{"id":33023,"date":"2016-05-11T00:03:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T07:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=33023"},"modified":"2016-07-27T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T22:37:00","slug":"2017-columbia-business-school-class-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2017-columbia-business-school-class-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Columbia Business School Class Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/columbia_business_school\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13676 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Columbia-Business-School.jpg\" alt=\"Register for our upcoming webinar to learn what it takes to get accepted to CBS!\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s take a look at who makes up Columbia\u2019s class of 2017 (from the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www8.gsb.columbia.edu\/programs-admissions\/mba\/student-life\/class-profile\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBS website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Applications received:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5829<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Students accepted:<\/strong><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1048<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Students enrolled:<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">762 (Aug. entry class size \u2013 559; Jan. entry class size \u2013 203)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Women:<\/strong><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">36%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 U.S. minorities<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> 35%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 International students:<\/strong><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">42%<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Average GMAT score:<\/strong><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">715<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Middle 80% GMAT score:<\/strong><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">680-760<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Average undergraduate GPA:<\/strong><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.5<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Middle 80% undergraduate GPA:<\/strong><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.1-3.8<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Average work experience:<\/strong><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5 years<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Middle 80% work experience:<\/strong><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3-7 years<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Average age:<\/strong><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Middle 80% age range:<\/strong><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25-31<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Age range:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22-40<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/columbia_business_school\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39272\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CBS-Undergraduate-Majors-1.jpg\" alt=\"Applying to CBS? Join our upcoming webinar!\" width=\"500\" height=\"523\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/columbia_business_school\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39271\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CBS-Previous-Industries-1.jpg\" alt=\"Learn how to get accepted to Columbia B-School at our upcoming webinar!\" width=\"500\" height=\"727\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you want to be counted among Columbia\u2019s next crop of students? Come to our webinar <i><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/columbia_business_school\">Get Accepted to Columbia Business School<\/a> <\/i>to learn the steps you need to take to discover your competitive advantage and GET ACCEPTED!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/columbia_business_school?utm_campaign=gmatclub&amp;utm_medium=wbr_columbia_2016&amp;utm_source=blogcta\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/58291\/77fa7e01-484b-4f45-ac3c-9f7b83d0e528.png\" alt=\"Watch our webinar and learn how to Get Accepted to Columbia Business School!\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37267 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/accepted_admissions_consultancy.jpg\" alt=\"Accepted - The Premier Admissions Consultancy\" width=\"429\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2016\/04\/21\/columbia-business-school-2017-mba-essay-tips-deadlines\/\">Columbia Business School 2017 MBA Essay Tips &amp; Deadlines<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2015\/04\/22\/the-admissions-team-at-the-very-center-of-business\/\">Podcast Interview With the Columbia Business School Admissions Team<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2015\/05\/18\/the-applicants-that-stand-out-at-columbia-business-school\/\">The Applicants That Stand Out at Columbia Business School<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2016\/05\/10\/2017-columbia-business-school-class-profile\/\">This article<\/a> <em>originally appeared on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/\">blog.accepted.com<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Applying to a top b-school? The talented folks at Accepted have helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to their dream programs. Whether you are figuring out where apply, writing your application essays, or prepping for your interviews, we are just a call (or click) away.<\/p>\n<p>Contact us, and get matched up with the consultant who will help\u00a0<em>you\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hubs.ly\/H01gxJF0\">get accepted<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a look at who makes up Columbia\u2019s class of 2017 (from the\u00a0CBS website)\u2026 \u2022 Applications received:\u00a05829 \u2022 Students accepted:\u00a01048 \u2022 Students enrolled:\u00a0762 (Aug. entry class size \u2013 559;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,939,775,243],"tags":[132,918,1205],"class_list":["post-33023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-accepted","category-admission-consultants","category-blog","tag-columbia","tag-columbia-business-school","tag-columbia-mba","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33023","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=33023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33026,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33023\/revisions\/33026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}