AMBA APPLICATION AND ENROLMENT REPORT 2022
70% Latin America had an impressive acceptance rate
Female representation The proportion of women applying to MBA programmes rose to 39 per cent worldwide in 2021, an increase of one percentage point on the equivalent figure in 2020. Asia and the Middle East (excluding China and India) recorded the largest increase in female applicants, with a proportional rise of four percentage points. In Africa and Oceania there were marginal drops in the average proportion of female applicants of one percentage point. In terms of female student enrolment, there was no change between 2020 and 2021 on a global level. However, in Africa there was a six percentage-point rise in the number of women enrolled on MBA programmes, a four percentage-point rise in Asia and the Middle East (excluding China) and a three percentage-point rise in India. International student representation On average, there was no change in the proportion of international students applying or enrolling on MBA programmes between 2020 and 2021. The region with the most significant changes to the number of international applications was the UK, where there was a rise in the number of international applicants of six percentage points. The UK also recorded the most significant increase in international enrolments, with an increase of seven percentage points, rising to 62 per cent last year. Asia and the Middle East (excluding China and India) was the only region with a significant
Elsewhere, North America and the Caribbean recorded an increase in enrolment per school of 25 per cent, with equivalent increases of 11 per cent and five per cent recorded by Oceania and Europe (excluding the UK) respectively. The regions of Africa and North America and the Caribbean, meanwhile, both recorded a 15 per cent increase in the average number of enrolments per programme. Acceptance & yield rates Acceptance rates indicate the percentage of applicants who received an offer from a business school. Globally, acceptance rates among AMBA-accredited business schools remained steady, with a one percentage point drop to 47 per cent. From a regional perspective, Latin America experienced the biggest rise in its average acceptance rate in this period, recording an increase of 12 percentage points to 70 per cent. In India, meanwhile, the average acceptance rate fell by nine percentage points to 46 per cent. Yield, defined as the percentage of students receiving an offer of admission for a business school programme who ultimately enrol onto the programme in question, also remained very similar, increasing by one percentage point to 71 per cent in 2021. However, there were some significant changes when looking at the individual regions. In Oceania, the average yield increased by 12 percentage points to 83 per cent in 2021, while in India it rose by 11 percentage points to 61 per cent.
decrease in its proportion of international enrolments, recording a drop of eight percentage points between 2020 and 2021.
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