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