Most Selective MBA Programs (2026)

The hardest MBA programs to get into, ranked by acceptance rate.

1

Stanford GSB Stanford, CA

GMAT 738 Salary $192K Accept 6.9%

2

Harvard Business School Boston, MA

GMAT 740 Salary $195K Accept 11%

3

MIT Sloan Cambridge, MA

GMAT 730 Salary $178K Accept 12%

4

Berkeley Haas Berkeley, CA

GMAT 726 Salary $175K Accept 12%

5

Columbia Business School New York, NY

GMAT 729 Salary $180K Accept 15%

6

Yale SOM New Haven, CT

GMAT 720 Salary $165K Accept 17%

7

Wharton Philadelphia, PA

GMAT 733 Salary $185K Accept 18%

8

Kellogg Evanston, IL

GMAT 727 Salary $175K Accept 20%

9

Booth Chicago, IL

GMAT 730 Salary $180K Accept 21%

10

Duke Fuqua Durham, NC

GMAT 720 Salary $168K Accept 22%

11

Dartmouth Tuck Hanover, NH

GMAT 722 Salary $172K Accept 22%

12

NYU Stern New York, NY

GMAT 723 Salary $170K Accept 23%

13

Michigan Ross Ann Arbor, MI

GMAT 720 Salary $170K Accept 24%

14

Virginia Darden Charlottesville, VA

GMAT 718 Salary $168K Accept 24%

15

UCLA Anderson Los Angeles, CA

GMAT 714 Salary $160K Accept 25%

16

Cornell Johnson Ithaca, NY

GMAT 710 Salary $165K Accept 27%

17

USC Marshall Los Angeles, CA

GMAT 710 Salary $155K Accept 27%

18

Carnegie Mellon Tepper Pittsburgh, PA

GMAT 710 Salary $158K Accept 28%

19

Emory Goizueta Atlanta, GA

GMAT 705 Salary $150K Accept 28%

20

Washington Foster Seattle, WA

GMAT 710 Salary $152K Accept 28%

21

Georgia Tech Scheller Atlanta, GA

GMAT 695 Salary $140K Accept 28%

22

Rice Jones Houston, TX

GMAT 705 Salary $148K Accept 28%

23

UNC Kenan-Flagler Chapel Hill, NC

GMAT 705 Salary $152K Accept 30%

24

Texas McCombs Austin, TX

GMAT 705 Salary $155K Accept 30%

25

WashU Olin St. Louis, MO

GMAT 700 Salary $148K Accept 30%