MBA Acceptance Rates in Europe: 16.6% at Mannheim To 55% at Warwick

MBA aspirants seeking admission at top business schools, often have to contend with low acceptance rates, especially in the US with just 5.7% at Stanford Graduate School of Business and 9.9% at Harvard Business School for the Fall 2017 admissions.

In comparison with US Business Schools, the European ones mostly have a higher acceptance rate of MBA applicants ranging from 16.6% in the case Mannheim Business School to 55% at Warwick Business School.

Of the total 465 applications received in 2017-18, Mannheim admitted 77 of which 55 enrolled showing a year over year change of 3%. HEC, Paris with an acceptance rate of 17.5% had 2,231 applications in 2017-18 of which 391 were admitted of which 235 students enrolled, a year-over-year change of 5%.

IESE Business School comes next with an acceptance rate of 26.4% from a total 2,105 applications, admitting 556 of which 350 enrolled, -8% year-over-year change.

MBA Acceptance Rates in Europe: 16.6% at Mannheim To 55% at Warwick 

Meanwhile, IMD recorded an acceptance rate of 28.8% from 430 applications admitting 124 of which 90 enrolled with a year-over-year change of 63%.

London Business School has an acceptance rate of 32.8%. Oxford Said and Cambridge Judge business schools also do not provide the figures. The acceptance figure for the Spanish business schools, IESE, IE and ESADE, is between 35% and 38%.

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Unlike their US counterparts, several of the B-schools in Europe shy away from providing admission statistics. INSEAD, for instance, may provide the average GMAT score of the class but would not reveal the total number of applicants, those admitted or the acceptance rates. However, the school is believed to have an acceptance rate of around 30%.

London Business School has an acceptance rate of 32.8%. Oxford Said and Cambridge Judge business schools also do not provide the figures. The acceptance figure for the Spanish business schools, IESE, IE and ESADE, is between 35% and 38%.

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INSEAD says it does not provide the statistics to avoid leading the applicants to wrong conclusions about their chances that may even lead them not to apply at some of the schools. They should have the freedom to apply depending on their profile, career goals and network opportunities.

Admission consultants opine that the opacity could also be to hide fall in application volume corresponding with a rise in acceptance rates that could be interpreted as fall in standards.

Among those refusing to part with data were the Imperial College Business School, Erasmus University’s Rotterdam School of Management, City University’s Cass Business School in London and Lancaster Business School.