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Average GRE, GMAT & GPAs for Top Online MBA Programs of 2021
It is a known fact that the Graduate Management Admission Test is one of the most vital tests for getting admission into a reputed business school. Due to the pandemic, several MBA programs can be taken in different ways and are most likely to continue offering them.
Like full-time MBA programs, students must write the GMAT, the Graduate Record Exam, and other entrance exams. The online courses, too, expect students to do the same; however, it is secondary to other admissions factors.
The accepted GMAT scores from 42 business schools were taken this year. The average among them was 649.4. Likewise, the business schools that received more than 10% submissions from students saw an average GMAT score of 589.6.
Average GMAT Scores for Top Global Online MBA Ranking programs
| School | Average GMAT Score | Percentage of Students Reporting GMAT |
| Baylor University (Hankamer) | 687 | 1.70% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) | 677 | 7.00% |
| Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | 671 | 83.00% |
| Creighton University (Heider) | 670 | 4.00% |
| Indiana University (Kelley) | 650 | 32.00% |
| Imperial College Business School | 650 | 1.40% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 640 | 1.00% |
| University of Cincinnati (Lindner) | 637 | 2.00% |
| Lehigh University | 629 | 34.00% |
| University of Washington (Foster) | 619 | 51.00% |
| University of Southern California (Marshall) | 618 | 28.00% |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 616 | 22.40% |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn | 610 | 3.00% |
| Ohio University | 610 | 0.60% |
| Auburn University (Harbert) | 605 | 73.00% |
| George Washington University | 604 | 2.00% |
| University of Maryland (Smith) | 604 | 9.40% |
| University of Delaware (Lerner) | 603 | 7.40% |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Isenberg) | 594 | 2.90% |
| Oklahoma State University (Spears) | 592 | 41.50% |
| Arizona State University (W. P. Carey) | 587 | 46.00% |
| Santa Clara University (Leavey) | 582 | 3.00% |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell (Manning) | 579 | 2.00% |
| Villanova University | 577 | 23.50% |
| University of Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | 577 | 21.00% |
| University of Florida | 576 | 40.00% |
| Kennesaw State University | 575 | 8.20% |
| University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium | 575 | 42.90% |
| Drexel University (LeBow) | 575 | 4.00% |
| University of Utah (Eccles) | 567 | 9.60% |
| North Carolina State University (Jenkins) | 565 | 3.50% |
| University of North Dakota (Nistler) | 563 | 35.00% |
| University of Arizona (Eller) | 559 | 9.00% |
| University of South Florida (Muma) | 551 | 21.00% |
| Washington State University | 541 | 7.50% |
| The College of William & Mary (Mason) | 536 | 6.70% |
| Florida International University | 510 | 0.33% |
| SUNY Oswego | 510 | 58.00% |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | 507 | 22.00% |
| American University (Kogod) | 500 | 0.57% |
| Louisiana State University | 495 | 1.10% |
| University of Denver (Daniels) | 380 | 0.01% |
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| School | U.S. News Rank | Acceptance Rate | Enrollment | Total Cost | Average GMAT Score | Percentage of Students Reporting GMAT |
| University of Southern California (Marshall) | 5 | 64.9% | 178 | $111,663 | 618 | 28.0% |
| George Washington University | 22T | 79.2% | 419 | $100,883 | 604 | 2.0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) | 1T | 54.6% | 799 | $125,589 | 677 | 7.0% |
| Lehigh University | 18T | 55.7% | 204 | $41,595 | 629 | 34.0% |
| Villanova University | 9 | 83.5% | 298 | $66,000 | 577 | 23.5% |
| Santa Clara University (Leavey) | 131T | 98.0% | 106 | $83,510 | 582 | 3.0% |
| North Carolina State University (Jenkins) | 15T | 70.7% | 333 | $46,155 | 565 | 3.5% |
| Washington State University | 18T | 78.8% | 935 | $43,368 | 541 | 7.5% |
| University of Maryland (Smith) | 10T | 70.2% | 436 | $88,776 | 604 | 9.4% |
| Drexel University (LeBow) | 54T | 31.3% | 252 | $63,994 | 575 | 4.0% |
| University of Utah (Eccles) | 18T | 78.7% | 152 | $58,000 | 567 | 9.6% |
| Baylor University (Hankamer) | 47T | 75.7% | 391 | $60,724 | 687 | 1.7% |
| University of Florida | 4 | 63.6% | 504 | $58,000 | 576 | 40.0% |
| University of Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | 6T | 50.6% | 303 | $93,179 | 577 | 21.0% |
| The College of William & Mary (Mason) | 28T | 85.4% | 387 | $64,300 | 536 | 6.7% |
| Jack Welch Management Institute | NR | 24.8% | 1,919 | $59,808 | NA | NA |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Isenberg) | 28T | 66.3% | 1,414 | $35,983 | 594 | 2.9% |
| University of Arizona (Eller) | 10T | 67.5% | 345 | $51,525 | 559 | 9.0% |
| University of Denver (Daniels) | 109T | 79.8% | 308 | $83,220 | 380 | 0.01% |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 22T | 84.9% | 443 | $31,200 | 616 | 22.4% |
| University of South Florida (Muma) | 95T | 60.0% | 78 | $28,800 | 575 | 27.0% |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | 62T | 60.7% | 193 | $25,212 | 507 | 22.0% |
| Arizona State University (W. P. Carey) | 10T | 54.6% | 450 | $61,545 | 587 | 46.0% |
| American University (Kogod) | 74T | 49.6% | 531 | $78,288 | 500 | 0.6% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 123T | 72.7% | 130 | $77,280 | 640 | 1.0% |
| SUNY Oswego | 54T | 90.2% | 223 | $27,764 | 510 | 58.0% |
| University of North Dakota (Nistler) | 35T | 92.8% | 127 | $18,391 | 563 | 35.0% |
| University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium | 10T | 92.6% | 330 | $28,800 | 575 | 42.9% |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell (Manning) | 22T | 90.7% | 925 | $19,650 | 579 | 2.0% |
| University of Delaware (Lerner) | 47T | 68.7% | 478 | $41,800 | 603 | 7.4% |
| Hofstra University | 40T | 83.5% | 52 | $54,502 | NA | NA |
| Ohio University | 109T | 92.1% | 853 | $36,785 | 610 | 0.6% |
| Louisiana State University | 88T | 70.0% | 245 | $19,980 | 495 | 1.1% |
| Florida International University | 62T | 55.2% | 871 | $42,000 | 510 | 0.3% |
| Imperial College Business School | NR | 28.8% | 283 | $48,611 | 650 | 1.4% |
| Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) | 102T | 77.0% | 628 | $82,000 | NA | NA |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn | 95T | 53.2% | 242 | $32,580 | 610 | 3.0% |
| University of Cincinnati (Lindner) | 62T | 59.8% | 367 | $44,640 | 637 | 2.0% |
| Oklahoma State University (Spears) | 40T | 50.2% | 230 | $20,947 | 592 | 41.5% |
| Kennesaw State University | 74T | 65.6% | 191 | $24,470 | 575 | 8.2% |
| Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) | 28T | 33.3% | 30 | $78,000 | NA | NA |
| Rogers State University | NR | 93.7% | 27 | $10,880 | NA | NA |
| Syracuse (Whitman) | 54T | 83.0% | 1,362 | $87,480 | 564 | 2.0% |
| Creighton University (Heider) | 31T | 85.9% | 121 | $30,821 | 670 | 4.0% |
| Penn State World | 6T | 84.0% | 486 | $58,320 | 578 | 24.0% |
| Babson (Olin) | 31T | 89.0% | 268 | $90,710 | NA | NA |
| Illinois (Gies) | NR | 53.0% | 2,844 | $21,999 | 633 | NA |
CMU Tepper was ranked first with a combined (verbal plus quant) GRE average of 324. Tepper managed to have an acceptance of 21%. It was among more than 17 business schools to have scored 10% GRE submissions.
The top five ranked schools include USC Marshall School of Business, Indiana Kelley, CMU Tepper, UNC Kenan-Flagler, and George Washington University. The average GRE score was close to 314.3.
Marshall led the average percentage of GRE submissions of 15.3% with more than 26%.
Average GRE Scores of the top P&Q Online MBA Ranked business school in 2021
| Business School | Average GRE Score | % of candidates reporting GRE score |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 324 | 21.00% |
| Kennesaw State University | 322.5 | 1.90% |
| University of Cincinnati | 320 | 1.00% |
| Indiana University | 315 | 13.00% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 314 | 4.00% |
| Lehigh University | 314 | 16.00% |
| University of Maryland | 314 | 7.40% |
| University of Washington | 314 | 49.00% |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 313.5 | 10.90% |
| Baylor University | 312.5 | 1.20% |
| Oklahoma State University | 312.4 | 36.00% |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 312 | 10.50% |
| University of Southern California | 310 | 27.00% |
| North Carolina State University | 310 | 5.20% |
| Auburn University | 309 | 17.00% |
| George Washington University | 309 | 12.00% |
| University of Utah | 309 | 11.70% |
| University of Delaware | 309 | 15.00% |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn | 309 | 5.00% |
| University of North Dakota | 308 | 3.00% |
| University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium | 308 | 9.40% |
| University of Texas-Dallas | 307 | 24.00% |
| Arizona State University | 307 | 34.00% |
| American University | 306.3 | 3.50% |
| Villanova University | 306 | 14.30% |
| University of Florida | 305 | 37.00% |
| SUNY Oswego | 305 | 6.30% |
| University of South Florida | 304 | 15.00% |
| The College of William & Mary | 304 | 4.70% |
| University of Arizona | 304 | 6.00% |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | 303 | 23.00% |
| Santa Clara University | 302 | 6.00% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 300 | 7.10% |
| Drexel University | 298 | 6.00% |
| Louisiana State University | 298 | 2.20% |
| Creighton University | 296 | 4.00% |
| Florida International University | 291 | 0.36% |
| University of Denver | 289 | 2.20% |
| Imperial College Business School | 155 | 0.70% |
| Washington State University | 151 | 2.00% |
| Ohio University | 149.75 | 1.30% |
| Jack Welch Management Institute | 0 | 0.20% |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 0 | 0.00% |
| Rogers State University | 0 | 0.00% |
| Northeastern University | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hofstra University | 0 | 0.00% |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 0 | 0.00% |
| Jack Welch Management Institute | 0 | 0.00% |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 0 | 0.00% |
| Rogers State University | 0 | 0.00% |
| Northeastern University | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hofstra University | 0 | 0.00% |
GPA
The undergraduate grade point average is a crucial part of the MBA admissions. Candidates are ranked based on the ranks and scores they received during their undergraduate courses.
| Business School | Average Under-Graduate GPA |
| Louisiana State University | 3.02 |
| University of Denver | 3.09 |
| Jack Welch Management Institute | 3.1 |
| University of Southern California | 3.12 |
| Drexel University | 3.12 |
| The College of William & Mary | 3.13 |
| Santa Clara University | 3.13 |
| Hofstra University | 3.13 |
| Baylor University | 3.14 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 3.2 |
| George Washington University | 3.2 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 3.2 |
| University of Maryland | 3.2 |
| Ohio University | 3.2 |
| Florida International University | 3.22 |
| Northeastern University | 3.22 |
| Villanova University | 3.23 |
| Rogers State University | 3.25 |
| Kennesaw State University | 3.28 |
| North Carolina State University | 3.29 |
| University of Delaware | 3.29 |
| Creighton University | 3.34 |
| University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium | 3.34 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | 3.348 |
| Auburn University | 3.36 |
| SUNY Oswego | 3.36 |
| University of Cincinnati | 3.369 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 3.38 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 3.38 |
| Lehigh University | 3.39 |
| University of Florida | 3.39 |
| University of Utah | 3.4 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 3.4 |
| Arizona State University | 3.4 |
| University of North Dakota | 3.41 |
| Oklahoma State University | 3.41 |
| University of South Florida | 3.42 |
| Indiana University | 3.42 |
| University of Washington | 3.42 |
| Washington State University | 3.43 |
| Imperial College Business School | 3.43 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 3.45 |
| University of Arizona | 3.45 |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn | 3.46 |
| University of Texas-Dallas | 3.48 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 3.54 |
| American University | 3 |
Work Experience
The average work experience for incoming classes during academic year 2019-2020 at the top online MBA programs is tabulated below:
| Business School | Rank | Average Work-Ex of 2020 batch |
| George Washington University | 4 | 15 |
| Jack Welch Management Institute | 20 | 15 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 46 | 15 |
| Hofstra University | 35 | 11.8 |
| Baylor University | 16 | 11.5 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33 | 11.5 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 21 | 11.3 |
| University of Utah | 15 | 10.9 |
| Santa Clara University | 10 | 10.6 |
| University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium | 32 | 10.5 |
| Kennesaw State University | 45 | 10.3 |
| University of Arizona | 22 | 10.08 |
| Imperial College Business School | 39 | 10 |
| Northeastern University | 41 | 10 |
| Rogers State University | 47 | 10 |
| University of Denver | 23 | 10 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 5 | 10 |
| University of South Florida | 25 | 10 |
| University of Southern California | 3 | 10 |
| Washington State University | 12 | 10 |
| Villanova University | 7 | 9.8 |
| Drexel University | 14 | 9.77 |
| SUNY Oswego | 30 | 9.26 |
| Indiana University | 1 | 9 |
| North Carolina State University | 11 | 8.8 |
| Lehigh University | 6 | 8.77 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 24 | 8.5 |
| University of Washington | 9 | 8.2 |
| Louisiana State University | 37 | 8 |
| The College of William & Mary | 19 | 8 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | 26 | 8 |
| University of Texas-Dallas | 18 | 8 |
| Florida International University | 38 | 7.7 |
| University of Maryland | 13 | 7.33 |
| Ohio University | 36 | 7.1 |
| Oklahoma State University | 44 | 7 |
| University of Cincinnati | 43 | 7 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29 | 7 |
| Creighton University (Heider) | 40 | 6.85 |
| University of North Dakota | 31 | 6.5 |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn | 42 | 6.49 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 2 | 6.4 |
| University of Florida | 17 | 6.33 |
| Arizona State University | 27 | 6 |
| Auburn University | 8 | 6 |
| American University | 28 | 5.8 |
| University of Delaware | 34 | 5.56 |
Application to Admission acceptance rates for top online MBA programs, the toughest online MBA programs to get into
| Business School | Rank | Acceptance Rate 2020 |
| Jack Welch Management Institute | 24.80% | |
| 20 | 28.80% | |
| Imperial College Business School | 39 | 31.30% |
| Drexel University (LeBow) | 14 | 33.30% |
| Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) | 46 | 49.60% |
| American University (Kogod) | 28 | 49.70% |
| University of South Florida (Muma) | 25 | 50.20% |
| Oklahoma State University (Spears) | 44 | 50.60% |
| University of Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | 18 | 53.20% |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn | 42 | 54.60% |
| Arizona State University (W. P. Carey) | 27 | 54.60% |
| University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 5 | 55.20% |
| Florida International University | 38 | 55.70% |
| Lehigh University | 6 | 56.00% |
| Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | 2 | 59.80% |
| University of Cincinnati (Lindner) | 43 | 60.70% |
| University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 26 | 63.60% |
| University of Florida | 17 | 64.90% |
| University of Southern California (Marshall) | 3 | 65.60% |
| Kennesaw State University | 45 | 65.90% |
| Indiana University (Kelley) | 1 | 66.30% |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Isenberg) | 21 | 67.20% |
| Auburn University (Harbert) | 8 | 67.50% |
| University of Arizona (Eller) | 22 | 68.70% |
| University of Delaware (Lerner) | 34 | 69.80% |
| Louisiana State University (Ourso) | 37 | 70.20% |
| University of Maryland (Smith) | 13 | 70.70% |
| North Carolina State University (Jenkins) | 11 | 72.70% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Foisie) | 29 | 75.70% |
| Baylor University (Hankamer) | 16 | 77.00% |
| Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) | 41 | 78.70% |
| University of Utah (Eccles) | 15 | 78.80% |
| Washington State University (Carson) | 12 | 79.30% |
| George Washington University | 4 | 79.80% |
| University of Denver (Daniels) | 23 | 82.80% |
| University of Washington (Foster) | 9 | 83.50% |
| Villanova University | 7 | 83.50% |
| Hofstra University (Zarb) | 35 | 84.90% |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 24 | 85.40% |
| The College of William & Mary (Mason) | 19 | 85.90% |
| Creighton University (Heider) | 40 | 90.20% |
| SUNY-Oswego | 30 | 90.70% |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell (Manning) | 33 | 92.10% |
| Ohio University | 36 | 92.60% |
| University of Wisconsin Consortium | 32 | 92.80% |
| University of North Dakota (Nistler) | 31 | 93.70% |
| Rogers State University | 47 | 98.00% |
| Santa Clara University (Leavey) | 10 | NA |
| Southern Illinois University | NR | NA |
| Syracuse University (Whitman) | NR | NA |
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