GMAC conducted the 2012 Application Trends Survey from early June to late July 2012. A total of 359 graduate business schools and faculties participated in this survey and submitted data for 744 graduate management programs, including 527 MBA, 193 specialized master’s, and 24 doctoral programs.
This annual survey of business school admission professionals worldwide assesses how application volume at MBA and other graduate management programs compares with that from the same period the year before. The 2012 study was the 13th in the series of GMAC surveys that monitor application trends.