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Top 10 schools with lowest acceptance rates, according to US News data 22 Aug 2018, 10:08
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Few weeks back, US News published the short list of top 10 most competitive MBA programs. According to US News data, average acceptance rate at these 10 schools is 14%. That's significantly lower than the overall average of nearly 47 percent among all ranked business schools.

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More than half of the schools with the lowest acceptance rates ranked among the top 10 in the 2019 U.S. News Best Business Schools. These schools include the Stanford, Harvard, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Haas, Columbia, and Wharton.

Stanford topped the list as the toughest school for receiving an acceptance offer for fall 2017. Among the more than 8,000 applicants that year, less than 6 percent were accepted.

Overall, four schools that rank among the top 10 Best Business Schools have acceptance rates above 20 percent. Chicago Booth, tied with Harvard at No. 1 in the rankings, accepted nearly 24 percent of applicants for fall 2017. Of students admitted that same year, Ross – tied with Haas at No. 7 – accepted 25 percent; Tuck school – ranked at No. 10 – admitted 23 percent; and Kellogg – ranked at No. 6 – offered acceptance letters to slightly more than 20 percent.

At the other end of the spectrum, a couple of schools accepted more than 90 percent of applicants. For fall 2017, Northern Arizona University's Franke College of Business accepted nearly 98 percent of applicants and the School of Business at La Salle University in Pennsylvania admitted around 94 percent.
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Top 10 Business Schools with the Lowest Acceptance Rates
Business schoolUS New RankAcceptance Rate
Stanford45.7%
Harvard1 (tie)9.9%
MIT Sloan511.6%
Haas7 (tie)12.9%
Columbia914%
University of Florida3414.9%
Steal (Penn State)31 (tie)17.1%
Yale SOM11 (tie)17.4%
Wharton319.2%
Kellogg620.2%