A lot of our students were afraid of the GMAT Online exam. They thought it would be more challenging. However, data released by GMAC shows that people have achieved higher scores in the Online exam than in the regular one. Here is the information on the report.
More than 1.1 million GMAT exams have been taken over the past five years by individuals interested in pursuing graduate management education. The GMAT exam is an important part of the admissions process for more than 7,300 graduate management programs worldwide. A total of 173,176 GMAT exams were taken by prospective business school students around the world in testing year 2020 (TY2020), which ran from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. These examinees sent a total of 338,768 score reports to graduate—level management programs across the globe.
This report summarizes five-year global GMAT testing trends for:
- GMAT exams taken by residence,
- GMAT exams taken by gender,
- Mean age of GMAT examinees,
- Mean GMAT Total Score, and
- GMAT score-sending breakdowns by program type (MBA, business master’s, and doctoral/other), for TY 2020.
Mean GMAT Total Scores and mean age of examinees are provided for groups with five or more exams taken and 10 or more score reports sent.
You can download the full official report here.