AMBITION | BE IN BRILLIANT COMPANY
AVERAGE ENROLMENTS PER BUSINESS SCHOOL AND PROGRAMME IN EACH REGION (2019)
AVERAGE APPLICATIONS PER BUSINESS SCHOOL AND PROGRAMME IN EACH REGION (2019)
205 203
576
GLOBAL
GLOBAL
153
54
303
125
AFRICA
AFRICA
134 368
55
170
ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST (EXCLUDING CHINA AND INDIA)
ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST (EXCLUDING CHINA AND INDIA)
89
41
423
1,694
CHINA (INCLUDING HONG KONG, CHINA)
CHINA (INCLUDING HONG KONG, CHINA)
119
475
296
143
EUROPE (EXCLUDING UK)
EUROPE (EXCLUDING UK)
45
94
508
142
INDIA
INDIA
254
71
242
497
LATIN AMERICA
LATIN AMERICA
56
115
1,178
299
NORTH AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
NORTH AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
245
62
84
218
OCEANIA
OCEANIA
20
53
591
207
UK
UK
36
104
0
300
600
900 1,200 1,500
2,000
0
100
200
300
400
500
18
Per School
Per programme
Per School
Per programme
and Africa. In Africa, the conversion rate for women was four percentage points lower than that of men. However, the reverse was true in Oceania, with the conversion rate for men coming out seven percentage points lower than that of women. 3. International applications Globally, 30% of those applying to AMBA-accredited Business Schools in 2019 were defined as international applicants and 25% of those enrolled were classified as international students. The highest average proportion of international applications was among Business Schools in the UK (77%), followed by Schools in North America and the Caribbean (66%). These two regions were also the only regions in which more than half of reported enrolments were made up of international students (55% in the UK and 53% in North America and the Caribbean). Globally, the average conversion rate for international students was lower than for domestic students (31% vs. 38%).
This was also the case for a majority of individual regions, except in China (including Hong Kong, China) and India, where the conversion rates for international students (34% and 32%, respectively) were higher than those for domestic students. 4. Graduations In 2019, 36,046 individuals graduated from AMBA-accredited MBA programmes across the world, compared to 36,537 in 2018. On average, globally, there were 155 graduates for each Business School and 41 for each programme. 5. Programme delivery Programmes were most likely to be delivered in a part- time format (66%), followed by full-time (19%) and modular (14%) settings. However, this varies across regions. Part-time programmes were most numerous in Latin America (80%) and China (including Hong Kong, China) (76%). Meanwhile, full-time programmes were most popular in India (53%) and
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