GMAT Cut Off for Top MBA Colleges: Check Avg GMAT Cut-off Here; www.gmac.com

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GMAT Cut Off: All major international universities and colleges follow the same principle for MBA admission. Apart from the generic requirements of application documents and visa letters, the student must submit his/her GMAT and Language exam scores (IELTS/TOEFL). About 114 countries accept GMAT scores. Generally, colleges like Harvard, Stanford, and INSEAD prefer students with 700+ scores. These scores are accepted in more than 2300 business schools for their 7000 programmes as reported by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

To give you an idea about the GMAT scores, here is a list of GMAT accepting colleges in the world and the average GMAT cut-off that you expect, for admission into an MBA and a few MS programmes.

*All mentioned scores may vary as per intake. Please cross-check from the university website before applying.

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The United States of America (USA)
Europe
Canada
Australia
Asia
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The United States of America (USA)

All study abroad chasing the ‘American Dream’ aspire to join one of these reputed universities to provide their career with a kick-start. Ranking in the top 50 international business schools, USA tops the list as it has about 15 business schools. The GMAT cut off range for US universities is one of the highest. Stanford’s cut-off ranges the highest among the American Business Schools followed by other famous business schools. The GMAT cut-off for Harvard is 729 followed by Columbia, Dartmouth, and MIT with scores of 720+.

S.No.	University Name	Avg GMAT Cut-off	GMAT Score Range
1	Stanford University	737	610-790
2	Northwestern University	732	600-780
3	Yale University	730	690-760
4	University of Chicago	730	620-790
5	University of Pennsylvania	730	530-790
6	Harvard University	729	580-790
7	Columbia University	724	530-790
8	Dartmouth College	722	620-780
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	722	690-760
10	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	719	680-750
11	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	717	680-750
12	University of Michigan	716	670-760
13	New York University (NYU)	714	580-780
14	University of Texas at Austin	703	660-740
15	Cornell University	700
16	Carnegie Mellon University	691	640-740
17	Georgia Institute of Technology	680	620-730
18	Boston University	680	600-740

Europe

One of the popular destinations for study abroad, students are flocking to Europe for better opportunities. Apart from the UK, countries like France, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden and Netherlands are fast becoming famous among MS and MBA aspirants. For students seeking admission in top European business schools, you need to have at least 600+ GMAT score as well as work experience as per university.

S.No.	University Name	Avg GMAT Cut-off
1	INSEAD	709
2	London Business School	708
3	London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	708
4	University of Navarra (IESE)	690
5	HEC Paris School of Management	690
6	University of Cambridge	690
7	University of Oxford	690
8	ESADE Ramon Llull	668
9	The University of Warwick	660
10	Bocconi University	650
11	Copenhagen Business School	645
12	Erasmus University Rotterdam	640
13	Imperial College London	600+
14	The University of Manchester	600+

Canada

Along with a good amount of work experience, to study in an esteemed business school in Canada, you need a score somewhere around 600-650 in GMAT. For admission in top colleges in Canada like McGill University, you would need a score of 650-690. Canada also has The Sauder Business School and the Rotman Business School that come under the top 50 international business schools in the world.

S.No.	University Name	Avg GMAT Cut-off
1	McGill University	694
2	University of Toronto	665
3	York University	660
4	University of British Columbia	650
5	Queen’s University–Kingston	650
6	Université de Montréal	625
7	University of Alberta	619
8	McMaster University	616
9	Simon Fraser University	615
10	The University of Western Ontario	600+
11	Concordia University	550+

Australia

Australia is another happening destination for study abroad, especially for Indian students owing to its proximity to India. An average GMAT score, say about 550–600, can get you into a good business school. The following five universities accept GMAT scores and are famous for its business programmes and ranks in the top 50 international business schools in the world. Only Monash University is the exception that does not ask for GMAT scores.

S.No.	University Name	Avg GMAT Cut-off
1	The University of Melbourne	705
2	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	650
3	The Australian National University	600+
4	The University of Sydney	600+
5	RMIT University	550+

Asia

To study business-related courses anywhere in Asia like Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul or South Korea. Apart from The University of Hong Kong, all major business schools in these countries ask for a GMAT score which is 600+.

S.No.	University Name	Avg GMAT Cut-off
1	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	770
2	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)	700
3	Tsinghua University	670
4	National University of Singapore (NUS)	662
5	Seoul National University	650
6	Peking University	640
7	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	620

These cut-off scores help you set a benchmark so that you can start preparing for GMAT accordingly. An overall GMAT preparation will help you achieve your targeted scores. You set your GMAT target score as per the university or business school you aim to study in.