MBA application deadlines for Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3 of the 2021-2022 admissions cycle are listed below (with extra information about early decision and Round 4 / Round 5 deadlines at schools that offer them).
Where deadlines are not yet available, we have inserted a dash (-); we encourage you to check back soon for updated deadlines.
Please note: application dates sometimes change throughout the MBA admissions cycle. Although we do our best to keep our information up-to-date, please see the business schools’ websites for confirmation.
Application deadlines don’t change much from year to year, so if you are planning to apply for an MBA in a future year, you can still reference this data. The application deadlines next year for a given MBA program are very likely to be similar to the ones this year for that same MBA program.
Submission | Decision | |||||
Schools | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
Duke Fuqua | Sep 2, 2021 | Oct 11, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | Oct 14, 2021 | Dec 15, 2021 | Mar 16, 2022 |
UPenn Wharton | Sep 8, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | Mar 30, 2022 | Dec 15, 2021 | Mar 23, 2022 | May 10, 2022 |
Harvard Business School | Sep 8, 2021 | Jan 4, 2022 | - | Dec 9, 2021 | Mar 30, 2022 | - |
UVA Darden | Sep 9, 2021 | Oct 6, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | - | - | - |
Stanford GSB | Sep 9, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | Apr 12, 2022 | Dec 9, 2021 | Mar 31, 2022 | May 26, 2022 |
Yale SOM | Sep 14, 2021 | Jan 6, 2022 | Apr 12, 2022 | Dec 3, 2021 | Mar 25, 2022 | May 18, 2022 |
Northwestern Kellogg | Sep 15, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | Apr 6, 2022 | Dec 8, 2021 | Mar 23, 2022 | May 11, 2022 |
NYU Stern | Sep 15, 2021 | Oct 15, 2021 | Jan 15, 2022 | - | - | - |
Michigan Ross | Sep 20, 2021 | Jan 10, 2022 | Apr 4, 2022 | Dec 8, 2021 | Mar 18, 2022 | May 11, 2022 |
Berkeley Haas | Sep 23, 2021 | Jan 6, 2022 | Apr 7, 2022 | Dec 16, 2021 | Mar 24, 2022 | May 12, 2022 |
Chicago Booth | Sep 23, 2021 | Jan 6, 2022 | Apr 7, 2022 | Dec 2, 2021 | Mar 24, 2022 | May 26, 2022 |
Dartmouth Tuck | Sep 27, 2021 | Jan 3, 2022 | Mar 28, 2022 | Dec 9, 2021 | Mar 17, 2022 | May 5, 2022 |
Georgetown McDonough | Sep 27, 2021 | Jan 6, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 9, 2021 | Mar 22, 2022 | May 5, 2022 |
MIT Sloan | Sep 28, 2021 | Jan 19, 2022 | Apr 12, 2022 | Dec 15, 2021 | Apr 4, 2022 | Jun 1, 2022 |
Carnegie Mellon Tepper | Oct 3, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | Mar 6, 2022 | Dec 8, 2021 | Mar 9, 2022 | May 4, 2022 |
UW Foster | Oct 5, 2021 | Jan 4, 2022 | Mar 15, 2022 | - | - | - |
UCLA Anderson | Oct 5, 2021 | Jan 4, 2022 | Apr 12, 2022 | Dec 14, 2021 | Mar 22, 2022 | May 17, 2022 |
Emory Goizueta | Oct 6, 2021 | Jan 10, 2022 | Mar 16, 2022 | Dec 9, 2021 | Mar 17, 2022 | May 5, 2022 |
Columbia | Oct 6, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | Apr 8, 2022 | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling |
UNC Kenan-Flagler | Oct 11, 2021 | Jan 10, 2022 | Feb 28, 2022 | Dec 13, 2021 | Mar 14, 2022 | Apr 25, 2022 |
UT Austin McCombs | Oct 12, 2021 | Jan 6, 2022 | Mar 29, 2022 | Dec 16, 2021 | Mar 24, 2022 | May 5, 2022 |
Cornell Johnson | Oct 12, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | Apr 12, 2022 | Dec 16, 2021 | Apr 8, 2022 | Jun 1, 2022 |
USC Marshall | Oct 15, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | Mar 1, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Mar 31, 2022 | May 15, 2022 |
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Columbia’s “Round 1” date listed above is considered “Early Decision” and is for August-entry applicants only. Candidates applying in this round indicate Columbia is their first choice, and must pay a nonrefundable $6,000 tuition deposit.
Similarly, UNC Kenan Flager’s Round 1 date is treated as “Early Action” meaning applicants are committed to enrolling at the school upon acceptance and must pay a $3,000 deposit.
In addition to a traditional Round 1 deadline, the following schools have an “Early Action” deadline:
Schools | Deadline | Decision |
Duke Fuqua | Sep 2, 2021 | Oct 14, 2021 |
UVA Darden | Sep 6, 2021 | – |
Finally, a few MBA programs offer a Round 4 deadline, which is the last application round of the year at those schools.
Schools | Deadline | Decision |
NYU Stern | March 15, 2022 | June 1, 2022 |
Vanderbilt Owen | May 16, 2022 | – |
UNC Kenan-Flagler | April 4, 2022 | May 23, 2022 |