HBS Statistics

Key Facts

  2006 2007 2008 2009
MBA Program
Applications 6,716 7,438 8,661 9,093
Percent Admitted 15% 14% 12% 12%
Yield 91% 89% 91% 89%
Enrollment 1,822 1,806 1,796 1,843
Doctoral Programs
Applications 611 694 595  
Percent Admitted 5% 5% 6%  
Yield 64% 57% 81%  
Enrollment 101 103 105  
Executive Education
Enrollment 8,239 9,281 9,345  
(programs range from two days to nine weeks)        
Alumni
Living MBA Alumni     41,134  
Executive Education     28,193  
Living Doctoral Alumni     1,013  
Alumni Outside the U.S.     28%  
Faculty
Faculty Positions (full-time equivalent) 215 206 219 228
Teaching Materials Produced 606 602 647 608
Research Articles Published 130 145 152 146
Books Published 31 24 24 20
Staff
Staff Positions (full-time equivalent) 1,077 1,109 1,146
Publishing
Cases Sold 7,428,000 7,785,000 8,240,000  
HBS Press Books Sold 1,409,000 1,882,000 2,025,000
HBR Circulation 243,000 248,000 246,000  
HBR Reprints Sold 3,112,000 3,061,000 3,123,000  
Financial
Revenues $368,000,000 $405,000,000 $451,000,000  
Expenses $345,000,000 $375,000,000 $423,000,000
Research Budget $84,000,000 $92,000,000 $102,000,000  
Endowment $2,340,000,000 $2,821,000,000 $2,971,000,000                      
Campus
Number of Buildings 33 33 33 33
Square Feet 1,512,753 1,512,753 1,512,753 1,512,753