Blog Archive MBA News Women Filling More and More Seats at Business Schools

Blog Archive MBA News Women Filling More and More Seats at Business Schools Gender equality has long been a topic of heated discussion at business schools, and now some say things are changing rapidly. A recent Bloomberg Business article remarked that a notable number of top-ranked business schools have 40% or more women in their most recent incoming class. Forte Foundation, a nonprofit organization promoting business education for women, examined the schools further and found that women constituted only 32% of full-time MBA program enrollments just four years ago. Indeed, many top-ranked schools reported a higher volume of applications from women. At Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business, for example, 7% more women applied last year compared to the previous one. As a result, Tuck’s Class of 2017 includes 42% womenâ€"10% more than last year. “It’s very coed and everything feels equal, which is something I wanted when applying,” a first-year Tuck MBA candidate commented to Bloomberg. Share ThisTweet News