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TENNESSEE HASLAM DECREASES ACCEPTANCE RATE BY 34 POINTS
University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business (ranked No. 35 overall) had the biggest decrease in acceptance rates at our ranked schools, dropping 34.33 points. The school, which ranked 35th overall in our ranking, went from admitting 73.33% of applicants in the 22-23 academic year to accepting just 39% in its latest cycle.
Haslam admitted 5,148 students out of 13,194 applicants, ultimately enrolling 1,946 this fall.
The next biggest drop, 20.33 points, was reported at University of Texas at Arlington (No. 90) where acceptance rates went from 82.13% last cycle to 61.8% in the latest. Hofstra University Zarb School of Business had the third highest drop at 15.31 points, falling from 86.31% of applicants accepted to 71% this year.
Fifty schools reported that their acceptance rates decrease this cycle meaning it was harder for applicants to get in. On the other hand, 41 saw their rates increase, making it easier. In comparison, just 29 saw their acceptance rate increase between 2021 and 2022 while 58 saw their rate drop.
Schools with the highest increases in acceptance rate tend to rank, perhaps not surprisingly, at the lower end of our 2024 list. These include University of Utah David Eccles School of Business (ranked 84th overall) which reported a 19.23 point rise from 73.77% in the fall 2022 cycle to 93% this cycle. Marian University of Indianapolis Byrum School of Business (No. 60) reported a 16.86 point rice in acceptance rate, American University Kogod School of Business (No. 80) reported a 11.66 point rise, and University of North Carolina-Wilmington Cameron School of Business (No. 76) reported an increase of 10.91.
The table below shows the year-over-year changes in acceptance rates for all 91 schools in our 2024 ranking, starting with the biggest drops.
FALL 2023 ACCEPTANCE RATES AT P&Q RANKED BUSINESS SCHOOLS
| 2024 Rank | School | Fall ’23 AR | Fall ’22 AR | YOY Change |
| 35 | University of Tennessee (Haslam) | 39.00% | 73.33% | -34.33% |
| 90 | University of Texas at Arlington | 61.80% | 82.13% | -20.33% |
| 57 | Hofstra University (Zarb) | 71.00% | 86.31% | -15.31% |
| 36 | Syracuse University (Whitman) | 31.54% | 46.21% | -14.67% |
| 87 | Texas Tech University (Rawls) | 71.85% | 86.37% | -14.52% |
| 48 | William & Mary (Mason) | 24.70% | 38.80% | -14.10% |
| 23 | Lehigh University | 25.00% | 38.03% | -13.03% |
| 85 | Florida International University | 32.00% | 44.63% | -12.63% |
| 19 | University of Washington (Foster) | 8.50% | 20.98% | -12.48% |
| 54 | University of Dayton School of Business Administration | 65.00% | 76.45% | -11.45% |
| 68 | Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue) | 83.00% | 93.95% | -10.95% |
| 77 | Rutgers Business School – Newark | 70.10% | 79.99% | -9.89% |
| 65 | University of Delaware (Lerner) | 55.40% | 64.21% | -8.81% |
| 34 | Texas A&M University (Mays) | 28.00% | 36.19% | -8.19% |
| 64 | University of Georgia (Terry) | 40.00% | 48.02% | -8.02% |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 16.00% | 23.67% | -7.67% |
| 88 | San Diego State University | 34.00% | 41.22% | -7.22% |
| 40 | Elon University (Love) | 67.30% | 74.22% | -6.92% |
| 66 | Ithaca College | 76.00% | 82.81% | -6.81% |
| 69 | University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) | 66.00% | 72.20% | -6.20% |
| 44 | Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick | 41.50% | 47.60% | -6.10% |
| 52 | University of San Diego | 46.70% | 52.62% | -5.92% |
| 17 | Boston University (Questrom) | 8.00% | 13.54% | -5.54% |
| 14 | Indiana University (Kelley) | 34.83% | 39.71% | -4.88% |
| 33 | Wake Forest University | 20.16% | 24.34% | -4.18% |
| 37 | Providence College | 48.40% | 52.51% | -4.11% |
| 45 | University of Denver (Daniels) | 57.30% | 61.39% | -4.09% |
| 55 | Michigan State University (Broad) | 44.40% | 48.30% | -3.90% |
| 49 | Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) | 78.50% | 82.29% | -3.79% |
| 4 | University of Virginia (McIntire) | 8.17% | 11.79% | -3.62% |
| 47 | University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) | 54.17% | 57.61% | -3.44% |
| 13 | Emory University (Goizueta) | 12.60% | 16.00% | -3.40% |
| 51 | University of Arizona (Eller) | 66.28% | 69.60% | -3.32% |
| 15 | University of Illinois (Gies) | 24.17% | 26.96% | -2.79% |
| 62 | Drexel University (LeBow) | 84.00% | 86.62% | -2.62% |
| 58 | College of New Jersey | 62.00% | 64.57% | -2.57% |
| 63 | University of New Hampshire (Paul) | 68.30% | 70.83% | -2.53% |
| 28 | Binghamton University | 24.90% | 27.10% | -2.20% |
| 50 | St. John’s University (Tobin) | 51.60% | 53.75% | -2.15% |
| 18 | University of Richmond (Robins) | 22.52% | 24.65% | -2.13% |
| 2 | University of Southern California (Marshall) | 7.20% | 9.03% | -1.83% |
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 4.50% | 6.30% | -1.80% |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) | 12.00% | 13.66% | -1.66% |
| 8 | University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 8.50% | 10.00% | -1.50% |
| 9 | New York University (Stern) | 5.20% | 6.60% | -1.40% |
| 30 | University of Pittsburgh | 28.11% | 29.46% | -1.35% |
| 5 | University of Michigan (Ross) | 8.90% | 9.80% | -0.90% |
| 86 | Northern Illinois University | 67.90% | 68.75% | -0.85% |
| 46 | Miami University (Farmer) | 75.70% | 76.11% | -0.41% |
| 24 | University of Minnesota (Carlson) | 29.27% | 29.52% | -0.25% |
| 89 | University of Akron | 97.00% | 96.98% | 0.02% |
| 53 | University of Evansville (Schroeder) | 72.10% | 72.04% | 0.06% |
| 41 | University of Houston (Bauer) | 34.40% | 34.17% | 0.23% |
| 22 | University of Miami (Herbert) | 19.52% | 19.16% | 0.36% |
| 16 | Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) | 6.10% | 5.73% | 0.37% |
| 25 | Texas Christian University (Neeley) | 49.19% | 48.78% | 0.41% |
| 3 | Georgetown University (McDonough) | 12.90% | 12.29% | 0.61% |
| 6 | Cornell University (Dyson SC John) | 4.79% | 4.17% | 0.62% |
| 43 | Lipscomb University | 56.41% | 55.69% | 0.72% |
| 42 | Florida Southern College | 57.00% | 56.22% | 0.78% |
| 29 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | 9.40% | 8.62% | 0.78% |
| 78 | University of Kentucky (Gatton) | 92.00% | 91.09% | 0.91% |
| 72 | Ohio University | 88.44% | 87.45% | 0.99% |
| 21 | Fordham University (Gabelli) | 49.60% | 48.49% | 1.11% |
| 12 | Villanova University School of Business | 18.00% | 16.80% | 1.20% |
| 59 | Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) | 72.30% | 70.86% | 1.44% |
| 32 | Purdue University (Daniels) | 19.00% | 17.50% | 1.50% |
| 10 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) | 19.40% | 17.74% | 1.66% |
| 26 | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | 48.00% | 46.04% | 1.96% |
| 11 | Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) | 11.00% | 9.00% | 2.00% |
| 31 | Tulane University (Freeman) | 15.10% | 12.86% | 2.24% |
| 81 | University of the Pacific (Eberhardt) | 96.20% | 93.95% | 2.25% |
| 71 | University of Michigan-Dearborn | 58.00% | 55.55% | 2.45% |
| 56 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 44.00% | 41.45% | 2.55% |
| 61 | Seton Hall University (Stillman) | 76.00% | 72.83% | 3.17% |
| 73 | University of Oklahoma (Price) | 81.80% | 78.60% | 3.20% |
| 75 | Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) | 89.40% | 86.17% | 3.23% |
| 20 | Bucknell University | 26.00% | 21.46% | 4.54% |
| 67 | Seattle University (Albers) | 84.60% | 78.20% | 6.40% |
| 82 | Sacred Heart University | 67.60% | 60.84% | 6.76% |
| 70 | Towson University | 74.00% | 67.00% | 7.00% |
| 38 | Hult International Business School | 56.00% | 48.21% | 7.79% |
| 91 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar) | 81.00% | 71.37% | 9.63% |
| 74 | Christopher Newport University | 87.00% | 77.15% | 9.85% |
| 76 | University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron) | 71.01% | 60.10% | 10.91% |
| 80 | American University (Kogod) | 42.00% | 30.34% | 11.66% |
| 60 | Marian University (Byrum) | 92.90% | 76.04% | 16.86% |
| 84 | University of Utah (Eccles) | 93.00% | 73.77% | 19.23% |
| 39 | Loyola Marymount University | 42.00% | NR | NA |
| 79 | Roger Williams University (Gabelli) | 87.86% | NR | NA |
| 83 | Oregon State University | 81.10% | NA | NA |
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