MBA Application Deadlines for a 2017 Start: The US Midwest

The Midwestern US is home to three of the country’s top business schools: Chicago Booth, Kellogg and Michigan Ross. The third installment of TopMBA.com’s 2017 US MBA application deadline series includes round one dates for these three sought-after schools as well as other business schools based across the states of Illinois, Michigan and Indiana that had published their MBA application deadlines by the time of writing.

The earliest MBA application deadline on this list is the deadline for Chicago Booth – September 22.

Application deadlines for business schools in Illinois

Three Chicago-area schools have released their MBA application deadlines: Chicago Booth, Kellogg and Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business.

Chicago Booth’s round one MBA application deadline stands at September 22 this year. The decision notification date is December 8, 2016.

Kellogg’s round one deadline has been bumped up by a single day, to September 21, compared to last year’s deadline of September 22.

Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business has the same application dates every year in order to keep things consistent. The application deadline for the fall quarter is July 15, and would actually allow admitted candidates to start the program in late August 2016.

Application deadlines for business schools in Michigan

Michigan Ross’ round one application deadline is October 3 2016 and decisions are released on December 16.

Over at Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business, early round applications are due by October 2 2016, with an ensuing round one application deadline of November 6.

Application deadlines for business schools in Indiana

At the University of Indiana’s Kelley School of Business, this year’s round one deadline is October 15, 2016.

Elsewhere in Indiana, Butler University’s Lacy School of Business has the same three MBA application deadlines each year: April 1, August 1 and December 1. Each deadline falls three to five weeks before the start of their respective semesters.