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Carnegie Mellon MBA Acceptance Rate: Your Odds at Tepper
By David White
Last updated: May 15, 2025
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Are you eager to attend one of the world’s best business schools? You might be trying to decide which MBA programs will be the right fit for you, and also which ones you’ll have the best chance of getting into. To help answer your questions, we’ve put together some fast facts covering key admission factors to help you determine your odds of getting accepted into the Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA Program.
If you’re wondering how difficult it is to get into the Tepper School of Business, then you’ve come to the right place. On this page, we’ll give you a quick overview of what it takes to get into Carnegie Mellon University – Tepper School of Business and help you understand whether your profile is a good fit for the Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA program.
(Note: This page highlights Tepper’s full-time MBA program.)
The top undergraduate majors represented at Tepper are Business, Engineering, and Humanities/Social Sciences.
Carnegie Mellon MBA: Acceptance Rate & Other Admissions Statistics
Acceptance Rate
27%
GMAT Average
697
GPA Average
3.26
Avg. Years Work Experience
6.3
Source: CMU Tepper, Class of 2026 data
Undergraduate Majors Represented in Tepper’s MBA Program
The top undergraduate majors represented in Tepper’s MBA program are Business (34%), Engineering (22%), and Humanities/Social Sciences (14%).
Top Undergraduate Universities from Tepper’s MBA Class
United States Military Academy at West Point
University of Michigan
Penn State University
Nanyang Technological University
University of Pittsburgh
National University of Singapore
University of California, San Diego
West Virginia University
University of Houston
Georgia Institute of Technology
If your undergraduate college is listed above, that means that Tepper has accepted many applicants with your education background in the past. It also shows that candidates who have gone to these schools have considered applying to Tepper, and it is one indication that the business school has found students who have completed their undergraduate education at these universities to be successful.
Tepper’s top pre-MBA industries are Finance (21%), Technology (16%), Consulting (12%), and Healthcare (10%).
Looking at the pre-MBA industries shows you whether your profile is well-represented at Tepper. Don’t worry if you don’t see your industry on the list—there might not be many students enrolled from your industry simply because many candidates didn’t apply to the program in the first place. The same goes for the pre-MBA employers data we’ve provided below.
Top Pre-MBA Employers Represented at Tepper
The pre-MBA companies that are most represented in the Tepper MBA class are:
US Army
Deloitte
UPMC
PwC
Independent Consultant
Apple
Carnegie Mellon University
PNC
Certis Group
HSBC
What does Tepper value?
Tepper looks for students with strong quantitative skills and a diversity of interests. Tepper’s focus on innovation and collaboration means they are looking for students who are adaptable, open to new ideas, and coming from a variety of backgrounds, job experiences, and passions.
David studied at UC Berkeley and worked as a tech industry professional, including stints at Yahoo! and Efficient Frontier, before co-founding Menlo Coaching. He has been listed among Poets & Quants’ Best Admissions Consultants and featured for his expertise—and tell-it-like-it-is attitude—in publications like The Wall Street Journal and MBA.com.
