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North American Business Schools with the Highest Average GMAT Scores

By Nicole Willson

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What does it take to get into an elite North American business school? A high GMAT score for one thing; a definite prerequisite for candidates who are not truly exceptional in some other way.

Every school in the top 10 of the 2014/2015 QS Global 200 rankings for North America has an average GMAT score of over 700. The average at the three joint top schools – Harvard Business School, the Wharton School and Stanford GSB – stands at 725 or higher.

To put this in perspective, the average GMAT score for North American schools in the ranking is 658. Only 20% of North American schools featuring in the Global 200 ranking had average GMAT scores which put them in the ‘700 club’. All 10 schools are based in the US.

Top 10 North American schools in terms of GMAT scores

US GMAT

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