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Direct linkJorden, Pamela – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study analyzed the effect that shifts in the U.S. News & World Report rankings have on input variables such as admitting grade point average (GPA), percentage of students taking the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), average incoming GMAT score, acceptance rate, tuition rates, average student debt, the proportion of students with…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Scores, College Admission, Tuition
Marja Martin-Carruth – ProQuest LLC, 2023
College and university admission testing requirements often serve as a barrier to many students seeking advanced degrees. Many graduate school admission boards/committees use the minimum testing requirement as a predictor variable to explain a student's chance for success in a program. Before the 2020 Fall semester, many graduate schools required…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Testing, Educational Policy, Program Implementation
Littleford, Linh Nguyen; Buxton, Kim; Bucher, Meredith A.; Simon-Dack, Stephanie L.; Yang, Kao Lee – Teaching of Psychology, 2018
What do psychology doctorate programs require and prefer in their master's level applicants? Do the programs value students' graduate experiences during and postadmission? Doctoral programs' (n = 221) responses to an online survey showed that most required letters of recommendation, personal statements, Graduate Records Examination scores, and…
Descriptors: Psychology, Doctoral Programs, College Admission, Online Surveys
Buckless, Frank; Krawczyk, Kathy – Accounting Education, 2016
This paper examines whether the use of student engagement (SE) information as part of the admissions process can help us to predict student academic success in Master of Accounting (MAC) programs. The association of SE, undergraduate grade point average (UGPA), and Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) score to academic performance was tested…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Accounting
Pratt, William R. – Journal of Education for Business, 2015
Within this study the author examines factors commonly employed as master of business administration applicant evaluation criteria to see if these criteria are important in determining an applicant's potential for success. The findings indicate that the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) is not a significant predictor of student success…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Business Administration Education, College Admission
Download full textChisholm, Alex – Graduate Management Admission Council, 2014
This Data-to-Go brief summarizes five year GMAT testing trends for US and Canadian residents, and race/ethnicity breakdowns for US citizens. It includes: (1) GMAT exams taken by US region, US state of residence, and race/ethnicity of examinees (US citizens only), (2) GMAT exams taken by Canadian residents, by Canadian province, (3) GMAT exams…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Racial Differences, Ethnic Groups, Geographic Location
Wamala, Robert – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2013
Students who have excelled academically in the past are regarded as having a greater chance of performing successfully in subsequent examinations. However, this argument is being questioned with regard to enrollees onto the Bachelor of Laws at the School of Law of Makerere University in Uganda. This study sought to obtain an understanding of this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, Law Schools
Estrada, Rebecca; Bruggeman, Paula – Graduate Management Admission Council, 2012
The 2012 Application Trends Survey conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council[R] (GMAC[R]) is the industry source for comprehensive statistics and timely insights into the demand for graduate management education worldwide. Since 2000, this survey of admission professionals has provided information on application volume trends,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Class Size, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Pharr, Steven; Lawrence, John J. – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2007
Purpose: To examine the efficacy of admission requirements as predictors of academic success in core business coursework, and as a rationing mechanism for limited course capacity, for both transfer and non-transfer students following integration of the core business curriculum. Design/methodology/approach: Regression analysis is used to test the…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Core Curriculum, Community Colleges, Transfer Students
Peer reviewedWright, Robert E.; Bachrach, Daniel G. – Journal of Education for Business, 2003
Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores and grade point average in graduate core courses were compared for 190 male and 144 female business administration students. No significant differences in course performance were found, but males had been admitted with significantly higher GMAT scores, suggesting a bias against women. (Contains 27…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Admission, Females, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedFisher, John B.; Resnick, Donald A. – College and University, 1990
Baruch College (New York) recently conducted a cohort study relating factors used in Masters in Business Administration admissions with first year grade point average in the program. Data from the fall 1986 entering cohort strongly supported the value of the Graduate Management Admission Test in predicting first year grades. (MLW)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Business Education, College Admission, Grade Point Average
Koys, Daniel J. – Journal of Education for Business, 2005
In this study, the author examined the validity of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) for non-U.S. students (N = 75) through a predictive validation procedure in which applicants were given the predictor test but the test results were not used to admit students. The author's business school admitted students to three overseas MBA…
Descriptors: Test Results, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Predictive Validity
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1987
A report on tests used by California undergraduate institutions and by graduate and professional schools is presented by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. Information is provided on five tests used by undergraduate colleges: the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the Scholastic…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, College Admission
Peer reviewedEverett, James E.; Armstrong, Robert W. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 1990
A University of Western Australia market segmentation study for the masters program in business administration examined the relationship between Graduate Management Admission Test scores, work experience, faculty of undergraduate degree, gender, and academic success in the program. Implications of the results for establishing admission criteria…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Bachelors Degrees, Business Administration Education, College Administration
Graduate Management Admission Council, Princeton, NJ. – 1982
A comprehensive guide to the kinds of verbal and mathematical questions likely to appear in the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is presented. The current GMAT consists of multiple-choice questions, which are divided among eight separately timed sections. A general description and brief discussion are presented of the objectives and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Business Administration Education, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
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