2015-2016
State of LGBT Equality in
Business School
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I. LGBTs in the Business School Admissions Process
Business School Offers the LGBT MBA Fellowship Does your application include a self-identifying box for LGBTQ applicants? Does your application include the option to express interest in an on-campus LGBT club?Are there any other ways prospective LGBTQ applicants can be out in the application process for your school?
Boston University Questrom School of Business Yes Yes No
Brandeis International Business School Yes No No LGBTQ Students can self identify in our application process through our two essays, video essay, and interview. Carnegie Mellon, Tepper School of Business Yes Yes Yes Definitely! Prospective students can be out in the application process as they express their interest in the Tepper
School on the Tepper interest form. We have resources at Tepper, Carnegie Mellon University, and in the greater Pittsburgh community that we would love to connect to prospective students. Please do not hesitate to contact the Masters Admissions liaison for LGBTQ students, Jackie Jones at jlj@andrew.cmu.edu, and she would be happy to chat with you 1:1, and will put you in touch with these resources. LGBTQ applicants should consider attending the Tepper Diversity weekend --this is a great way to learn about the supportive community at Tepper.
Columbia Business School Yes Yes No
Cornell University, Johnson School of Management Yes Yes Yes Students can be out in their essay and interview (should they be offered one), also perhaps via their recommenders.
Duke, Fuqua School of Business Yes Yes Yes
Georgetown, McDonough School of Business No Yes Yes
GW, University School of Business Yes No Yes Resume Interview Essays
Harvard Business School Yes No No Applicants can be out in the HBS application by showing us through club/leadership activities or through the personal essay.
Johns Hopkins, Carey Business School Yes No No Through the interview or essays (both the required and optional essays.) London Business School Yes No Yes They can mention it if desired in one of the application essays or during the interview.
MIT, Sloan School of Management Yes Yes Yes
Northwestern, Kellogg School of Management Yes Yes Yes
NYU, Stern School of Business Yes Yes Yes
Ohio State Univ, Fisher College of Business Yes No Yes Students can choose to mention it in application or video essays, admissions interviews or to current students and alumni.
Penn State, Smeal College of Business No No No There is a section of the application in which applicants can include any additional information they would like the committee to know about them.
Rice University, Jones School of Business Yes Yes Yes
Stanford Graduate School of Business No Yes Yes Many(applicants(will(choose(to(inform(us(through(the(essays(as(well.
The Wharton School No Yes Yes
Tuck School at Dartmouth Yes No Yes
U Mass Amherst, Isenberg School of Management No No Yes The application process is initiated with an information session (either mailed, emailed, or via pamphlets in person) where the diverse offerings of the Isenberg School of Management and the greater UMass community are detailed. Amongst these offerings, ROMBA and the ROMBA conference are both highly recommended for incoming MBA students and the Stonewall Center (LGBTQ support center for UMass Amherst campus) is described and made available to all students regardless of program affiliation.
While applicants are not particularly asked for self-identifying information, the diversity of the LGBTQ community in the Pioneer Valley is made aware to all prospective incoming students. Furthermore, incoming students are recommended to take advantage of the cultural, scholastic, and social opportunites that the area provides; this is encouraged by our geographic proximity to Northampton, MA and Smith College.
UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business Yes Yes Yes
UC Davis Graduate School of Management No No No We encourage students to use the optional essay to share pertinent personal information.
UCLA, Anderson School of Management Yes Yes Yes On our webpage, through our Admissions Ambassador Corps (AAC), prospective students can submit an interest form that will be directed to our LGBTQ student organization, Out@Anderson. From here, our student representatives can answer any questions from a student perspective; highlighting the LGBTQ programs, services, and overall experience.
UNC, Kenan Flagler Business School Yes No Yes
Univ of Chicago, Booth School of Business Yes Yes No Applicants can opt in to have LGBT outreach when they visit campus.
Univ of Michigan, Ross School of Business Yes Yes Yes The Michigan Ross community is incredibly open and inclusive with very strong support from allies. Prospective students can review the Michigan Ross Out for Business prospective student site
(http://rossoutforbusiness.org/future-members/admissions-faq/), reach out to the Ross Out for Business club leadership (rossofbcontact@umich.edu) or reach out to Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Diana Economy, with any questions.
Univ of Minnesota, Carlson School of Mgmt Yes No
-Univ of Virginia, Darden School of Business No Yes Yes
Univ of Washington, Foster School of Business No Yes Yes
University of Rochester, Simon Business School Yes Yes Yes
University of San Francisco, School of Mgmt No No Yes Applicants can identify themselves as LGBTQ in the optional essay, personal statement, or volunteer section. There is an LGBTQ club that hosts events during school year which are also open to prospects in the School of Management.
University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management Yes No Yes
USC Marshall School of Business No No No Applicants can incorporate their status/interest in the LGBTQ community at Marshall in essay question 1b. They can also use the optional essay to identify as LGBTQ
UT Austin, McCombs School of Business Yes No Yes Yes, prospective applicants are encouraged to: reach out to GLAM to learn more about McCombs; attend our Diversity Forum; contact our ROMBA Fellows throughout the recruiting process (they will also be members of GLAM); utilize the resume if he/she is a leader in any LGBT organizations; if comfortable, use references in application essays or the additional optional essay to potentially self-identify. There is a self-identifying box on the Consortium application.
Vanderbilt Owen School of Management Yes No Yes We maintain a very collaborative, inclusive community. Candidates feel at ease interacting with members of our community and typically relay their sexual orientation in the admissions interview with a member of our staff. Admissions interviews are required in order to gain admission to our program.
Washington University, Olin Business School Yes No No Our application is very short but there is an opportunity for additional information which is a common place to put information that an applicant would want to have in the application not covered by earlier questions.
II. LGBT Data Reported on Campus
2
Your Business School
Your LGBT MBA Club's Name
Approx Number of
Out/Self-Identifying LGBTQs in the MBA
Program for 2015-2016? (MBA1,
MBA2, Part-time)
Approx Number of
LGBT MBA Club
Members (*Can
include allies):
Babson'College
Out'Network
0.92%
15
Boston'University,'Questrom'School'of'Business
Cohort'Q
1%
30
Columbia'Business'School
Cluster'Q
4.15%
664
Duke'University,'Fuqua'School'of'Business
FuquaPride
3.7%
150
George'Washington'University'School'of'Business
Out'For'Business
6.04%
11
Georgetown'University,'McDonough'School'of'Business
GALA:'Gay,'Ally,'and'Lesbian'Alliance
3.65%
16
Harvard'Business'School
HBS'LGBT'Student'Association
4.26%
100*
Indiana'University,'Kelley'School'of'Business
Out@Kelley
1.59%
30
London'Business'School
Out'In'Business
3.56%
50
McGill'University,'Desautels'Faculty'of'Management
OUTlook'on'Business
3.33%
60
New'York'University,'Stern'School'of'Business
Out'Class
4.69%
173
Northwestern'University,'Kellogg'School'of'Management
Pride@Kellogg
3.13%
160
Penn'State,'Smeal'School'of'Business
Out'&'Allies'in'Business'
1.49%
8
Pepperdine,'Graziadio'School'of'Business'
Graziadio'Reaching'Out
0.94%
5
Purdue'University.'Krannert'School'of'Management
Krannert'OutSoruce
2%
32
Robert'H.'Smith'School'of'Business'`'University'of'Maryland'at'College'Park
Smith'Pride'Alliance'(SPA)
Opt'Out
12
Stanford'Graduate'School'of'Business
GSB'Pride
5.50%
45
Tuck'School'of'Business'at'Dartmouth
Tuck'Pride
2.27%
58
UCLA,'Anderson'School'of'Management
Out'@'Anderson
4.78%
124
University'of'California'Berkeley,'Haas'School'of'Business
Q@Haas
4.80%
266
University'of'Chicago,'Booth'School'of'Business
OUTreach
3.10%
210
University'of'Massachusetts,'Isenberg'School'of'Management
Isenberg'ROMBA
6.67%
9
University'of'Michigan,'Ross'School'of'Business
Out'for'Business
3.92%
95
University'of'Oxford,'Saïd'Business'School
Purple'Spires
3.43%
20
University'of'Pennsylvania,'The'Wharton'School
Out4Business
4.07%
830
University'of'Virginia,'Darden'School'of'Business
Pride'at'Darden'(PAD)
1.87%
135
University'of'Washington,'Foster'School'of'Business
Foster'Out'in'Business
3.20%
80
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All data is student & club reported
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Only those schools/clubs reporting LGBTQ student numbers are listed
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3.46% average out, self-identifying LGBT student is an increase from
2.94% in 2014-2015’s survey and 2.7% in 2013-2014’s survey.
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Currently 56 known, active LGBT On-Campus Clubs Globally
Gay
6.89%
Lesbian
1.17%
Bisexual
2.50%
Queer
0.55%
Prefer not to
say
0.55%
Sexual Orienta-on
About the Reaching Out/ Friendfactor
Survey Sample
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2918 current MBA students surveyed
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23 participating schools
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Carnegie Mellon Tepper
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Columbia Business School
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Duke Fuqua
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Emory Goizueta
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George Washington University
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Harvard Business School
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Indiana Kelley
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Northwestern Kellogg
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NYU Stern
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Tuck at Dartmouth
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UC Berkeley Haas
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UCLA Anderson
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Univ. of Chicago Booth
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Univ. of Michigan Ross
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Univ. of Minnesota Carlson
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UNC Kenan-Flagler
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Univ. of Penn, Wharton
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USC Marshall
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UT Austin McCombs
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Univ. of Virginia Darden
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Univ. of Washington Foster
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Vanderbilt Owen
First Year
57.95%
Second
Year
37.84%
Other (Part-‐
Time, Dual,
ExecuPve)
4.22%
Class of MBA Student
III. LGBT Acceptance on Campus
43%
55%
0%
0%
0%
1% 1%
Gender Iden-ty
Female Cisgender
Male Cisgender
Female Transgender
(FTM)
Male Transgender
(MTF)
Genderqueer / Gender
Strongly Agree
39.36%
Agree
48.48%
Neutral
9.71%
Disagree
2.07%
Strong Disagree
0.38%
People here are knowledgeable and aware of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
(LGBT) issues and current events.
Strongly Agree
38.67%
Agree
43.05%
Neutral
16.45%
Disagree
1.49%
Strong Disagree
0.35%
LGBT students know who their allies are and who they can go to for support.
Never
13.38%
Once
9.92%
A Few Times
39.42%
SomePmes
24.12%
Regularly
13.16%
How oIen have you heard people speak up about LGBT issues at your school (poin-ng
out a stereotype, encouraging inclusive language, bringing up a current event, etc)?
Never
35.08%
Once
19.42%
A Few Times
22.64%
SomePmes
16.18%
Regularly
6.67%
How oIen have you shown up or par-cipated in LGBT-‐related ac-vi-es and events at your
school?
Strongly Agree
1.50%
Agree
7.52%
Neutral
18.15%
Disagree
38.95%
Strong Disagree
33.88%
On my campus LGBT people are expected not to act "too gay"
Strongly Agree
5.13%
Agree
14.09%
Neutral
26.12%
Disagree
38.82%
Strong Disagree
15.84%
It is always up to the LGBT students to field ques-ons about LGBT rights or
workplace issues when they come up
Strongly Agree
61.36%
Agree
27.37%
Neutral
8.47%
Disagree
1.28%
Strong Disagree
1.52%
LGBT people feel free to bring their same-‐sex partners to school
events
Not out to anyone
6.52%
Out to a few
people
12.50%
Out to Most
people
21.20%
Out to everyone
44.57%
I don't idenPfy as
LGBT or consider
myself an ally
15.22%
How out are you as an LGBT person
or
suppor-ve ally in your MBA
community?