Who Makes a Good Applicant?
The Columbia MBA Program is carefully designed to instill both the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in the fast-moving, competitive world of business. Many top managers credit the skills they acquired at Columbia Business School as the springboard to their successful careers.
Columbia Business School looks for intellectually driven people from diverse educational, economic, social, cultural and geographic backgrounds. Our students share a record of achievement; demonstrated, strong leadership; and the ability to work in teams.
The Admissions Committee seeks intellectually inquisitive applicants with superior academic credentials from their undergraduate and graduate programs. Excellent written and oral communication skills are essential. Fluency in multiple languages is not required for admission but is increasingly desirable for the study and practice of global business.
Over the past five years, competition for admission to the Columbia MBA Program has continued to rise steadily. We typically receive and review 5,000 to 6,000 applications for the program each year, and in 2007 only 16 percent of applicants were admitted.
Entering Class of 2007
Size: 711, divided into 11 clusters
Age range: 22–49
GMAT range (middle 80%): 660–760
Undergraduate GPA (middle 80%): 3.0–3.8
Women: 33%
Minority of U.S. origin: 26%
International citizens: 38%
Download a complete profile of the current entering class (PDF).
