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YIELD AT THE TOP 100 U.S. MBA PROGRAMS 2024-2025
P&Q 2026 Rank |
School |
Yield 2025 |
Yield 2024 |
Yield 2023 |
| 1 | Northwestern (Kellogg) | 34.34% | 35.10% | 36.80% |
| 2 | Harvard Business School | 89.47% | 84.50% | 87.20% |
| 3 | Columbia Business School | 43.89% | 51.00% | 56.20% |
| 4 | Dartmouth (Tuck) | 32.90% | 34.80% | 36.80% |
| 5 | Virginia (Darden) | 34.02% | 31.40% | 31.50% |
| 6 | New York (Stern) | 28.92% | 30.90% | 33.90% |
| 7 | Cornell (Johnson) | 31.69% | 36.10% | 37.00% |
| 8 | Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 62.71% | 57.80% | 57.00% |
| 9 | Michigan (Ross) | 31.90% | 34.00% | 33.20% |
| 10 | UCLA (Anderson) | 32.32% | 32.20% | 33.60% |
| 11 | MIT (Sloan) | 42.45% | 50.10% | 43.20% |
| 12 | Chicago (Booth) | 43.33% | 48.50% | 48.20% |
| 13 | Texas-Austin (McCombs) | 31.59% | 34.50% | 33.70% |
| 14 | UC-Berkeley (Haas) | 36.99% | 38.40% | 36.60% |
| 15 | Duke (Fuqua) | 43.96% | 57.40% | 52.80% |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | 28.80% | 30.90% | 33.60% |
| 17 | Yale SOM | 33.92% | 34.00% | 33.50% |
| 18 | Vanderbilt (Owen) | 28.27% | 30.10% | 28.30% |
| 19 | Washington (Olin) | 24.68% | 35.00% | 36.90% |
| 20 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) | 45.28% | 48.00% | 46.40% |
| 21 | North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 24.61% | 30.40% | 32.60% |
| 22 | Emory (Goizueta) | 28.44% | 25.10% | 28.90% |
| 23 | Washington (Foster) | 33.77% | 32.60% | 32.20% |
| 24 | Southern California (Marshall) | 29.33% | 28.50% | 27.50% |
| 25 | Georgetown (McDonough) | 23.80% | 26.60% | 29.20% |
| 26 | Stanford GSB | 87.85% | 85.10% | 82.70% |
| 27 | Rice (Jones) | 30.44% | 32.40% | 34.20% |
| 28 | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | 35.12% | 30.90% | 34.20% |
| 29 | Georgia (Terry) | 60.94% | 58.40% | 50.00% |
| 30 | Rochester (Simon) | 23.75% | 29.80% | 34.00% |
| 31 | Arizona State (Carey) | 60.26% | 63.60% | 62.90% |
| 32 | UC-Irvine (Merage) | 33.04% | 47.40% | 43.90% |
| 33 | Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | 48.94% | 47.40% | 42.20% |
| 34 | Boston University (Questrom) | 22.90% | 26.90% | 27.40% |
| 35 | Florida (Hough) | 63.33% | 61.50% | 47.40% |
| 36 | William & Mary (Mason) | 29.15% | 22.20% | 35.00% |
| 37 | Brigham Young (Marriott) | 85.59% | 81.70% | 81.10% |
| 38 | Texas A&M (Mays) | 21.62% | 38.30% | 47.90% |
| 39 | Indiana (Kelley) | 31.18% | 32.10% | 30.20% |
| 40 | Fordham (Gabelli) | 30.68% | 41.70% | 37.60% |
| 41 | University of Miami (Herbert) | 100.00% | 44.90% | 40.30% |
| 42 | Southern Methodist (Cox) | 35.47% | 37.50% | 46.30% |
| 43 | Minnesota (Carlson) | 31.40% | 43.90% | 49.40% |
| 44 | Wisconsin | 52.35% | 56.10% | 51.90% |
| 45 | Babson College (Olin) | 30.57% | 27.00% | 31.40% |
| 46 | Ohio State (Fisher) | 30.07% | 41.60% | 38.30% |
| 47 | Maryland (Smith) | 19.49% | 36.20% | 31.30% |
| 48 | Hult International | NA | 29.20% | 25.10% |
| 49 | Texas Christian (Neeley) | 73.68% | 56.70% | 60.70% |
| 50 | Rutgers Business School | 24.83% | 24.80% | 29.80% |
| 51 | Michigan State (Broad) | 47.75% | 44.90% | 47.40% |
| 52 | Utah (Eccles) | 48.51% | 33.80% | 36.70% |
| 53 | Pittsburgh (Katz) | 32.61% | 32.70% | 29.00% |
| 54 | Tennessee-Knoxville (Haslam) | 65.52% | 67.20% | 77.80% |
| 55 | Boston College (Carroll) | 34.68% | 35.50% | 38.90% |
| 56 | Northeastern (D’Amore-McKim) | 30.45% | 33.50% | 45.90% |
| 57 | Baylor (Hankamer) | 44.81% | 66.10% | 75.60% |
| 58 | American (Kogod) | 18.18% | 28.00% | NA |
| 59 | Tulane (Freeman) | 29.27% | 40.00% | 41.80% |
| 60 | Syracuse (Whitman) | 21.37% | 21.40% | 35.60% |
| 61 | Iowa State | 67.21% | 55.20% | 71.40% |
| 62 | Baruch (Zicklin) | NA | 36.30% | 51.00% |
| 63 | Kentucky (Gatton) | 72.73% | 75.70% | 76.30% |
| 64 | Auburn (Harbert) | 69.44% | 78.90% | 77.00% |
| 65 | Arkansas (Walton) | 86.21% | 72.60% | 66.10% |
| 66 | Alabama (Manderson) | 99.56% | 90.50% | 85.50% |
| 67 | George Washington | 14.10% | 23.30% | 34.30% |
| 68 | Cincinnati (Lindner) | 26.04% | 48.70% | 74.20% |
| 69 | Oklahoma State (Spears) | 55.71% | 77.80% | NA |
| 70 | Buffalo (SUNY) | 27.27% | 38.50% | 46.80% |
| 71 | Colorado (Leeds) | 43.51% | 35.80% | 35.10% |
| 72 | Oklahoma (Price) | 66.00% | 58.30% | 63.90% |
| 73 | Arizona (Eller) | 55.17% | 68.00% | 62.20% |
| 74 | Chapman (Argyros) | 38.64% | 36.20% | 59.10% |
| 75 | UC-Davis | 26.27% | 39.10% | 37.80% |
| 76 | Pepperdine (Graziadio) | 33.50% | 31.20% | 36.00% |
| 77 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 11.46% | 12.90% | 18.70% |
| 78 | UC-San Diego (Rady) | 42.11% | 52.20% | 29.50% |
| 79 | Texas Tech (Rawls) | 52.54% | ||
| 80 | South Carolina (Moore) | 68.18% | 65.90% | 71.40% |
| 81 | Charleston | 60.00% | 58.30% | 62.00% |
| 82 | Kansas | 91.18% | 66.70% | 69.80% |
| 83 | Massachusetts-Amherst (Isenberg) | 21.21% | 33.30% | 67.20% |
| 84 | Detroit Mercy | 66.67% | 54.10% | 37.10% |
| 85 | North Carolina A&T (Deese) | 54.31% | 51.30% | 64.70% |
| 86 | San Diego (Knauss) | 44.37% | ||
| 87 | Tampa (Sykes) | 52.94% | 65.20% | NA |
| 88 | Morgan State (Graves) | 51.28% | ||
| 89 | Willamette (Atkinson) | 40.98% | 48.80% | 44.10% |
| 90 | Case Western (Weatherhead) | NA | 34.80% | 19.60% |
| 90 | Mississippi | 43.61% | ||
| 90 | Rollins (Crummer) | NA | 51.50% | 75.00% |
| 90 | Loyola Maryland (Sellinger) | 71.43% | NA | NA |
| 94 | NC State (Poole) | 52.78% | NA | 46.90% |
| 94 | Pace (Lubin) | 13.21% | NA | 14.80% |
| 96 | Johns Hopkins (Carey) | NA | ||
| 96 | Louisiana State (Ourso) | 70.99% | ||
| 98 | Lehigh | 25.81% | 43.50% | NA |
| 99 | Temple (Fox) | NA | NA | 13.00% |
| 100 | Binghamton (SUNY) | 71.56% | 79.60% | NA |
See the next page for application volume data for the P&Q top 100 U.S. business schools.