European Business Schools with the Highest Average GMAT Scores

Updated April 22, 2021 Updated April 22, 2021

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GMAT scores vary from business school to business school. It may surprise you what the average GMAT score is for your dream business school. Time to hit the books...

GMAT scores at the 70 European schools featured in the Global Full-time MBA rankings 2021 vary greatly, ranging from a high 702 to a low of 550: a range of 152 points.

Top 10 European Business Schools in QS Global MBA Rankings 2021
Rank	Business School
1	HEC Paris
2	INSEAD
3	London Business School
4	IE Business School
5	IESE Business School
6	ESADE Ramon Llull University
7	Saïd Business School
8	Judge Business School
9	Imperial College Business School
10	SDA Bocconi School of Management

Top 10 European business schools 2021

London Business School's cohort boasts an average GMAT score of 701 this year, whereas the HEC Paris MBA programme's class of 2019 had an average GMAT score of 690. IE Business School's MBA follows in hot pursuit with an average GMAT score of 670.

ESADE's average GMAT score is 660, whereas IESE's average is slightly higher at 681.

Available data for business school MBA programmes and their GMAT scores vary. Some schools release the mean, whereas others offer medians and averages. We hope the data available helps prospective students.

This year, INSEAD offered up the middle 80 percent GMAT range for its MBA programme: 670-750. Imperial College Business School's average GMAT score is 660.

Saïd Business School's website tells prospective MBA students that the current class has a median GMAT score of 690, whereas its closest rival - Judge Business School - declared a median GMAT score of 700. Warwick Business School, another UK-based offering, says its average GMAT score for this year was 660. SDA Bocconi's average GMAT score is 665.

Outside the top 10

Mannheim Business School - ranked 16th in Europe - has an average GMAT score of 675. Copenhagen Business School isn't far behind with an average of 655, and Erasmus RSM notes an average GMAT score of 633.

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This article was originally published in April 2021 .

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Niamh Ollerton

Niamh was Deputy Head of Content at QS (TopMBA.com; topuniversities.com), creating and editing content for an international student audience. Having gained her journalism qualification at the Press Association, London and since written for different international publications, she's now enjoying telling the stories of students, alumni, faculty, entrepreneurs and organizations from across the globe.