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Boston University MBA Program

Program length

How many months does the full-time MBA program last? 21

Program costs

Please estimate the total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program.

Resident Tuition: $67,125.00

Nonresident Tuition: $67,125.00

Expected monthly rent (based on local averages): $900.00

Recommended annual budget (Resident): $50,500.00

Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $50,500.00

GMAT

Are applicants required to take the GMAT as part of applying to your program? Yes

If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment?

NA

GMAT score of newest entering class:

Mean GMAT score: 663

Median GMAT score: 660

Middle 80% range GMAT score

From: 590 to: 730

TOEFL

Are applicants whose native language is not English required to take the TOEFL as part of applying to your program? Yes

Minimum TOEFL score required for MBAs: 600

Mean TOEFL score of new entrants: 621

Work experience

Postgraduate work experience (months) of newest entering class:

Mean months of postgraduate work experience: 56

Median months of postgraduate work experience: 50

Middle 80% range postgraduate work experience

From: 23 to: 97

Percentage of new entrants with one year or less of postgraduate work experience: 2

Age of new entrants

Mean age (rounded to nearest year): 27

Median age: 27

Middle 80% range age (years)

From 24 to 30

Application fee

Resident: $125.00

Nonresident Tuition: $125.00

Number of applications

Number of applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class of full-time MBA entrants: 1160

Selectivity

Percent of all applicants accepted to the class of newest full-time entrants: 34

Yield

Percent of the admitted applicants to the class of newest full-time entrants who enrolled: 38

Re-applicants

Percent of applicants that were re-applicants from prior years: 1

What percentage of this year's re-applicants were accepted? 25

Wait-listed applicants

Number of applicants placed on the B-school's wait list during the last admissions cycle: 265

How many of those wait-listed applicants were ultimately admitted for in the semester to which they applied? 54

Applicant interviews

Interviews are:

By invitation only

Percentage of all applicants (admitted and denied) to the class of newest full-time entrants who were interviewed: 70

Percent of the admitted applicants to the newest full-time class who were interviewed: 100

MBA Essays

1. Describe your decision to pursue an MBA degree, highlighting the following (750) words:
   
   1. Your motivation for pursuing an MBA degree at this point in your career;
   2. Your reason for choosing to apply to Boston University and the specific program that you have chosen, i.e. MS·MBA, Health Sector Management, Public and Nonprofit Management, or International Management;
   3. Your plan to leverage your professional and academic experiences to achieve your post-MBA career goals
      
2. Describe a formative or significant event in your life and then explain how this event has influenced your subsequent thoughts and actions. (500 words)
   
3. Tell the Admission Committee about a time when you implemented an innovative solution to a challenge or problem and then describe the resulting impact on the organization or group to which you belonged. (500 words)
   
4. Other than national identity, describe a uniqueness you will bring to the Boston University community that will impact your classmates - both inside and outside the classroom. (500 words)
   
5. (Optional) Provide any additional information, not addressed elsewhere in your application materials, which will help the Admission Committee learn more about your candidacy. Please address any employment gaps, strengths or weaknesses. (500 words)