AMBA APPLICATION AND ENROLMENT REPORT 2022
Female
Male
Other/unspecified
Applications and enrolments by gender
METHODOLOGY MATTERS In February 2022, data sheets were sent to 282 business schools that had previously been accredited by AMBA. The sheets asked schools to provide relevant application and enrolment figures for their MBA, MBM and DBA programmes, plus any other AMBA-accredited programmes delivered by the business school in the calendar year of 2021. In total, 253 AMBA‑accredited business schools returned their data, representing a response rate of 90 per cent. Due to the different start and end dates of programmes across schools, data was collected for the whole calendar year (1 January-31 December 2021) in order to ensure valid comparisons could be made. As well as data pertaining to applications, offers, enrolment and graduation, supplementary data on applicants’ gender and geographic background (domestic versus international) was collected, as was data on the method and mode of programme delivery. The findings presented in the report are based on data provided in relation to MBA programmes only. Data collected in relation to MBM (Master’s in Business and Management) and DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) programmes were not analysed. Meanwhile, the ‘graduate’ figures cited are based on the number of individuals who completed a programme in 2021. In instances when figures do not sum to 100 per cent or to a combined total, this is due to rounding.
40% 39%
59% 61%
APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS
GLOBAL
45% 44% 44%
55%
APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS
AFRICA
55% 55%
APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS
ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST
43%
57%
49% 50%
50%
APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS
CHINA
50%
35% 34%
64% 65%
1% 1%
APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS
EUROPE
19% 20%
81% 80%
INDIA
32% 33%
68% 66%
1%
LATIN AMERICA
43% 42%
57%
NORTH AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
57% 60%
1%
1%
40%
OCEANIA
42%
58%
37% 37%
63% 63%
APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS
UK
and North America and the Caribbean (both 61 per cent). These low yield rates suggest that these business schools are more likely to take in students who have applied to multiple institutions and made a choice based on the number of offers received. Applications & enrolment by gender This year, 40 per cent of applicants and 39 per cent of those enrolled were female. China was the only country that had equal numbers of male and female enrolment. The next most evenly balanced region was Africa, where 45 per cent of enrolled students were female. India had the most unequal cohort when looking at gender diversity, with women making up just 19 per cent of applications and 20 per cent of enrolees in 2021. The global conversion rate for women in 2021 was 32 per cent. This figure was slightly lower than the global average for men, which came in at 34 per cent. In most regions the female and male conversion rates were very similar. Latin America had the most significant variation between male and female conversion rates; the male conversion rate in Latin
The highest number of applications per school was in China, with 1,499 applications; North America and the Caribbean had the second- largest number of applications per school, with 1,019 applications in 2021. At a programme level, China had the highest number of applications per programme (432), while India laid claim to the second highest at 315. Conversion & acceptance rates Conversion rates show the percentage of applicants who ultimately enrolled on a programme: the global conversion rate among AMBA-accredited business schools in 2021 was 31 per cent. The highest conversion rates were in Asia and the Middle East (50 per cent) and Latin America at 47 per cent. The lowest conversion rates were found in China (24 per cent) and the UK (23 per cent). The global average yield for AMBA-accredited business schools was 71 per cent. The region with the highest yield was China at 95 per cent, followed by Oceania (83 per cent). The lowest yield rates were found in the UK (48 per cent), then India
Ambition | DECEMBER 2022/JANUARY 2023 | 29
Made with FlippingBook - Share PDF online