The average score in the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is
widely used as a measure of student quality. It is a useful tool for
student selection because it is standardized — all applicants take the
same test regardless of their undergraduate school or major. Some
literature suggests a correlation between standardized test scores and
intelligence, which implies there may be some minimum score necessary to
complete a rigorous academic program successfully. Schools whose
students have high average GMAT scores are ranked higher.
| Top 40 Programs (out of 866) |
| As of 1 January 2012 |
| Rank |
University |
Program |
Avg GMAT |
| 1 |
Stanford University - United States |
Full Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
721 |
| 2 |
California - Berkeley (University of) - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
718 |
| 2 |
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - United States |
Full Time, 2 year MBA (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
718 |
| 4 |
Columbia University - United States |
Full-Time MBA Program (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
716 |
| 5 |
Chicago (University of) - United States |
Full-Time MBA Program (-21 months, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
715 |
| 5 |
New York University - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
715 |
| 7 |
Dartmouth College - United States |
Full-time MBA (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
713 |
| 8 |
California - Los Angeles - UCLA (University of) - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
711 |
| 9 |
Cornell University - United States |
Accelerated MBA (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
710 |
| 9 |
INSEAD - France |
MBA (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
710 |
| 9 |
Indian School of Business - India |
Post Graduate Programme in Management (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
710 |
| 9 |
Pennsylvania (University of) - United States |
Wharton MBA Program, full-time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
710 |
| 13 |
Chicago (University of) - United States |
International MBA Program (21 months, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
709 |
| 14 |
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - United States |
Leaders for Global Operations (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
708 |
| 15 |
Pittsburgh (University of) - United States |
PhD (3+ years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
705 |
| 16 |
Michigan (University of) - United States |
Full-Time (20 months, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
700 |
| 16 |
Northwestern University - United States |
Full-Time MBA Program (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
700 |
| 16 |
Northwestern University - United States |
One-Year MBA Program (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
700 |
| 19 |
Pennsylvania (University of) - United States |
Wharton MBA Program for Executives-East (2 years, Full-time students, Weekend classes) |
699 |
| 19 |
Virginia (University of) - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
699 |
| 21 |
London Business School - United Kingdom |
Masters in Finance - Full time (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
695 |
| 21 |
Washington University - St. Louis - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
695 |
| 23 |
Minnesota (University of) - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
694 |
| 24 |
Vanderbilt University - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
693 |
| 25 |
California - Davis (University of) - United States |
Daytime MBA (21 months, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
692 |
| 26 |
California - Los Angeles - UCLA (University of) - United States |
Part-Time (3 years, Part-time students, Evening classes) |
690 |
| 26 |
Cambridge (University of) - United Kingdom |
Intensive (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
690 |
| 26 |
Cornell University - United States |
Two Year MBA (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
690 |
| 26 |
HEC School of Management - Paris - France |
Full-Time Option (16 months, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
690 |
| 26 |
London Business School - United Kingdom |
Full-time (-1 months, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
690 |
| 26 |
North Carolina - Chapel Hill (University of) - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
690 |
| 26 |
Northwestern University - United States |
Part-time MBA, The Managers' Program (3+ years, Part-time students, Evening classes) |
690 |
| 33 |
California - Berkeley (University of) - United States |
Evening & Weekend MBA (3 years, Part-time students, Evening classes) |
689 |
| 33 |
Harvard University - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
689 |
| 35 |
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business - China |
Full-time MBA (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
685 |
| 35 |
IE Business School - Spain |
Distance Learning (15 months, Part-time students, Other (off-campus) classes) |
685 |
| 35 |
IE Business School - Spain |
International MBA (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
685 |
| 38 |
Georgetown University - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
684 |
| 38 |
Texas - Austin (University of) - United States |
Texas MBA - full-time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
684 |
| 38 |
TiasNimbas Business School - Netherlands |
International Full-Time MBA (1 year) (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
684 |