GMAT, GRE REPORTING AT RANKED ONLINE MBAs
Despite its fading relevance, GMAT and GRE requirements and average scores are still among the stats a prospective student look at when narrowing their target list of preferred online MBA programs. A strong score is considered an indicator of eventual MBA success. Students want to know the number to shoot for, and the quality of the cohort to which they, hopefully, will be admitted.
According to data submitted to P&Q, 43 of 61 ranked programs are now test optional, but several allow students to submit scores to make their applications of stronger.
2026 Rank |
School |
Average GMAT |
% Reporting GMAT |
Average GRE |
% Reporting GRE |
GMAT/GRE Required? |
| 1 | Indiana University (Kelley) | 681 | 3% | 320 | 1.0% | Test Optional |
| 2 | University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) | 579 | 4% | 311 | 14.0% | Yes |
| 3 | University of Michigan (Ross) | 694 | 6% | 317 | 4.0% | Yes |
| 4 | University of Washington (Foster) | 664 | 5.26% | 157 | 5.3% | Test Optional |
| 5 | Hofstra University (Zarb) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes |
| 6 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | 704 | 14% | 322 | 10.0% | Yes |
| 7 | Auburn University (Harbert) | 635 | 1% | 319 | 1.0% | Test Optional |
| 8 | University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business | 680 | 1% | 305 | 4% | Test Optional |
| 9 | Jack Welch Management Institute | N/A | 0% | N/A | 0.0% | Yes |
| 10 | University of Florida (Warrington) | N/A | 0% | N/A | 0.0% | Test Optional |
| 11 | Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) | NA | 3% | NA | 0.0% | Test Optional |
| 12 | University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 630 | 0.80% | 314 | 1.2% | Yes |
| 13 | University of Utah (Eccles) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes |
| 14 | Wake Forest University | NR | 2% | NR | 4.0% | Test Optional |
| 15 | Villanova University | 584 | 5.08% | 313 | 8.5% | Test Optional |
| 16 | Lehigh University | N/A | 1.54% | N/A | 4.6% | Test Optional |
| 17 | Fairfield University (Dolan) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% | Yes |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 19 | Bryant University | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 20 | Rice University (Jones) | 703 | 1% | 314 | 1.0% | Yes |
| 21 | University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) | 615 | 0.60% | N/A | N/A | Yes |
| 22 | North Carolina State University (Poole) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 23 | Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 24 | Santa Clara University (Leavey) | 605 | 3% | 310 | 1.0% | Yes |
| 25 | University of Connecticut | N/A | 0% | N/A | 0.0% | Test Optional |
| 26 | University of Iowa (Tippie) | 638 | <1% | 159 | 1.0% | Test Optional |
| 27 | University of South Florida (Muma) | 593 | 1% | 306 | 6.0% | Yes |
| 28 | Clemson University | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 29 | University of Denver (Daniels) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 30 | Texas Tech University (Rawls) | 558 | 13% | 310 | 7.0% | Yes |
| 31 | University of Cincinnati (Lindner) | N/A | 0% | N/A | 0.0% | Test Optional |
| 32 | University of Delaware (Lerner) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 33 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 630 | 0.80% | 307 | 0.8% | Test Optional |
| 34 | Baylor University (Hankamer) | N/A | 0% | N/A | 0.0% | Test Optional |
| 35 | Pepperdine University (Graziadio) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 36 | University of Maryland (Smith) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 37 | Syracuse University (Whitman) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 38 | William & Mary (Mason) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 39 | University of Michigan-Dearborn | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 40 | San Jose State University (Lucas) | NA | NA | NA | NA | Test Optional |
| 41 | American University (Kogod) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 42 | Longwood University | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 43 | Ohio University | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 44 | Rogers State University | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 45 | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | N/A | N/A | 300 | 2.5% | Test Optional |
| 46 | University of Massachusetts Lowell (Manning) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 47 | University of California-Davis | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 48 | MIssissippi State University | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 49 | Louisiana State University (Ourso) | 655 | 0.50% | 301 | 1.9% | Test Optional |
| 50 | Creighton University (Heider) | 675 | 1% | 327 | 4.0% | Yes |
| 51 | Florida International University | 350 | 1% | 147 | 3.0% | Yes |
| 52 | Temple University (Fox) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 53 | SUNY Oswego | N/A | 0% | N/A | 0.0% | Test Optional |
| 54 | Drexel University (LeBow) | NA | NA | NA | NA | Test Optional |
| 55 | University of Missouri (Trulaske) | N/A | 0% | 310 | 3.0% | Test Optional |
| 56 | George Mason University (Costello) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 57 | Seattle University (Albers) | 595 | 2% | 310 | 2.0% | Test Optional |
| 58 | University of Houston (Bauer) | 645 | 5% | 307 | 5.0% | Yes |
| 59 | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Rollins) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 60 | Kennesaw State University (Coles) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Test Optional |
| 61 | University of North Texas (Ryan) | 555 | 1% | 301 | 4.0% | Yes |
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