the acceptance rate was 44 per cent, with significant variance between individual regions. Latin America had the highest average acceptance rate (79 per cent), followed by Asia & the Middle East (60 per cent). The lowest average acceptance rate was found at schools in China, where only 25 per cent of MBA programme applicants received an offer. The region with the highest yield was China at 95 per cent, followed by Oceania at 69 per cent. The lowest yield rates were found in India (31 per cent), the UK (44 per cent) and North America & the Caribbean (51 per cent). The gender gap This year, 42 per cent of applicants to MBA programmes offered by AMBA-accredited business schools across the world were female, as were 41 per cent of those who enrolled in these programmes. There was a two per cent increase in the proportion of women applying and enrolling to MBA programmes in 2022 on the equivalent figures from 2021. Over the past decade, meanwhile, the proportion of women applying to MBAs around the world has risen from 33 per cent to 42 per cent, with enrolments rising from 32 per cent to 41 per cent in the same timeframe. China was the only region where business schools recorded more applications and enrolments from women than men – 54 per cent of applications came from female prospects (a proportional rise of five percentage points) and women represent 51 per cent of those who
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
Online 13%
Overall, 58 per cen t of programmes were taught in the classroom, 29 per cent were taught in a blended format and 13 per cent were taught in a fully online format
Blended format 29%
Classrooms 58%
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