{"id":25956,"date":"2014-10-27T06:50:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T13:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=25956"},"modified":"2014-10-27T03:55:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T10:55:08","slug":"2016-columbia-business-school-class-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2016-columbia-business-school-class-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Columbia Business School Class Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/columbia_business_school\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24499\" alt=\"Columbia\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Columbia-2837-300x225.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s take a look at who makes up Columbia\u2019s class of 2016 (from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www8.gsb.columbia.edu\/programs-admissions\/mba\/student-life\/class-profile\" target=\"_blank\">CBS website<\/a>)\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 Applications received: <\/strong>5799<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 Students accepted: <\/strong>1056<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 Students enrolled: <\/strong>743 (Aug. entry class size \u2013 544; Jan. entry class size \u2013 199)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 Women:<\/strong> 36%<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 U.S. minorities<\/strong>: 32%<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 International students:<\/strong> 41%<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 Average GMAT score:<\/strong> 716<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 Middle 80% GMAT score:<\/strong> 680-780<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 Average undergraduate GPA:<\/strong> 3.5<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 Middle 80% undergraduate GPA:<\/strong> 3.1-3.8<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 Average work experience:<\/strong> 5 years<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 Middle 80% work experience:<\/strong> 3-7 years<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 Average age:<\/strong> 28<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> \u2022 Middle 80% age range:<\/strong> 25-30<\/p>\n<p><strong>Breakdown of Undergraduate Majors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/columbia_business\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26036 \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/table3.jpg\" width=\"232\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Industries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/columbia_business\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26037 \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/table-2.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you want to be counted among Columbia's next crop of students? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learn how to get in when you attend Accepted's upcoming webinar, <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/columbia_business\"><em>Get Accepted to Columbia Business School<\/em><\/a>, on Wednesday, October 29th at 10:00 AM PT\/1:00 PM EST.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/columbia_business_school?utm_campaign=MBA_Round1_2015&amp;utm_medium=ColumbiaWebinarCTA&amp;utm_source=BlogCTA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26145\" alt=\"Columbia_Webinar_1\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Columbia_Webinar_1.png\" width=\"550\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Accepted.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25494 size-full\" alt=\"Accepted.com: Helping You Write Your Best\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Accepted_WriteYourBest.png\" width=\"404\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2014\/06\/11\/columbia-business-school-2015-mba-essay-tips-deadlines\/\">Columbia Business School 2015 MBA Essay Tips &amp; Deadlines<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2014\/10\/20\/what-does-at-the-very-center-of-business-mean-for-cbs-applicants\/\">What Does \u201cAt The Very Center of Business\u201d Mean for CBS Applicants?<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/columbia.aspx\">Columbia Business School Zone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Accepted.com's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/aboutus\/AboutUs.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">experienced admissions consultants<\/a> can help you create the most impressive application possible with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/Services\/MBAProgramServices.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">comprehensive packages<\/a>,<b><i> <\/i><\/b>or provide targeted assistance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/services\/mba\/admissionsconsulting.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">picking perfect programs<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/admissionsresume.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">designing a dazzling resume<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/essayediting.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">constructing engaging essays<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/interviewservices.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">preparing for intense interview<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/interviewservices.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">s<\/a>\u2026and more! Accepted.com has guided thousands of applicants to acceptances at top MBA programs since 1994 \u2013 we know what works and what doesn't, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/contactus.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">contact us<\/a> to get started now!<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2014\/10\/26\/2016-columbia-business-school-class-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\">Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog<\/a>, the official blog of Accepted.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a look at who makes up Columbia\u2019s class of 2016 (from the CBS website)\u2026 \u2022 Applications received: 5799 \u2022 Students accepted: 1056 \u2022 Students enrolled: 743 (Aug. entry&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6,939,775,113,243],"tags":[132,918,821,1197,1198,1196,1208,1205,133],"class_list":["post-25956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-current-events","category-accepted","category-admission-consultants","category-applications","category-blog","tag-columbia","tag-columbia-business-school","tag-columbia-business-school-advice","tag-columbia-business-school-application","tag-columbia-business-school-mba-essays","tag-columbia-gsb","tag-columbia-gsb-application","tag-columbia-mba","tag-columbia-university","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25956"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25959,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25956\/revisions\/25959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}