According to the Forté Foundation, 45% of women CEOs of the S&P 500 hold an MBA or equivalent advanced degree in business. Yet only 8% of S&P 500 CEOs are women The annual Forté . The post Women At The Leading U.S. & Global MBA Programs appeared first on Poets&Quants.
When the Forté Foundation was founded in 2002, MBA programs at the leading business schools averaged less than 28% women — a problem thrown into sharp relief by comparison with law schools and medical schools, which had largely already achieved gender parity. Twenty years later, the nonprofit dedicated to advancing women in graduate business education reports that a record 17 of its 56 member schools have reached at least 45% women enrolled in full-time MBA programs, up from 10 schools in 2021, two in 2017 and none in 2012. Progress has not been uniform, however: Amid a decline in MBA applications worldwide, the percentage of women enrolled among Forté member B-schools grew only incrementally, to 41.4% in 2022 from 41.2% in 2021.