With the pandemic giving us no chance to return back to normalcy, even in case of education and studying abroad, there has been a huge surge in the count of candidates opting for online programs. Similar is the case with online MBA programs, and –schools, and when the later appears, it is a necessity to talk about the average GRE and GMAT cutoffs along with GPAs that the B-schools are requiring during the COVID-19. It must be mentioned before, most of the renowned B-schools made the rest-optional regulation, thereby decreasing the GMAT/GRE score submissions.
Out of the 42 B-schools that welcomed the GMAT scores this year, the average GMAT score has been 649.4. The highest GMAT score reported was something like:
| B-schools | Average GMAT score reported | Percentage of Candidates Reporting GMAT score |
|---|---|---|
| Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business | 687 | 1.7% |
| UNC Kenan Flager Business School | 677 | 7.0% |
| Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business | 671 | 83.0% |
| Creighton University Heider College of Business | 670 | 4.0% |
| Indiana University Kelley School of Business | 650 | 32.0% |
| Imperial College Business School | 650 | 1.4% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 640 | 1.0% |
| University of Cincinnati (Linder) | 637 | 2.0% |
| Lehigh University | 629 | 34.0% |
| University of Washington (Foster) | 619 | 51.0% |
| University of Southern California (Marshall) | 618 | 28.0% |
| University of Nebraska (Lincoln) | 616 | 22.4% |
| University of Michigan (Dearborn) | 610 | 3.0% |
| Ohio University | 610 | 0.60% |
| Auburn University (Harbert) | 605 | 73% |
| George Washington University | 604 | 2.0% |
| University of Maryland (Smith) | 604 | 9.4% |
| University of Delaware (Lerner) | 603 | 7.4% |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Isenberg) | 594 | 2.9% |
| Oklahoma State University (Spears) | 592 | 41.5% |
| Arizona State University (W. P. Carey) | 587 | 46.0% |
| Santa Clara University (Leavey) | 582 | 3.0% |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell (Manning) | 579 | 2.0% |
| Villanova University | 577 | 23.5% |
| University of Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | 577 | 21.0% |
| University of Florida | 576 | 40.0% |
| Kennesaw State University | 575 | 8.2% |
| University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium | 575 | 42.9% |
| Drexel University (LeBow) | 575 | 4.0% |
| University of Utah (Eccles) | 567 | 9.6% |
| North Carolina State University (Jenkins) | 565 | 3.5% |
| University of North Dakota (Nistler) | 563 | 35.0% |
| University of Arizona (Eller) | 559 | 9.0% |
| University of South Florida (Muma) | 551 | 21.0% |
| Washington State University | 541 | 7.5% |
| The College of William & Mary (Mason) | 536 | 6.7% |
| Florida International University | 510 | 0.33% |
| SUNY Oswego | 510 | 58.0% |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | 507 | 22.0% |
| American University (Kogod) | 500 | 0.57% |
| Louisiana State University | 495 | 1.1% |
| University of Denver (Daniels) | 380 | 0.01% |
Is GRE outperforming GMAT?
A count of 41 schools accepted the GRE score out of which 11.6% is the submission percentage. CMU Tepper is also in this list and this time topping with 324, and it is also one of the schools of that 10% which accepted over 10% GRE submissions and the order is somewhat like:
| School | Average GRE Score | Percentage of Students Reporting GRE |
|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | 324 | 21.0% |
| Kennesaw State University | 322.5 | 1.9% |
| University of Cincinnati (Lindner) | 320 | 1.0% |
| Indiana University (Kelley) | 315 | 13.0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) | 314 | 4.0% |
| Lehigh University | 314 | 16.0% |
| University of Maryland (Smith) | 314 | 7.4% |
| University of Washington (Foster) | 314 | 49.0% |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 313.5 | 10.9% |
| Baylor University (Hankamer) | 312.5 | 1.2% |
| Oklahoma State University (Spears) | 312.4 | 36.0% |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Isenberg) | 312 | 10.5% |
| University of Southern California (Marshall) | 310 | 27.0% |
| North Carolina State University (Jenkins) | 310 | 5.2% |
| Auburn University (Harbert) | 309 | 17.0% |
| George Washington University | 309 | 12.0% |
| University of Utah (Eccles) | 309 | 11.7% |
| University of Delaware (Lerner) | 309 | 15.0% |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn | 309 | 5.0% |
| University of North Dakota (Nistler) | 308 | 3.0% |
| University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium | 308 | 9.4% |
| University of Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | 307 | 24.0% |
| Arizona State University (W. P. Carey) | 307 | 34.0% |
| American University (Kogod) | 306.3 | 3.5% |
| Villanova University | 306 | 14.3% |
| University of Florida | 305 | 37.0% |
| SUNY Oswego | 305 | 6.3% |
| University of South Florida (Muma) | 304 | 15.0% |
| The College of William & Mary (Mason) | 304 | 4.7% |
| University of Arizona (Eller) | 304 | 6.0% |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | 303 | 23.0% |
| Santa Clara University (Leavey) | 302 | 6.0% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 300 | 7.1% |
| Drexel University (LeBow) | 298 | 6.0% |
| Louisiana State University | 298 | 2.2% |
| Creighton University (Heider) | 296 | 4.0% |
| Florida International University | 291 | 0.36% |
| University of Denver (Daniels) | 289 | 2.2% |
| Imperial College Business School | 155 | 0.70% |
| Washington State University | 151 | 2.0% |
| Ohio University | 149.75 | 1.3% |
Need for Undergrad GPA Remain Untouched
The pandemic witnessed a great downfall in the GRE and GMAT submission percentage, but GPA for undergraduate has remained unchanged. That is evitable by the fact that schools do consider a candidate’s past performance, Kelley Business School which ranked 2nd then, with 3.45 GPA and was tied with a less famous program of Foisie Business School of Worcester Polytechnic Institute which then ranked 7th. This year Kelley’s GPA saw a drop and that of Foisie increased to 3.54. Here are some of the top online MBA programs based on GPA:
| School | Average Undergraduate GPA |
|---|---|
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 3.54 |
| University of Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | 3.48 |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn | 3.46 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 3.45 |
| University of Arizona (Eller) | 3.45 |
| Washington State University | 3.43 |
| Imperial College Business School | 3.43 |
| University of South Florida (Muma) | 3.42 |
| Indiana University (Kelley) | 3.42 |
| University of Washington (Foster) | 3.42 |
| University of North Dakota (Nistler) | 3.41 |
| Oklahoma State University (Spears) | 3.41 |
| University of Utah (Eccles) | 3.40 |
| Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | 3.40 |
| Arizona State University (W. P. Carey) | 3.40 |
| Lehigh University | 3.39 |
| University of Florida | 3.39 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Isenberg) | 3.38 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 3.38 |
| University of Cincinnati (Lindner) | 3.369 |
| Auburn University (Harbert) | 3.36 |
| SUNY Oswego | 3.36 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | 3.348 |
| Creighton University (Heider) | 3.34 |
| University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium | 3.34 |
| North Carolina State University (Jenkins) | 3.29 |
| University of Delaware (Lerner) | 3.29 |
| Kennesaw State University | 3.28 |
| Rogers State University | 3.25 |
| Villanova University | 3.23 |
| Florida International University | 3.22 |
| Northeastern University (D'Amore-McKim) | 3.22 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) | 3.20 |
| George Washington University | 3.20 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) | 3.20 |
| University of Maryland (Smith) | 3.20 |
| Ohio University | 3.20 |
| Baylor University (Hankamer) | 3.14 |
| The College of William & Mary (Mason) | 3.13 |
| Santa Clara University (Leavey) | 3.13 |
| Hofstra University | 3.13 |
| University of Southern California (Marshall) | 3.12 |
| Drexel University (LeBow) | 3.12 |
| Jack Welch Management Institute | 3.10 |
| University of Denver (Daniels) | 3.09 |
| Louisiana State University | 3.02 |
| American University (Kogod) | 3.00 |
