Full-Time MBA Programs Accepting the Executive Assessment

Struggling with the GMAT Focus? You’re not alone. It used to be that the GRE was really the only alternative to the GMAT as a test top business schools accepted. With the arrival of GMAC’s “lower-prep” 90-minute Executive Assessment (EA) in 2016, applicants at least to Executive MBA programs, gained another option. In 2018, only about 43 schools accepted the EA at all. Circa 2019, that number had grown to 65 schools (130+ programs). By last year, that number had grown to 100+ schools and 250+ programs, mostly EMBA and part-time MBA programs.

The good news for applicants to full-time MBA programs is that more and more top full-time programs are now accepting the EA, which requires on average 30 hours of prep time for what is widely regarded as an ‘easier’ test. Here is the full list of full-time (non-online) MBA programs accepting the EA in *rough* descending order of typical ranking order:

Columbia Business School
Duke University (Fuqua School of Business)
University of Michigan (Ross School of Business)
University of Virginia (Darden School of Business)
New York University (Stern School of Business)
HEC Paris
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper School of Business)
UCLA (Anderson School of Business)
University of Texas Austin (McCombs School of Business)
Georgetown University (McDonough School of Business)
Vanderbilt University (Owen Graduate School of Management)
Michigan State University (Broad College of Business)
Western University (Ivey Business School)
ESSEC Business School
ESMT Berlin
University of Amsterdam
Baruch College (Zicklin School of Business)
Fordham (Gabelli School of Business)
Rice University (Jones Graduate School of Business)
Southern Methodist University (Cox School of Business)
University of Rochester (Simon Business School)
Bentley University (McCallum Graduate School of Business)
Rutgers Business School
University of California Riverside (Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management)
University of Georgia (Terry College of Business)
University of Houston (Bauer College of Business)
University of Miami (Herbert Business School)
University of Oklahoma (Price College of Business)
University of St. Gallen
University of Cape Town
Valparaiso University
University of Toledo
University of Victoria (Gustavson School of Business)
Quantic School of Business & Technology

Many options, many excellent programs, and the list is growing. You’ll know when the EA has arrived when more Top 10 and ‘M7’ full-time MBA programs begin welcoming it.