MBA class at UH’s Shidler college sets school records

The first, incoming full-time MBA class at the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa is breaking school records for the highest average score on the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT: 632 out of 800), highest Grade Point Average (GPA: 3.4 out of 4.0) and the highest average years of professional work experience (5 years).

The results were announced yesterday via news release.

The top graduate business program ranked by U.S.News is Stanford, listed at 720 for GMAT and 3.61 for GPA.

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