are a very popular option for MBA graduates, whether they choose to join a large company like Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, or jump into a role with a small venture-backed tech start-up. In fact, tech, along with consulting and financial services, are three of the most popular industries for Class of 2021 MBA graduates. In this installment of Top MBA Program Career Placement Outcomes, we take a closer look at technology industry placements across leading U.S. business schools. Class of 2021 Post-MBA Career Placement in the Technology Read more

Published: March 17, 2022

Real Humans of Deloitte: Alex McNair, Emory Goizueta MBA ’18, Consultant

Deloitte, perhaps best known as a “Big Four” accounting firm, is also the largest healthcare consulting company in the world by revenue. So when Alex McNair, Emory Goizueta MBA ’18, decided to pivot from higher ed fundraising to consulting, the firm was a natural destination. He now advises life sciences and healthcare clients. In this edition of Real Humans – Alumni, Alex talks about how the MBA prepared him for his new role and why he loves working at Deloitte. Alex McNair, Emory Goizueta MBA ’18, Consultant at Deloitte Hometown: Frederick, Maryland Read more

Published: March 1, 2022

MBA Career Trends: U.S. Regional Employment Outcomes

In this edition of our Top MBA Program Career Placement Outcomes series, we take a closer look at trends regarding which U.S. regions dominated post-MBA employment for Class of 2021 MBA graduates. You can also review our first piece, which broke down schools by region and their regional placement. For our analysis, we used the statistics in the official employment reports from 27 full-time MBA programs* based in the United States. In particular, we focused on MBA graduates of these 27 MBA programs who are seeking employment, received Read more

Published: February 27, 2022

MBA Career Trends: Regional Job Placements at Top U.S. Programs

In this edition of our Top MBA Program Career Placement Outcomes series, we review the data to see to what extent Class of 2021 graduates from leading full-time U.S. MBA programs accepted jobs in their school’s same region. For this analysis, we reviewed the employment reports from 27 full-time MBA programs* based in the U.S. This analysis is focused on graduates of full-time U.S.-based MBA programs who were seeking employment, received an offer, and accepted an offer within three months of graduation. Next, we looked at what region these MBA graduates Read more

Published: January 13, 2022

Emory Goizueta Adds New Courses and DEI Concentration to Full-Time MBA Programs

Students in the One-Year MBA and Two-Year MBA programs at Emory Goizueta can now elect a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) concentration. Brian Mitchell, Associate Dean of Full-Time MBA Programs and Goizueta Global Strategy and Initiatives Brian Mitchell, associate dean of Full-Time MBA programs and Goizueta global strategy and initiatives, tells Clear Admit, “MBA applicants should know that the academic courses that comprise this concentration have been thoughtfully designed to help students develop as principled, empathetic leaders in increasingly diverse settings.” He continues, “Whether they are launching their own startups or joining large existing firms, our Read more

Published: October 26, 2021

Real Humans of Emory Goizueta’s MBA Class of 2023

In this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series, we meet some of the newest members of Emory Goizueta’s MBA Class of 2023. Goizueta keeps their MBA program “small by design,” and the class size hovers around 150 to 180 students only. With the deliberate small size, Goizueta boasts a student to faculty ratio of 5:1. Thirty-five percent of Goizueta’s MBA class are international and 27 percent are women. Eighteen percent identify as African American, Hispanic / Latinx, or Native American / Alaskan. The latest Emory Goizueta MBA class arrived on campus Read more

Published: July 28, 2021

Emory Goizueta Announces New Scholarship to Increase Representation of Women in Business

Usha Rackliff, Assistant Professor in the Practice of Accounting, teaching an Evening MBA Class. Did you know that women make up more than half of the United States’ workforce? However, women still lag substantially behind men in terms of equal pay and representation in leadership positions. For example, females represent only 7.4 percent of leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies. This statistic shows how women have to fight to prove they are capable and for a seat at the table; but Goizueta Business School wants to change that. Emory University’s Read more

Published: June 24, 2021

Fridays from the Frontline: John R. Lewis Racial Justice Case Competition—More than Competing

In this week’s Fridays from the Frontline, Emory Goizueta MBA student, AJ Hobbs, sheds light on her meaningful first case competition. John R. Lewis Racial Justice Case Competition: More than Competing By AJ Hobbs, Goizueta 1Y MBA ’21 This past winter, I teamed up with four Goizueta Business School classmates for the John R. Lewis Racial Justice Case Competition (JLCC). If this is your first introduction to JLCC, its purpose is to bring corporations and students interested in business together to create innovative and actionable racial justice initiatives. Please, read more Read more

Published: June 1, 2021

Goizueta Business School Launches Master of Analytical Finance Degree

Emory’s Goizueta Business School is officially announcing that it will be introducing a Master of Analytical Finance degree starting in the Fall 2022 semester. This new degree is being led by Kirsten Travers-UyHam, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance. With the financial market evolving so quickly nowadays, she recently saw a gap in the financial academic field that needed to be filled. She has created this program to be unique from others that are currently offered to business students or students interested in learning more about the finance field. Dr. Kirsten Read more

Published: March 18, 2021

Fridays from the Frontline: Give Yourself Grace – My 5 Tips for Surviving Virtual Classes

In this week’s Fridays from the Frontline, we hear from Emory Goizueta MBA student, Racquel Waite, about virtual classes during b-school. Give Yourself Grace: My 5 Tips for Surviving Virtual Classes By Racquel Waite, Emory Goizueta MBA ’21 I think we can all agree that this is not how we planned or thought our business school journey would go. Many of us came to school to expand our network, and though we may have accomplished that, it is unfortunate that we weren’t able to do it in the same way that previous classes Read more

Published: March 13, 2021

New Business & Society Institute at Emory Goizueta Tackles Inequality, Climate Change

In early March, Emory Goizueta launched The Roberto C. Goizueta Business & Society Institute, renaming Social Enterprise at Goizueta. The new name represents an elevated commitment to social and environmental impact from the business school and The Goizueta Foundation. Furthermore, the Institute creates interdisciplinary study that explores the connections between business practices, market structures and social and environmental outcomes. In particular, business students will address the challenges of inequality and climate change. Launch Event 300 people, a mix of current students, prospective students, and staff, enjoyed the Institute’s naming ceremony virtually on March 4th. Read more

Published: March 1, 2021

Emory Goizueta Unveils New Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Five years in the making, Emory University’s Goizueta Business School recently unveiled their new Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. The center offers more than 20 courses focused on innovation and entrepreneurship and various entrepreneurial programs. Amelia Schaffner, Center Director “Through this Center, we have the opportunity to expand our scope and elevate our commitment to entrepreneurship and innovation,” said Amelia Schaffner, Center Director of Entrepreneurship for The Roberto C. Goizueta Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. “We are building a portfolio of learning experiences and opportunities that allow students to gain interdisciplinary skills, get connected to the local ecosystem, and solve Read more

Published: December 22, 2020

Real Humans of Emory Goizueta’s MBA Class of 2022

MBA students in this Real Humans feature say they were drawn to Emory Goizueta for the close-knit community within a larger university. Altogether, the MBA Class of 2022 at Goizueta numbers 145 students and the school boasts a student to faculty ratio of 5:1. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the school’s full-time MBA program allows students to customize their MBA experience by focusing on industry specific skills and knowledge in addition to the foundational core courses. Eighty percent of the new Goizueta class scored between 640 and 740 on the GMAT and their Read more

Published: December 3, 2020

Fridays from the Frontline: Global Experience Module in Brazil

One of the most exciting experiences of going back to school can also be going abroad. In this Fridays from the Frontline, Emory Goizueta MBA student, Racquel Waite, walks us through navigating the pandemic and still ensuring a once in a lifetime international experience. Read more

Published: October 8, 2020

Fridays from the Frontline: 5 Feelings while being a Black MBA student in Georgia during the COVID-19 pandemic

For this edition of Fridays from the Frontline, we hear from a current MBA student at Emory Goizueta in Atlanta, Georgia. Erin Lightfoot, Goizueta MBA '21, shares her experience during the pandemic. Read more

Published: July 29, 2020

Admissions Director Q&A: Melissa Rapp of the Emory Goizueta Business School

Our latest edition of the Admissions Director Q&A series takes us to Atlanta, Georgia, and Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Melissa Rapp is the Associate Dean of MBA Admissions there. In this role, she leads the team responsible for the recruitment, evaluation, and matriculation of students across Goizueta’s portfolio of MBA programs. Read on for her insights into admissions at Emory Goizueta, including what they look for in application essays, what to expect in regards to your interview and more. Read more

Published: March 16, 2020

U.S. News 2021 Business School Rankings Insights: HBS Sinks While Others Float On

The U.S. News & World Report Best Business Schools rankings are out and there are a few surprises, especially within the top 10. For those of you who have yet to see our announcement of the ranking, the top 25 schools in this year’s edition (with last year’s rankings included for reference) are as follows: School 2021 Rank 2020 Rank Stanford University 1 (tie) 2 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 1 (tie) 1 Northwestern University (Kellogg) 3 (tie) 6 University of Chicago (Booth) 3 (tie) 3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) 5 3 Read more

Published: February 18, 2020

Emory Goizueta Introduces Early MBA Admission Program

Emory University’s Goizueta Business School has joined other leading programs in opening up an early admissions option for college seniors. Prospective students from any institution can secure their spot in the One-Year MBA, Two-Year MBA, or Evening MBA class in the spring, and then defer matriculating for two to five years to gain work experience. How the Early MBA Admission Program Works Those interested in early admission to the Goizueta MBA should apply during their senior year of undergraduate study. Applications must be submitted by April 15, 2020, Read more