MBA News
A collection of news items from MBA programs and about the business school admissions process.
Published: September 14, 2026
Georgetown McDonough MBA Class of 2028 Profile
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has rolled out the MBA Class of 2028 profile. Out of 1,269 applicants, 197 ultimately enrolled in the MBA program this fall. The new cohort includes a higher percentage of women and underrepresented minorities compared to last year. International students held steady for McDonough’s incoming class, with 44 percent of students again representing a global community. They hailed from 33 countries outside the U.S. Women make up 33 percent of the class, up two percent over last
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Published: September 14, 2026
UCLA Anderson MBA Class of 2028 Profile: Strong Diversity in a Smaller Class
The class profile for the UCLA Anderson School of Management MBA Class of 2028 is out. For the first time in a few years, the school received under 3,000 applications–2,422 to be exact. This year’s class numbers 287 students, compared to 307 in the Class of 2027. Women make up 39 percent of the Class of 2028, which is a seven percent decrease from last year. Based on federal guidelines, 54 percent identify as U.S. minorities, an 11 percent dip from the Class of 2027. Twenty-nine percent of U.S. citizens and permanent
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Published: September 10, 2026
Tech Fluency Is the New MBA Leadership Skill
Sponsored Content Artificial intelligence may be dominating headlines, but the bigger shift happening in business is about much more than AI. From generative AI and automation to machine learning, blockchain, and emerging digital platforms, technology is changing how organizations operate, compete, innovate, and create value. For tomorrow’s business leaders, the challenge isn’t becoming a technologist. It’s knowing enough about technology to ask the right questions, recognize opportunities, make informed decisions, and lead organizations through constant change. That’s why technology fluency is becoming an essential part of an MBA education. At Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, technology is woven throughout
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Published: September 10, 2026
What Is the ROI of an MBA? Admissions Directors on the Benefits That Last a Lifetime
For years, the MBA conversation has been dominated by metrics: starting salaries, signing bonuses, employment rates, and return on investment (ROI). Those figures matter, particularly as candidates weigh the significant financial commitment of business school in an evolving job market. But when Clear Admit posed the same question to admissions leaders across many of the world’s leading MBA programs — “Conversations about MBA value often center on jobs, salaries, and ROI. What are some of the other ways students benefit from the MBA experience that may be harder to quantify upfront?” — their answers revealed a striking
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Published: September 8, 2026
Michigan Ross Expands L.A. Campus for Executive Education & More
The University of Michigan Ross School of Business has officially expanded its footprint on the West Coast with the opening of a new campus in downtown Los Angeles, creating a hub for executive education, alumni engagement, and business collaboration in one of the world’s largest economic centers. Located at The Grand LA, the new 20,000-square-foot Michigan Ross Los Angeles campus is designed to support business education while strengthening the school’s connections with industries driving innovation across Southern California. The facility includes state-of-the-art classrooms, study rooms, collaborative workspaces, indoor and outdoor event spaces, and flexible
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Published: September 6, 2026
Duke Fuqua MBA Class Profile: Diverse, Smaller Class for Daytime MBA Class of 2028
Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business welcomed a smaller, but still diverse and strong, group of candidates for the Daytime MBA Class of 2028. While Fuqua usually sees class sizes upwards of 400 students, this year landed at 359 new ones. Nearly half, 44 percent, are women. The school also posted impressive representation of U.S. minorities, with 50 percent students of color and 35 percent underrepresented students of color. Robert Swinney, senior associate dean for programs, says, “This was a demanding year across the industry, with a smaller applicant pool, a difficult
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Published: August 31, 2026
Top In-Person MBA Events to Check Out in September 2026
An essential part of the process when you apply for an MBA is events. On or off campus, formal or informal, in-person MBA admission events are opportunities for applicants to connect with current students and alumni, sit in on classes, meet the admissions team, and take campus tours. Applications for the Class of 2029 are open, and Round 1 deadlines are lined up for the next several weeks. Schools are scheduling time for prospective students to visit the campus, meet alumni, and attend information sessions. See below for what’s happening in September of 2026. Why Attend MBA Events?
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Published: August 20, 2026
How to Use AI in Your MBA Application: What Admissions Officers Told Us
Across five Clear Admit MBA Essay Insight webinars this July, admissions leaders from 23 business schools sat down to discuss their essay questions—and, at the beginning of every session, their school’s policy on applicants’ use of artificial intelligence in the admissions process. Representatives from schools including Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Georgetown McDonough, INSEAD, Northwestern Kellogg, SDA Bocconi, SMU Cox, Washington Foster, and Wharton all addressed the topic. Their policies were worded differently. Their underlying message was not. If you are applying this cycle, here is the reality, drawn directly from what these officers
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Published: August 19, 2026
WashU Olin Launches New MBA Scholarships for Next-Generation Business Leaders
Washington University’s Olin Business School (WashU Olin) is expanding financial support for future MBA students with the launch of five new signature scholarships designed to recognize leadership across some of the school’s strongest academic and industry focus areas. When the MBA application opens September 1, applicants to WashU Olin’s full-time MBA program can apply for awards ranging from $60,000 to $100,000. “These scholarships reflect our commitment to investing in exceptional students who want to jumpstart their MBA experience with deeper connections to Olin’s leading faculty and real-world learning opportunities,” says Joe MacDonald, deputy dean
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Published: August 18, 2026
Columbia Business School Announces New Professional MBA
Columbia Business School is expanding its MBA portfolio with the launch of a new Professional MBA, a part-time degree designed for experienced professionals who want to accelerate their careers without stepping away from the workforce. The inaugural class will begin in fall 2027, with applications opening in September 2026. The new program reflects a growing demand for flexible graduate business education that allows students to continue advancing professionally while earning a Columbia MBA. According to Dean Costis Maglaras, the Professional MBA is “for working professionals with 5–10 years of experience who
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Top In-Person MBA Events to Check Out in August 2026
An essential part of the process when you apply for an MBA is events. On or off campus, formal or informal, in-person MBA admission events are opportunities for applicants to connect with current students and alumni, sit in on classes, meet the admissions team, and take campus tours. As applications for the Class of 2029 open in the coming weeks, schools will be scheduling time for prospective students to visit the campus, meet alumni, and attend information sessions. See below for what’s happening in August of 2026. Why attend MBA events?
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Chicago Booth Opens New Center, Focused on Supply Chain & Applied Technologies
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business has announced the launch of the GEP Center for Supply Chain Innovation and Applied Technologies, a new research hub dedicated to advancing the study and practice of supply chain management in an era increasingly shaped by AI and data-driven technologies. Established with support from GEP, an AI-native procurement and supply chain firm, the center will bring together research, education, and industry collaboration to explore how emerging technologies are transforming global value chains. The new initiative marks Chicago Booth’s thirteenth research center and will be housed within
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What’s in an MBA Employment Report? Analysis from Dartmouth Tuck
Sponsored Content Why do business schools publish employment reports and what can these reports illuminate for MBA applicants? Stephen Pidgeon T’07, Executive Director of Tuck Career Services, is here to walk us through the trove of information these reports provide–and how they may be significant to you. Stephen Pidgeon T’07, Executive Director of Tuck Career Services Pidgeon joined Tuck in 2010 from McKinsey in London where he focused on health care consulting with a functional specialty in organizational design. He is the author of the bestselling books “How to Get A Job In Consulting” and “Case Interviews for Beginners.”
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MIT Sloan Announces New Evening MBA
MIT Sloan plans to welcome its inaugural Evening MBA cohort in August 2027. Students will begin the STEM-designated program each August, complete a required summer term, and graduate in May of their second year. A key differentiator of the program is its primarily in-person, cohort-based format, an increasingly rare model in the evening MBA landscape. The MIT Sloan Evening MBA is designed to allow students to continue advancing in their current roles while building meaningful relationships with a close-knit group of high-achieving peers and engaging deeply with the broader MIT ecosystem. “The
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LBS Receives £25M Gift, for MBA Scholarships & More
London Business School (LBS) has announced a landmark £25 million gift from philanthropists David and Molly Pyott, marking one of the largest donations in the school’s history and advancing its ambitious fundraising efforts. David and Molly Pyott The contribution, made by the David and Molly Pyott Foundation alongside the couple personally, will leave a lasting imprint on the LBS campus. In recognition of the gift, the school’s North Building at Sussex Place, overlooking Regent’s Park, will be renamed the David and Molly Pyott Building. The funding will also support the creation of a major scholarship
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What MBA Alumni at Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI Say the Degree Is Really Worth
Tech is one of the most competitive destinations for MBA graduates, and the alumni now working at some of the industry’s most recognizable names, from OpenAI to Amazon to Adobe, are unambiguous about the degree’s value. What they describe isn’t just a credential or a recruiting lever, but a two-year reset that changed how they think, who they know, and what they’re capable of. Across 13 voices and a wide range of schools and roles, several consistent themes emerge. Raising the Ceiling, Not Just the Resume For many tech-bound alumni, the decision
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Ten Years of M7 MBA Salary Growth
Base pay for graduates of the M7 business schools has climbed 40% over the past decade. Contrary to some recent assertions that the MBA is declining in value, particularly in post-MBA starting salaries, we take a deeper dive into the historic data. Clear Admit’s Graham Richmond espoused the enduring value of the MBA–but what about the numbers? Below, we review the post-MBA median base salaries for recent graduates from top MBA programs and the salary figures have been increasing. The table below shows median base salary for MBA graduates of the M7 business schools —
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The MBA Isn’t a Stock Price
Why prospective students should be careful about drawing sweeping conclusions from the latest headlines. Every few years, the MBA seems to find itself on trial. Perhaps that’s because we’ve fallen into the habit of treating the MBA like a stock price—judging its long-term value by short-term movements in applications, salaries, or employment data. Applications soften. Hiring slows. Then a new technology comes along, or a recession hits, and suddenly people start asking whether the MBA has finally run its course. Having spent more than two decades in graduate management education, I’ve watched this cycle play out several times. During the
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Top In-Person MBA Events to Check Out in July 2026
An essential part of the process when you apply for an MBA is events. On or off campus, formal or informal, in-person MBA admission events are opportunities for applicants to connect with current students and alumni, sit in on classes, meet the admissions team, and take campus tours. Final round deadlines have passed for fall 2026 intake, but some rolling deadlines continue. In anticipation of admits making decisions on where to go and future applicants taking time during the summer season to check out potential schools, in-person event opportunities are increasing for
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More Than a Credential: How the MBA Builds the Consultants at Bain, BCG, and Accenture
Strategy consulting remains one of the most popular post-MBA destinations, and the alumni now working at Accenture, Bain & Company, and BCG offer some of the clearest testimony for why. Their stories share a common arc: a desire to move from execution to strategy, a structured environment to build the skills that move, and a network that opens doors execution alone never could. Below, ten recent graduates explain, in their own words from our Real Humans: Alumni series, what the MBA gave them on the way to
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UVA Darden Appoints New Dean, First Woman to Fill the Role
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has named Yael Grushka-Cockayne as its next dean, marking a historic milestone for the school. Yael Grushka-Cockayne, the next dean of UVA Darden Grushka-Cockayne, a longtime professor and current vice dean at Darden, will become the school’s 10th dean and the first woman permanently appointed to the role in its 70-year history. She will assume the position on August 1, succeeding Scott Beardsley, who stepped down from the deanship earlier this year to serve as president of the University of Virginia. “Yael is exactly the kind
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USC Marshall Dean Geoffrey Garrett to Assume New Role
The USC Marshall School of Business will see a leadership transition this summer, as Dean Geoffrey Garrett prepares to step into a new university-wide role focused on global strategy and engagement. Garrett has agreed to serve as Special Advisor to the President for Global Strategy and Engagement at the University of Southern California, effective August 1. In order to dedicate his full attention to this position, he will step down as dean of Marshall after six years of leadership. In his new role, Garrett will work closely with university leadership to deepen USC’s relationships with business
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What’s the MBA Really Worth? Alumni from Goldman, JPMorgan, Carlyle, and More Weigh In
Is an MBA worth the time, the cost, the commitment? Rather than answer with statistics, the voices of those who’ve lived it may provide the most convincing case of all. Many graduates featured in our Real Humans: Alumni series joined the financial services industry and we take a close look at their accounts to assess the value of the MBA. Across industries and institutions, recent business school graduates who joined some of the world’s most prestigious firms offer a remarkably consistent answer: Yes, the MBA
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Emory Goizueta Names Saby Mitra as Next Dean
Starting August 1st this year, Saby Mitra will begin his role as the next John H. Harland Dean of Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Mitra succeeds Dean Gareth James, who held the deanship for four years and will be taking over as dean of UCLA Anderson in July. Saby Mitra, the next dean of Emory Goizueta With a background in information systems and technology management, Mitra has held roles in leadership, teaching, and research. He’s an expert in business analytics, information security management, online consumer search, IT governance and
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UNC Kenan-Flagler Doubles Space for Teaching & Student Life with New Building
UNC Kenan-Flagler has ushered in a new era with the opening of Steven D. Bell Hall, a state-of-the-art academic facility designed to support the school’s continued growth and enhance the student experience. The building, which welcomed its first classes in Spring 2026, doubles the school’s space for teaching, student life, and community engagement for undergraduate business, Master of Accounting, Master of Science in Management, full-time MBA, Evening Executive MBA, and PhD candidates. The new building, which is approximately 156,000 square feet, is named in honor of alumnus Steven D.
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