Overview
Globally, nearly 1.3 million Graduate Management Admission Test™ (GMAT™) exams have been taken over the past five years by individuals interested in pursuing graduate management education. The GMAT exam is an important part of the admissions process for more than 6,100 graduate management programs worldwide. A total of 261,248 GMAT exams were taken by prospective business school students around the world in testing year 2016 (TY2016), which ran from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. These examinees sent a total of 561,866 score reports to graduate-level management programs worldwide.
This report summarizes five-year GMAT testing trends for US and Canadian residents for:
- GMAT exams taken by US region of residence, US state of residence, and race/ethnicity of examinees (US citizens only);
- GMAT exams taken by Canadian residents, by Canadian province;
- GMAT exams taken by gender and mean age of GMAT examinees;
- Mean GMAT Total scores; and
- GMAT score-sending breakdowns by program type (MBA, non-MBA master’s, and doctoral/other), TY 2016.
Mean GMAT Total Score and mean age of examinees are provided for groups with five or more exams taken and 10 or more score reports sent.