100 Most Selective MBA Programs: GMAT Scores in 2025

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GMAT Scores for Campus MBA Programs

The dreaded GMAT. The score you receive on this test can feel like it will make or break your business school ambitions. Maybe you’ve already taken the test and are wondering what your options are given your score. Or maybe you’re just wondering how well you’ll need to do to get into your dream school. Either way, the table below will provide a starting point for planning.

100 Most Selective Campus MBA Programs

Rank University MBA GMATPh.D GMAT
1 Stanford University 737-0
2 New York University 733-0
2 University of Pennsylvania 733-0
4 Columbia University 732-0
4 University of Southern California 732722
6 Harvard University 730-0
7 Northwestern University 729-0
7 The University of Chicago 729-0
8 University of California, Berkeley 729738
10 Dartmouth College 726-0
11 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 724-0
12 Yale University 723-0
13 University of Virginia-McIntire 720-0
13 The University of Michigan 720730
14 New Jersey Institute of Technology 720-0
16 Duke University 718-0
17 Rice University 710726
18 Emory University 709712.5
19 University of California, Los Angeles 708780
20 University of Northern Colorado 707-0
20 Cornell University 707735
22 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 706704
22 The University of Texas at Austin 706730
24 The University of Texas at El Paso 705631
25 University of Washington 703723.8
26 Carnegie Mellon University 702750
27 St. John Fisher University 698-0
28 Georgetown University 697-0
29 Southern Methodist University 694-0
30 Georgia Institute of Technology 690713
30 University of Florida 690745
32 The University of Texas at Dallas 689713
33 Vanderbilt University 687-0
34 Indiana State University 685-0
34 Indiana University Bloomington/Indianapolis 685733
36 North Carolina A&T State University 684-0
36 Arizona State University 684723.8
38 Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey-Newark/New Brunswick 683664
38 Boston University 683730
39 University of Massachusetts Boston 683620
41 University of Minnesota 682721
42 Michigan State University 680711.3
42 University of St. Thomas-Minnesota 680-0
44 University of Rochester 678744
45 Brigham Young University 677-0
46 University of California, Irvine 675698
46 University of California, San Diego 675670
47 Brandeis University 675-0
49 Case Western Reserve University 674-0
50 University of Notre Dame 673-0
50 Johns Hopkins Carey Business School 673-0
51 The University of Arizona 673690
53 The Ohio State University 672744
53 The University of Georgia 672706
55 The University of Memphis 670610
55 University of South Carolina 670677
56 Washington University in St. Louis 670-0
57 Whitworth University 670-0
59 The George Washington University 669663
60 American University 668-0
61 University of Hartford 665-0
61 Midwestern State University 665-0
62 University of Wisconsin-Madison 665-0
64 The Pennsylvania State University 663702.5
64 University of California, Riverside 663700
65 University of Tennessee at Knoxville 663670.5
67 University of Southern Mississippi 660-0
67 The Pennsylvania State University Great Valley 660-0
68 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 660690
70 Northeastern University 658-0
71 University of California, Davis 657-0
72 University of Maryland 656746.1
73 Fordham University 655-0
73 Oregon State University 655700
75 Shenandoah University 654-0
76 The University of Alabama 653717.6
76 Babson College 653-0
77 Stevens Institute of Technology 653-0
79 Texas A&M University 652704.3
80 University of Pittsburgh 651707
80 University of Utah 651697
81 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 651665
83 Syracuse University 650-0
83 The University of Iowa 650685
85 Ouachita Baptist University 649-0
86 Clemson University 646-0
87 Queens University of Charlotte 645-0
87 Boston College 645725
89 Missouri State University 643-0
90 Chapman University 642-0
91 Ball State University 640-0
91 Clarkson University 640-0
92 Millsaps College 640-0
93 University of Vermont 640-0
95 University of Cincinnati 639645
96 University of Massachusetts Amherst 638713
96 Willamette University 638-0
98 Lehigh University 636-0
99 Purdue University 634710
99 University of Delaware 634-0

25 MBA Programs with the Highest and Lowest GMAT Scores

The campus MBA program with the lowest average GMAT score is University of Wisconsin-River Falls, with a score of 265. Stanford University has the highest average GMAT score at 737. The average GMAT score is 567.

As you consider this range, remember that while most MBA programs look at this score, it is far from the only thing they look at. Undergraduate grades, work experience, essays, and references all play an important part in your application for admission. And whether your GMAT score is on the high side of these averages or the low side, there are going to be a number of schools that you can successfully apply to. The table below ranks the campus MBA programs with the 10 highest and 10 lowest GMAT scores.

MBA GMAT Scores

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25 MBA Programs Needing the Lowest GMAT Scores

  1. Shorter University -
  2. Western New England University -
  3. Western Connecticut State University -
  4. Stockton University -
  5. St. Andrews University -
  6. Oklahoma Wesleyan University -
  7. University of Tennessee at Martin -
  8. Upper Iowa University -
  9. University of Oklahoma -
  10. University of New Orleans -
  11. University of Wisconsin-River Falls - 265
  12. Clark Atlanta University - 318
  13. Auburn University at Montgomery - 370
  14. Southeastern Louisiana University - 375
  15. Metropolitan State University of Denver - 390
  16. University of New Haven - 399
  17. University of South Carolina Aiken - 405
  18. Stephen F. Austin State University - 420
  19. Southern Utah University - 420
  20. Iona University - 420
  21. The University of Texas at Tyler - 429
  22. Duquesne University - 435
  23. The University of North Carolina at Pembroke - 435
  24. Radford University - 438
  25. Tennessee Technological University - 440

25 Most Selective MBA Programs

  1. Stanford University - 737
  2. New York University - 733
  3. University of Pennsylvania - 733
  4. Columbia University - 732
  5. University of Southern California - 732
  6. Harvard University - 730
  7. Northwestern University - 729
  8. The University of Chicago - 729
  9. University of California, Berkeley - 729
  10. Dartmouth College - 726
  11. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 724
  12. Yale University - 723
  13. University of Virginia-McIntire - 720
  14. The University of Michigan - 720
  15. New Jersey Institute of Technology - 720
  16. Duke University - 718
  17. Rice University - 710
  18. Emory University - 709
  19. University of California, Los Angeles - 708
  20. University of Northern Colorado - 707
  21. Cornell University - 707
  22. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 706
  23. The University of Texas at Austin - 706
  24. The University of Texas at El Paso - 705
  25. University of Washington - 703

There is a tighter range in GMAT scores for online MBA programs compared to campus programs. The online program with the lowest average GMAT score is University of Wisconsin-River Falls, with an average GMAT score of 265 (compared to 337 for campus programs).

The average GMAT score for online programs is 561 (fairly similar to the average of 567 for campus programs).

At the high end, the top average GMAT score for an online program is 732 for the University of Southern California (versus a 737 for campus programs). You can browse GMAT scores for online MBA programs for more details.

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