STEM Designated Programs at the top 20 MBA Programs

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) MBA programs are increasing in popularity - and with good reason. International students are able to take advantage of extended visa opportunities and remain in the United States for a total of 36 months rather than the standard 12. And, by combining tech and business skills, STEM MBA programs also meet the changing needs of organizations, thereby increasing employability for graduates of these programs. Here is a complete list of STEM-designated MBA programs at the top 20 business schools (as of November 2020) along with their median / average acceptance statistics.

Harvard https://www.hbs.edu/mba/academic-experience/joint-degree-programs/school-of-engineering-and-applied-sciences/Pages/default.aspx

• GPA: 3.7

• GMAT: 730

• Work experience: 4.4 years

Stanford https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/programs/mba

• GPA: 3.8

• GMAT: 733

• Work experience: 4.7 years

University of Chicago https://www.chicagobooth.edu/mba/full-time

• GPA: 3.6

• GMAT: 730

• Work experience: 5 years

University of Pennsylvania https://mba-inside.wharton.upenn.edu/majors/

• GPA: 3.6

• GMAT: 730

• Work experience: 5 years

MIT https://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba https://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/admissions/mit-sloan-mba-early-admission

• GPA: 3.5

• GMAT: 720

• Work experience: 5 years

Northwestern https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/programs/full-time-mba.aspx https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/programs/full-time-mba/mmm-program.aspx

• GPA: 3.6

• GMAT 730

• Work experience: 5 years

Columbia https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs/mba/admissions/options-deadlines https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs/mba/admissions/options-deadlines/deferred-enrollment

• GPA: 3.6

• GMAT: 726

• Work experience: 5 years

UC Berkeley https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/

• GPA: 3.6

• GMAT: 727

• Work experience: 5.3 years

Dartmouth https://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/academic-experience/management-science-and-quantitative-analysis

• GPA: 3.48

• GMAT: 720

• Work experience: 5.25 years

Yale https://som.yale.edu/programs/mba

• GPA: 3.6

• GMAT: 720

• Work experience: 5 years

NYU https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/academic-affairs-advising/mba-programs/full-time-mba https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/academic-affairs-advising/mba-programs/tech-mba

• GPA: 3.61

• GMAT: 720

• Work experience: 5.2 years

Cornell https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/programs/full-time-mba/two-year-mba/ https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/programs/full-time-mba/one-year-mba/ https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/programs/full-time-mba/cornell-tech-mba/

• GPA: 3.34

• GMAT: 700

• Work experience: 5 years

Duke https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/programs/mms-foundations-business/mstem-track

• GPA: 3.5

• GMAT: 702

• Work experience: 5.6 years

University of Michigan https://michiganross.umich.edu/graduate/full-time-mba/curriculum/specializations/STEM-Designated-Specialization-in-Management-Science

• GPA: 3.5

• GMAT: 710

• Work experience: 5.3 years

UC Los Angeles https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/full-time-mba https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/fully-employed-mba

• GPA: 3.5

• GMAT: 706

• Work experience: 4.5

University of Virginia https://www.darden.virginia.edu/mba/academics/concentrations

• GPA: 3.5

• GMAT: 713

• Work experience: 4 years

Carnegie Mellon https://www.cmu.edu/tepper/programs/mba/index.html

• GPA: 3.35

• GMAT: 680

• Work experience: 5.51

University of Southern California https://www.marshall.usc.edu/programs/mba-programs/full-time-mba/academics/stem-mba

• GPA: 3.55

• GMAT: 707

• Work experience: 5 years

University of North Carolina https://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/programs/mba/full-time-mba/academics/concentrations-electives/business-analytics-and-management-science/

• GPA: 3.4

• GMAT: 694

• Work experience: 4.5 years

University of Washington https://foster.uw.edu/academics/degree-programs/technology-management-mba/

• GPA: 3.37

• GMAT: 692

• Work experience: 6 years