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Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Percentage of Women MBA Students

Percentage of Women MBA Students

Over the past decade, the percentage of women 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 have been gaining or holding their ground on b-school campuses–and, in both 2023 and 2024, reported record highs.

Look at the chart below to see the percentage of women MBA students at leading business schools around the globe.

Business School % Women
Arizona State University W.P. School of Business N/A
Bocconi School of Management 43%*
Boston College Carroll School of Management 25%
Cambridge Judge 47%**
Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business N/A
Columbia Business School 46%
Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management 38%
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business 44%
Duke University Fuqua School of Business 47%
Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University 40%
Emory University Goizueta School of Business 38%
Esade 42%
ESCP N/A
ESMT Berlin N/A
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business 31%
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business 44%
Harvard Business School 44%
HEC Paris 40%
IE Business School 40%
IESE Business School 40%
IMD Business School 42%*
Imperial College of Business 39%
Indiana University Kelley School of Business 28%*
INSEAD 38%
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School N/A
London Business School 44%
Manchester AMBS N/A
Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University N/A
Michigan State University Broad 40%
MIT Sloan School of Management 47%
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management 50%*
Notre Dame University Mendoza College of Business 23%
NYU Stern School of Business 45%
Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business 31%
Owen Graduate School of Business of Vanderbilt University 24%
Oxford Saïd Business School 48%*
Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business 34%
SMU Cox School of Business 46%*
Stanford Graduate School of Business 45%
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business 43%
UCI Merage School of Business 35%*
UCLA Anderson School of Management 46%
University of Bath 48%**
University of Chicago Booth School of Business 41%
University of Edinburgh Business School N/A
University of Florida Warrington N/A
University of Georgia Terry College of Business 32%
University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business 39%
University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of Management N/A
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School 31%*
University of Rochester Simon Business School 46%*
University of Toronto Rotman School of Management 42%*
USC Marshall School of Business 31%
UT Austin McCombs School of Business 29%
UVA Darden School of Business 35%
UW Foster School of Business 51%
Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School 53%
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania 44%
Yale School of Management 44%

*Class of 2026
**Class of 2025

The data for the chart in this Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Percentage of Women MBA Students has been drawn from the full-time Classes of 2027 unless otherwise noted.