Business schools value the perspectives and experiences that diverse groups bring to their programs, and they go to great lengths to be welcoming to all, including women, minorities, LGBTQ, and international students. The top 25 MBA programs in the United States all have women-focused clubs, groups, events, and programs. These avenues help women network and make important connections with others, learn how to handle challenging issues in the workplace, and ultimately provide support and encouragement to women who pursue an MBA.
As you research MBA programs, you should consider attending events held by any school of interest. We at Stratus also recommend talking to students, alumni, and staff as part of your research whenever possible to gain additional insights.
To get you started, we provide the following links to women’s program webpages and women’s events at some top US MBA programs:
Business School | School Resource/Club | Link |
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Carnegie Mellon Tepper | Tepper women in Business – annual conference in Spring | https://tepper.campusgroups.com/twib/about-twib/ |
Columbia Business School | Columbia Women in Business and Women’s Circle | https://academics.gsb.columbia.edu/mba/student-life/diversity/columbia-women-business and https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/alumni/womens-initiatives/womens-circle?nid:614=685 |
Cornell Johnson | Johnson Women in Business – annual event held in October | https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/office-of-diversity-inclusion/women-at-johnson/johnson-women-in-business/ |
Dartmouth Tuck | Tuck Women in Business Conference – annual event in October | http://conferences.tuck.dartmouth.edu/wib/ |
Duke Fuqua | Duke Association of Women in Business and Duke MBA Women’s Leadership Weekend held annually in November | https://sites.duke.edu/fuquaawib/ and https://events.fuqua.duke.edu/womensleadershipweekend/ |
Georgetown McDonough | McDonough Graduate Women in Business | https://msb.georgetown.edu/mba/diverse-communities/women/ |
Harvard Business School | The HBS Community – Women | https://www.hbs.edu/mba/student-life/campus-community/Pages/women.aspx |
Indiana Kelley | Kelley MBA Women | https://kelley.iu.edu/programs/full-time-mba/kelley-life/women/index.html |
Michigan Ross | Ross Women’s Weekend – held annually in October | https://michiganross.umich.edu/about/events/upclose-and-womensweekend |
MIT Sloan | Women at MIT Sloan and Sloan Women in Management | https://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/mit-experience/women-mit-sloan and https://www.sloanwomeninmanagement.com/ |
Northwestern Kellogg | Women at Kellogg, Kellogg Center for Executive Women, and Women’s Preview Day (held in October) | https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/about/women-at-kellogg.aspx, https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/research/cew/index.htm and https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/about/about-kellogg/preview-kellogg.aspx |
NYU Stern | Stern Women in Business – annual conference in April | http://www.sternwomen.org/ |
Rice Jones | Rice Business Women’s Organization – annual Women in Leadership Conference held in February | https://jones.campusgroups.com/rbwo/about/ |
Stanford GSB | Stanford Women’s Programs | https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/alumni/communities/womens-programs |
Texas McCombs | Graduate Women in Business | https://gwib.txmccombs.org/ |
UCLA Anderson | Women’s Business Connection – Leadership Summit held annually in Spring | https://uclaanderson.campusgroups.com/wbc/home/ |
UNC Kenan Flagler | Carolina Women in Business – business conference held annually in November | https://www.carolinawomeninbusiness.com/annual-conference |
University of Chicago Booth | Booth Women Connect | https://www.chicagobooth.edu/booth-women-connect |
University of Virginia Darden | Graduate Women in Business – coffee talk/chats held regularly for women | https://www.darden.virginia.edu/mba/culture-community/clubs-organizations/graduate-women-in-business |
USC Marshall | USC Women’s Conference – held annually in March | https://www.marshall.usc.edu/event/usc-womens-conference |
UW Foster | Women in Business – programming and activities held throughout the year | https://www.uwfostermbaa.com/women-in-business |
Vanderbilt Owen | Women in Business and Diversity and Inclusion Symposium – held during Discover Vanderbilt Business, taking place November 11 | https://business.vanderbilt.edu/mba/admissions/women/ and https://business.vanderbilt.edu/mba/admissions/campus-visit/mba-discover-weekend/ |
Wharton | Wharton Stories: Women and Wharton Women in Business | https://mba.wharton.upenn.edu/topic/women/ and https://www.whartonwomen.org/ |
In addition, the Top Business School Discussion Series will present Women in Management on November 14, and you can register here.