{"id":43887,"date":"2018-11-08T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=43887"},"modified":"2018-11-11T12:10:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T19:10:38","slug":"harvard-mba-class-profile-class-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/harvard-mba-class-profile-class-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard MBA Class Profile [Class of 2020]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/harvard-business-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43888 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Harvard-Business-School-Class-of-2020-Profile.jpg\" alt=\"Harvard Business School Class of 2020 Profile\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Harvard-Business-School-Class-of-2020-Profile.jpg 700w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Harvard-Business-School-Class-of-2020-Profile-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at HBS\u2019s Class of 2020 taken from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbs.edu\/mba\/admissions\/class-profile\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvard Business School website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Number of Applications:<\/strong> 9,866<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Enrolled:<\/strong> 930<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Countries Represented:<\/strong> 69\n<ul>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>U.S.:<\/strong> 64%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asia:<\/strong> 14%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Europe:<\/strong> 8%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mexico, Central &amp; South America:<\/strong> 6%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canada:<\/strong> 5%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Africa:<\/strong> 2%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Middle East:<\/strong> 2%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oceania:<\/strong> 1%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Women:<\/strong> 41%<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>International (including U.S. permanent residents):<\/strong> 37%<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>U.S. ethnic minorities (includes U.S. permanent residents):<\/strong> 26%<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Average age:<\/strong> 27<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Average GPA:<\/strong> 3.71<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Median total GMAT:<\/strong> 730<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Percent of class taking GMAT:<\/strong> 85%<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Median GRE verbal:<\/strong> 165<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Median GRE qualitative:<\/strong> 163<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\"><strong>Percent of class taking GRE:<\/strong> 15%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/harvard-business-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&lt;&lt;Check out our webinar,\u00a0<em>Get Accepted to Harvard Business<\/em> <em>School<\/em>!&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2-resize\">Breakdown of Undergraduate Majors (134 Domestic Universities and 154 International Universities):<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 403px;\" border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Major<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Percent<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Economics &amp; Business<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0 46%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 STEM<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0 37%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Humanities &amp; Social Science<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0 17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 class=\"h2-resize\">Breakdown of Pre-MBA Industry<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 403px; height: 108px;\" border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: center; height: 24px;\"><strong>Industry<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: center; height: 24px;\"><strong>Percent<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Consulting<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 16%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 High Tech\/Communications<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Venture Capital\/Private Equity<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left; height: 24px;\">\u00a0 16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left; height: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0Financial Services<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left; height: 12px;\">\u00a0 11%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0Government\/Education\/Nonprofit<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0 8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0Healthcare\/Biotech<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0 7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0Consumer Products<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0 6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0Energy\/Extractive Minerals<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0 6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0Other Services<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0 6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0Military<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0 5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 255px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0Industrial\/Heavy Manufacturing<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0 4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cbig\u201d news in these stats is relatively small: Harvard Business School\u2019s application volume declined from 10,351 in the 2016-17 application cycle to 9,866 in last year\u2019s application cycle, a roughly 4.7% decline. The application volume is still above the volume from 2015-16.<\/p>\n<p>Does this drop mean that it is now \u201ceasy\u201d to get into HBS? No. Is it \u201ceasier\u201d? A tad, if application volume declines again this year, and I suspect that it will. Application volume tends to be counter-cyclical without the additional impact of ever-increasing tuition and the Trump administration\u2019s immigration policies. So there is opportunity in the decline, but it\u2019s not changing the fundamentals: <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/harvard-business-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It\u2019s still very difficult to get into HBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other items of note:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"spacing\">More accepted applicants are taking the GRE: 15% in this year\u2019s entering class compared with 12% last year.<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\">HBS experienced a tiny decline again in women\u2019s enrollment, which was down 1% again after declining 1% the previous year too.<\/li>\n<li class=\"spacing\">The international percentage of the class actually went up to 37% from 35% in the previous year. Please note that HBS includes U.S. permanent residents in its \u201cInternational\u201d category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perhaps the real news here is the stability in the HBS class. Any change is slow and incremental.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you want to be part of HBS next entering class? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/services\/consulting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MBA Admissions Consulting &amp; Editing Services<\/a>\u2026and get ACCEPTED!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/harvard-business-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42392\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Get_Accepted_to_HBS_watch_webinar-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Watch the webinar!\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Get_Accepted_to_HBS_watch_webinar-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Get_Accepted_to_HBS_watch_webinar-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Get_Accepted_to_HBS_watch_webinar-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8104\" title=\"Linda Abraham\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Linda-Abraham-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Abraham\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/aboutus\/lindaabraham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linda Abraham<\/a>, president and founder of Accepted and co-author of the definitive book on MBA admissions,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/1KjUBeS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MBA Admission for Smarties: The No-Nonsense Guide to Acceptance at Top Business Schools<\/a><a>.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/harvard-business-school-mba-essay-tips-deadlines\/\">Harvard Business School Application Essay Tips &amp; Deadlines<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/what-does-harvard-business-school-want-short-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Does Harvard Business School Want?<\/a>, a video<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/tag\/what-hbs-is-looking-for\/\">What HBS is Looking For<\/a>, a blog series<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/harvard-mba-class-profile-class-of-2020\/\">This article<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/\">blog.accepted.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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 to apply, writing your application essays, or prepping for your interviews, we are just a call (or click) away.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Contact us, and get matched up with the consultant who will <a href=\"https:\/\/hubs.ly\/H01gxJF0\">help you get accepted<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at HBS\u2019s Class of 2020 taken from the Harvard Business School website: Number of Applications: 9,866 Enrolled: 930 Countries Represented: 69 U.S.: 64% Asia: 14% Europe: 8%&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,939,775,113,243],"tags":[797,1018,796,119],"class_list":["post-43887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-accepted","category-admission-consultants","category-applications","category-blog","tag-applying-to-harvard-business-school","tag-class-profile","tag-harvard-business-school","tag-hbs","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43887","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=43887"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43939,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43887\/revisions\/43939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}