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MBA and business master’s trends are compared across domestic and international sources, and geographic shifts highlight stronger international gains in Asia and Europe (excluding the U.K.) despite declines in Canada, the U.K., and the United States.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/application-trends-survey-2025-deans-summary/585185/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/application-trends-survey-2025-deans-summary/585185.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Maya Linwood","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-31","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":34},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"How much did total GME applications grow in 2025 compared with 2024?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"Total applications grew seven percent in 2025 across the industry.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"Which MBA formats were most linked to application increases in 2025?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Full-time, two-year MBA programs were the only reported MBA formats that experienced both domestic and international application growth in 2025.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"Where did international application declines and increases occur geographically in 2025?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"International applications declined for programs in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, while applications increased in Asia and Europe (excluding the U.K.), where growth was strong in 2025.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},585185,1792062143,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":34,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":44,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":144,"preview_page_count":4},962084928432,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_155a257f0dc6eb9ab79c44ca47cae57d","Application Trends Survey  \n2025 Deans Summary  \nLast year, business schools experienced record growth in applications. In 2025, GME programs have further built on that success as across the industry, applications grew seven percent (Figure 1). However, the success was not as evenly distributed across degree programs and delivery formats compared to last year, with clear trends in which programs experienced growth—and which programs saw applications decline.  \n\n|  About the Application Trends Survey | 2025 sample |\n| --- | --- |\n| The largest and most widely cited survey of its kind in the industry, the Application Trends Survey is the definitive resource for business school admissions and program leaders to gain insight into the rapidly shifting demand for GME programs. Fielded from mid-June to mid-August 2025, the survey asked about application volume, applicant composition, and program/ recruitment practices for the incoming 2025 class. | 1,172\u003Cbr>Programs |\n|  | 326\u003Cbr>Business schools |\n|  | 41\u003Cbr>Countries |\n\nFigure 1: Even after a large year-over-year increase in applications in 2024, applications in 2025 continued to grow across the industry.  \nSlightly more programs reported increases in applications than decreases in applications in 2025.  \nAbsolute year-to-year change in applications to all GME programs, 2021-2025  \nYear-to-year change in app l icat ions  \n20%  \n10%  \n0%  \n-10%  \n\n| 12% |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 0% | | 7%\u003Cbr>|\n| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>-3%\u003Cbr>-5% |  |  |\n\n2021 2022 2023 2024 2025*  \nNote: In 2025, GMAC adjusted the methodology for tracking total (absolute) year-over-year changes in applications. More information about the updated approach is available in the methodology section of the full report.  \nRelative year-to-year change in applications to all GME programs, 2016-2025  \n Growth  Flat  Decline  \n100%  \n2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025  \nNote: Columns may not add up to exactly 100% due to rounding.  \nGMAC | Application Trends Survey 2025 Deans Summary 2  \nFor the second year in a row, full-time, in-person programs were key drivers in the rise of applications to global business schools. Unfortunately, more flexible program delivery formats did not sustain last year’s application growth into 2025. Both phenomenon were observed among MBA programs, with an upsurge in applications to full-time, two-year MBA programs, while those offered in flexible, online, hybrid, and other part-time formats experienced a drop in applications (Figure 2).  \nFigure 2: Full-time, two-year MBA programs were the only reported MBA programs to experience both domestic and international application growth in 2025.  \nApplications to full-time, one-year MBA, executive MBA, and other flexible MBA programs declined year-over-year.  \nAbsolute year-to-year application  \nchange to MBA programs, 2025  \nYear-to-year change in app l icat ions  \n25%  \n0%  \n-25%  \n-50%  \n Total  Domestic  International  \n\n| 7%9% |  | 8% |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>3% | 3%\u003Cbr>2% 0%\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>| \u003Cbr>4%4% |  | 4%\u003Cbr>|  |\n|  |  | \u003Cbr>-1%  0%\u003Cbr>-2%\u003Cbr>-15%-15%\u003Cbr>-16% | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>-4%\u003Cbr>-14% | \u003Cbr>-3%\u003Cbr>-4% | \u003Cbr>-2%\u003Cbr>-9%\u003Cbr>-10% |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| -30% |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nAll GME Programs  \nAll MBAs Full-Time Two-Year  \nMBA  \nFull-Time One-Yea r MBA  \nExecutive MBA  \nFlex MBA Online MBA Part-Time MBA  \nGrowth in applications to business master’s programs also fueled the industry rise in applications. With the exception of the Master of Business Analytics, all reported business master’s programs experienced growth in applications from both international and domestic candidates (Figure 3). The multi-year growth in applications to Master of Accounting programs is especially notable, in part because it was paired with multi-year challenges for applications to Master of Business Analytics programs. These programs have competed for the same applicants over the past several years—a competition that may further intensify with a","cbCaiasqEDDMyRq1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiasqEDDMyRq1","pdf",1759696,"English","# Application Trends Survey Overview\n# Industry-Wide Application Growth (2021-2025)\n## Absolute and Relative Year-to-Year Change\n# MBA Program Delivery Formats and Trends\n## Full-Time Two-Year MBA Growth\n## Declines in Flexible MBA Formats\n# Business Master’s Programs Growth Patterns\n## Accounting vs. Business Analytics\n# Geographic Shifts in International Applications","[{\"question\":\"How much did total GME applications grow in 2025 compared with 2024?\",\"answer\":\"Total applications grew seven percent in 2025 across the industry.\"},{\"question\":\"Which MBA formats were most linked to application increases in 2025?\",\"answer\":\"Full-time, two-year MBA programs were the only reported MBA formats that experienced both domestic and international application growth in 2025.\"},{\"question\":\"Where did international application declines and increases occur geographically in 2025?\",\"answer\":\"International applications declined for programs in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, while applications increased in Asia and Europe (excluding the U.K.), where growth was strong in 2025.\"}]","Application Trends Survey 2025 Deans Summary | PDF",1792053985,23]