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Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Average GMAT Scores at Top U.S. MBA Programs

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See where your GMAT score lands among the top U.S. MBA programs, as we report the average GMAT scores in the chart below. If you have yet to take the GMAT, you can also get a sense of what score you need to target. Business school admissions use the GMAT score as a sign of applicants’ academic abilities and a high score can help you stand out in admissions. Also, average GMAT scores play a role in schools’ rankings.

If you completed the GMAT Focus edition, with a score ending in 5, please refer to Coming to Grips with the New GMAT scores and our comprehensive score conversion chart.

Review the average GMAT scores for your b-schools in the U.S. below. Median scores and ranges presented as noted.

U.S. School Class of 2026 Class of 2025 Class of 2024
Arizona State University W.P. School of Business 698 702 684
Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business 696 705 702
Columbia Business School 732 730 729
Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management (2 Year Program) 710* 710* 710*
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business 727 726 726
Duke University Fuqua School of Business 660-760** 670-760** 680-760**
Emory University Goizueta School of Business 705 709 700
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business 696 695 697
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business 689 694 690
Harvard Business School 740* 740* 730*
Indiana University Kelley School of Business 683 685 679
Michigan State University Broad College of Business 615 665 670
MIT Sloan School of Management 730* 730* 730*
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management 733 731 729
NYU Stern School of Business 733 732 733
Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business 690 698 673
Owen Graduate School of Business of Vanderbilt University 703 687 690
Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business 694 702 702
SMU Cox School of Business 712 694
Stanford GSB 738 738 737
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business 730* 733 729
UCI Paul Merage School of Business 675 675 660
UCLA Anderson School of Management 714 650* 711
University of Chicago Booth School of Business 729 728 729
University of Georgia Terry College of Business 698 668 672
University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business 728 719 720
University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of Management 649 680* 690*
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School 707 696 706
University of Rochester Simon Business School 620-730** 600-700** 610-720**
USC Marshall School of Business 722 722 732
UT Austin McCombs School of Business 704 704 706
UVA Darden School of Business 718 716 720
UW Foster School of Business 700 710* 710*
Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School 740* 696 670
The Wharton School 732 728 733
Yale School of Management 730* 720* 725*

*Median GMAT score.
**80% GMAT range reported.

The chart of Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Average GMAT Scores at Top U.S. MBA Programs represents the scores for the MBA Classes of 2026, 2025 and 2024.

Lauren Wakal
Lauren Wakal has been covering the MBA admissions space for more than a decade, from in-depth business school profiles to weekly breaking news and more.