イェール大学経営大学院 (Yale SOM) Applications Down 15%

1. Applications to the full-time MBA program at Yale SOM declined 15.6% between 2018 and 2019, from 3,785 to 3,194, more than double the decline of the year before. 
2. Domestic applications sank 13%
3. International applications dropped 19% 

In the last three years, applications to Yale SOM have declined 22% from their high of 4,098 in 2016-17. 

Yale School of Management saw declines on average Graduate Management Admission Test score, on acceptance rate, on yield, on GPA and even on percentage of women in the class.

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Yale SOM’s Class of 2021 is 345 strong, down two spots from last year, with 42% women (down from 43% the last three years) and 44% international passport holders (a number that includes dual citizens and U.S. permanent residents), including representatives of 47 countries. The percentage of under-represented students of color, which increased 1 percentage point from 12%, while the total students of color ticked up 2 points, to 29%. The class also has enrolled the highest-ever number of military veterans — 18, up from just 10 last year.

The Class of 2021's  Graduate Record Exam scores, saw a one-point improvement in the average Quant score, to 164, to go with maintaining a 165 in the Verbal; that moved Yale’s overall score up a point from last year, to 329 — likely among the top overall scores of any B-school.

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The Average work experience for members of the Class of 2021 is 5.1 years, up from 4.8 last fall. Most (20%) hail from financial services jobs, with consulting (19%) a close second and nonprofit (15%) a close third. The nonprofit number is up 3 percentage points and easily the highest of any top school. Thirty percent have STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) undergraduate degrees, up from 29% last year, while 28% studied in the humanities/social sciences, 23% have business degrees, and 19% have economics degrees. The latter two categories represented 21% each of the Class of 2020.

But GPA is down, to 3.64 from last year’s record high of 3.71; average score on the GMAT is down three points, to 721; acceptance rate is up 5 percentage points in one year, to 25%, and nearly 8 points since the school notched its record low in 2017; and yield is down, to 43% from 45%.