Admission to all accredited MBA programs is selective, based on GPA,
GMAT score, work experience, and personal characteristics. Acceptance
selectivity tells as much about those who apply as about the standards
of the school. Some schools may attract a large number of applicants,
many of whom are poorly qualified. Others may attract fewer, but better
qualified applicants. The number of applicants depends on many factors,
including tuition, location, visibility of the school, perceived
quality, and reputation. In general, the number of applicants rejected
may say something about the reputation or quality of a school's MBA
program. Schools with the highest rejection rate are ranked the highest.
| Top 40 Programs (out of 939) |
| As of 1 July 2010 |
| Rank |
University |
Program |
% Rejected |
| 1 |
Ball State University - United States |
Part-Time (2 years, Part-time students, Evening classes) |
100% |
| 2 |
Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay - India |
Master of Management (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
99% |
| 3 |
Dhaka (University of) - Bangladesh |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
97% |
| 4 |
Chaminade University of Honolulu - United States |
MBA Evening Program (18 months, Full-time students, Evening classes) |
95% |
| 4 |
National University of Singapore - Singapore |
Part-Time MBA (3 years, Part-time students, Evening classes) |
95% |
| 6 |
National University of Singapore - Singapore |
The NUS MBA (12 months, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
93% |
| 7 |
Lahore University of Management Sciences - Pakistan |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
90% |
| 7 |
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - United States |
Full Time, 2 year MBA (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
90% |
| 7 |
Nottingham (University of) - United Kingdom |
Full-time MBA (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
90% |
| 7 |
Victoria University of Technology - Australia |
Part-time (3 years, Part-time students, Evening classes) |
90% |
| 7 |
Victoria University of Technology - Australia |
Accelerated (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
90% |
| 7 |
Westminster (University of) - United Kingdom |
Full-Time (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
90% |
| 13 |
California - Berkeley (University of) - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
89% |
| 14 |
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris - France |
Accelerated (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
88% |
| 15 |
Indian School of Business - India |
Post Graduate Programme in Management (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
87% |
| 15 |
Pennsylvania (University of) - United States |
Wharton MBA Program, full-time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
87% |
| 17 |
Royal Holloway, University of London - United Kingdom |
MBA International Management (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
86% |
| 18 |
Columbia University - United States |
Full-Time MBA Program (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
85% |
| 19 |
Offenburg University of Applied Sciences - Germany |
Accelerated (18 months, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
84% |
| 20 |
Victoria University of Technology - Australia |
Full-time (18 months, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
83% |
| 21 |
Dartmouth College - United States |
Full-time MBA (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
81% |
| 21 |
ESSEC Business School - France |
ESSEC MBA (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
81% |
| 21 |
New York University - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
81% |
| 24 |
China Europe International Business School - China |
Full-Time (3 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
80% |
| 24 |
Fachhochschule Furtwangen - Germany |
International Business Management (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
80% |
| 24 |
Gordon Institute of Business Science - South Africa |
Part - time MBA (2 years, Part-time students, Daytime classes) |
80% |
| 24 |
Michigan (University of) - United States |
Full-Time (20 months, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
80% |
| 24 |
Portland State University - United States |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
80% |
| 24 |
Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School - Belgium |
Full-Time (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
80% |
| 30 |
California - Davis (University of) - United States |
Daytime MBA (21 months, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
79% |
| 30 |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - Australia |
MBA (Executive) - Full Time (18 months, Full-time students, Evening classes) |
79% |
| 32 |
IMD International Institute - Switzerland |
Full-Time (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
78% |
| 32 |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - Australia |
MBA (Full Time) (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
78% |
| 34 |
Texas - Austin (University of) - United States |
Texas MBA - full-time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
77% |
| 34 |
Texas Tech University - United States |
Rawls Scholars Full-Time (18 months, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
77% |
| 36 |
Antwerp Management School (University of) - Belgium |
Full-Time (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
75% |
| 36 |
Brighton (University of) - United Kingdom |
International Management (3+ years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
75% |
| 36 |
California State University - Northridge - United States |
Evening MBA Program (3 years, Part-time students, Evening classes) |
75% |
| 36 |
Dalhousie University - Canada |
Full-Time (2 years, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
75% |
| 36 |
Educatis Graduate School of Management - Switzerland |
MBA General Management (2 years, Part-time students, Other (off-campus) classes) |
75% |
| 36 |
IMD International Institute - Switzerland |
Executive MBA (1 year, Part-time students, Other (off-campus) classes) |
75% |
| 36 |
Simon Fraser University - Canada |
MBA (1 year, Full-time students, Daytime classes) |
75% |
| 36 |
TiasNimbas Business School - Netherlands |
2-year Part-Time MBA (2 years, Part-time students, Evening classes) |
75% |
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