Women MBAs
Women’s Enrollment and Degrees around the World
- In the United States in 2010-2011, women earned 36.8% of MBAs.1
Women’s Share of MBAs Earned in the U.S. 2
- In Canada in 2010-2011, women earned 34.5% of MBAs. 3
Women’s Shares of MBAs Earned in Canada4
- Women made up 34.2% of the full-time 2010-2011 class entering the top 10 MBA programs in the U.S.5
- The number of women in top MBA programs is changing at a very slow pace.6
|
Top 10 U.S. MBA Programs - 2011 7 |
% Women Enrolled, |
|
University of Chicago (Booth) (IL) |
35% |
|
Harvard University (MA) |
36% |
|
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) (PA) |
40% |
|
Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL) |
32% |
|
Stanford University (CA) |
39% |
|
Duke University (Fuqua) (NC) |
30% |
|
University of Michigan (Ross) (MI) |
30% |
|
University of California–Berkeley (Haas) (CA) |
30% |
|
Columbia University (NY) |
35% |
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) (MA) |
35% |
|
Average: |
34.2% |
|
Top 10 U.S. MBA Programs – 20018 |
% Women Enrolled, |
|
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) (PA) |
28% |
|
Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL) |
31% |
|
Harvard University (MA) |
32% |
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) (MA) |
27% |
|
Duke University (Fuqua) (NC) |
41% |
|
University of Michigan (Ross) (MI) |
27% |
|
Columbia University (NY) |
37% |
|
Cornell University (Johnson) (NY) |
27% |
|
University of Virginia (Darden) (VA) |
30% |
|
University of Chicago (Booth) (IL) |
26% |
|
Average: |
30.6% |
|
Top 10 Non-U.S. MBA Programs - 20119 |
% Women Enrolled, |
|
|
INSEAD |
France |
33% |
|
Queens University |
Canada |
32% |
|
IE Business School |
Spain |
32% |
|
ESADE |
Spain |
30% |
|
London Business School |
UK |
28% |
|
University of Western Ontario (Ivey) |
Canada |
32% |
|
IMD |
Switzerland |
23% |
|
University of Toronto (Rotman) |
Canada |
33% |
|
York University (Schulich) |
Canada |
38% |
|
University of Cambridge (Judge) |
UK |
26% |
|
Average: |
30.7% |
Post-MBA
- A 2010 Catalyst survey of global MBA graduates found that women lag behind men in job level and salary starting from their first position and do not catch up.10
- Women make on average $4,600 less in their initial jobs, even after accounting for experience, time since MBA, industry, and region. 11
- Another Catalyst survey of MBA alumni who graduated between 1996 and 2007 found that:
- 31% of women received promotions, compared to 36% of men.12
- Women senior leaders were more than three times (19% for women vs. 6% for men) as likely to have lost their jobs due to downsizing or closure. 13
* Data for Canada was not available for 2003-2004.
Sources
1 The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, unpublished statistics (2011).
2 The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, unpublished statistics (2011).
3 The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, unpublished statistics (2011).
4 The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, unpublished statistics (2011).
5 "Business School Rankings and Profiles: Full-Time MBA," Businessweek (2011).
6 "Business School Rankings & Profiles," Businessweek (2001).
7 "Business School Rankings and Profiles: Full-Time MBA," Businessweek (2011).
8 "Business School Rankings & Profiles," Businessweek (2001).
9 "Business School Rankings and Profiles: Top Ranked Non-U.S.," Businessweek (2011).
10 Nancy M. Carter and Christine Silva, Pipeline's Broken Promise (Catalyst, 2010).
11 Nancy M. Carter and Christine Silva, Pipeline's Broken Promise (Catalyst, 2010).
12 Nancy M. Carter, Ph.D., and Christine Silva, Opportunity or Setback? High Potential Women and Men During Economic Crisis (Catalyst, 2009).
13 Nancy M. Carter, Ph.D., and Christine Silva, Opportunity or Setback? High Potential Women and Men During Economic Crisis (Catalyst, 2009).
UPDATED August 9, 2011
