MBA Class Profile: A very Successful Efforts in Diversity by Stanford MBA

 The Stanford Graduate School of Business makes very good progress in its efforts to diversify the GSB program despite facing difficulties in the entry season. Since 2018, Assistant director of outreach and diversity at Stanford, Will Torres has been at the forefront of programs and programs designed to improve representation among students of diverse backgrounds, including the school's action plan has recently been launched for. Regarding the outreach of the school, he says, "This is both a top-down and bottom-up grassroots effort. For us in the MBA admissions office, this is a question, ness how do we use that energy? 'Stanford At, we joke about the response to the gift - something that we actively practice in the MBA admissions office. How we take that obvious honest feedback and use it as an opportunity to grow? And then what was special was in addition to the response, people were rolling up their sleeves and asking how to help. ”

Kirsten Mose, Assistant Dean and Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, shared with the candid admirer, “I would say that this is the class I am most proud of. The entire team worked so hard to make many strategic decisions. It is just unprecedentedly difficult for us to give a class that we think is very strong, and the kind of care and compassion that really made the transition and took them and all of them along the way. But even at the end of it you look back and say wow, we have actually given a class that we are so proud of. "

Here are some main things of the profile:

Stanford MBA Class Profile: Undergraduate Background

Average undergraduate GPA  - 3.8

Percentage in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - 37%

Percent in Business - 18%

Percentage in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences - 46%

 

2022 GMAT and GRE Statistics Class

Average GMAT score - 733

GMAT score range -  600-790

GRE Quant Average - 164

GRE Verbal Average - 1653

GRE Percentage score - 25

 

Stanford MBA Class Profile: Student Characteristics

Women – 47%

Representation of countries (by citizenship) - 66

International Students - 35%

Average work experience - 4.7 years

 

Diversified Representation:

Women, Minorities, International Students and more

For the first time, Stanford GSB is tracking first-generation students, who make up 9 percent of the incoming class.

American students of color, including American citizens, permanent residents and dual citizens make up thirty seven percent of the total class. Students of color are identified as those who identify as American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaii, Pacific Islands, Asian American, African American, Hispanic, or multiracial. Racial and ethnic demographics are being reported more in-depth at school this year, reflecting greater differences. The profile uses multi-identity reporting in addition to reporting according to federal guidelines, allowing students to identify as belonging to multiple races and ethnicities.

Thirty-five percent are international students representing 66 countries. Together the class speaks 70 languages.

Women made up 47 percent of the class above the low forty in previous years. "The major issue with women was really about seeing themselves in the MBA program; it's a very different procurement process." Female students at Stanford GSB conducted over 100 coffee chats worldwide with other women interested in pursuing their MBA.

Academic and professional achievement

Despite the complexities of 2020, the class of 2022 came with the highest average GPA in school history. 14% already have an advanced degree. Thirty-seven percent of students hold a bachelor's degree in STEM, 34 percent in social sciences, 18 percent in business, and 12 percent have completed graduate work in the humanities.

The professional background of the incoming class varies widely. The top three industries represented are investment management / private equity / venture capital with 20 percent students, consulting with 17 percent and technology with 14 percent. The next largest sectors after arts, media and entertainment are government, education and non-profit operations.