10 Business Schools That Get the Most Full-Time Applications

US News & World Report has listed 10 schools that received nearly 5,500 full-time MBA applications each on average.

Business school (name) (state)	Full-time applications	U.S. News b-school rank
Harvard University (MA)	9,134	1
Columbia University (NY)	6,669	8
Stanford University (CA)	6,618	1
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)	6,442	3
Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)	5,305	4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)	4,490	4
New York University (Stern)	4,416	11
University of Chicago (Booth)	4,169	4
Duke University (Fuqua) (NC)	3,452	12
University of California—Berkeley (Haas)	3,444	7

MBA applications have historically increased in poor economic conditions.　However the Graduate Management Admission Council's 2011 survey of graduate business school application trends found that about two thirds of full time, two-year MBA programs saw decreases in application numbers!

Key Points: 

 

According to data from 133 ranked, full-time MBA programs that reported application volume to U.S. News for the fall 2011 entering class, the average number of applicants was 884.  

Harvard Business School led the pack with 9,134 full-time applications. 

Among the 10 schools with the most full-time applicants, the average number of applications was 5,414. 

Eight of the 10 highest ranked schools in the U.S. News Best Business Schools rankings made the top 10 list for full-time applicants. 

The other two, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, which ranked 9th overall, and the School of Management at Yale University, ranked 10th overall, were among the top 15 schools for greatest number of full-time applicants. 

Each of the top 10 schools for full-time applicants saw a decrease in full-time applicants in fall 2011 over fall 2010, with the exception of the Business School at Columbia University, whose application numbers rose from 6,666 in 2010 to 6,669 in 2011!!

Source: US News & World Report