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    MBA

    Entering Classes 2020-2024

    2020 2021 2022*** 2023*** 2024***
    Gender
    Total MBA Enrollment 930 938 732 1010 1015
    Men Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - 549 54%
    Women 383 41% 408 43% 323 44% 462 46% 466 46%
    Citizenship
    United States (includes permanent residents) 610 66% 611 65% 491 67% 641 63% 625 62%
    International* 320 34% 327 35% 241 33% 369 37% 390 38%
    Race / Ethnicity
    U.S. race/ethnicity as % of domestic students, Federal Reporting**
    American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0.2% 1 0.2%
    Asian 128 21% 101 17% 95 19% 155 24% 150 24%
    Black or African American 44 7% 56 9% 52 11% 80 12% 67 11%
    Hispanic, Latino, & Latinx 51 8% 69 11% 45 9% 73 11% 80 13%
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
    Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic 17 3% 31 5% 30 6% 23 4% 23 4%
    White 360 59% 349 57% 262 53% 301 47% 299 48%
    Data Not Available 10 2% 5 1% 7 1% 8 1% 5 1%
    U.S. race/ethnicity as % of domestic students, Multi-Dimensional**
    American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0.3% 12 2% 4 1% 8 2% 6 1%
    Asian 142 23% 122 20% 116 24% 169 26% 176 28%
    Black or African American 53 9% 77 13% 64 13% 88 14% 80 13%
    Hispanic, Latino, & Latinx 51 8% 69 11% 45 9% 73 11% 80 13%
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 1 0.2% 0 0% 2 0.4% 2 0.3% 0 0%
    White 421 69% 432 71% 323 66% 380 59% 376 60%
    Data Not Available 10 2% 5 1% 7 1% 8 1% 5 1%

    *International does not include US Permanent Residents

    **US Ethnic Minorities includes US Permanent Residents

    ***The typical HBS class size is ~930. Due to onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we gave all incoming Class of 2022 students the option to defer. 732 chose to enroll in 2020. Because of this flexible deferral policy, we increased the class size of the Classes of 2023 & 2024 to ~1000 each.

    The Department of the Interior via the Office of Civil Rights provides federal guidelines for maintaining, collecting, and presenting data on race and ethnicity. HBS is required to follow these standards which allow students to self-identify their ethnicity and race, with the option to select more than one race and/or ethnicity. The racial and ethnic categories listed here reflect those included in our application process, per federal guidelines. *US race / ethnicity enrollment shown as a percent of US citizens and permanent residents.

    Federal Reporting Guidelines

    Per federal guidelines, all students who identify as Hispanic / Latinx and any other race are represented as Hispanic / Latinx only. Students who identify with more than one race are represented as Multi-Race only. The column adds to 100% but may be slightly lower or higher due to rounding.

    Multi-Dimensional Reporting

    We share students' full racial and ethnic identities to more inclusively reflect the racial / ethnic groups with which they identify in the multi-dimensional reporting. Students with multi-racial / ethnic identities are represented in more than one row, meaning the column adds to more than 100%.

    Case Protagonists in Required Curriculum 2019-2022

    2019 - 2020 2020 - 2021 2021 - 2022
      Total Percent of all cases Percent of all cases with
    protagonists
    Total Percent of all cases Percent of all cases with
    protagonists
    Total Percent of all cases Percent of all cases with
    protagonists
    Gender
    Total 253 249 253
    Male 169 67% 75% 164 66% 73% 128 51% 54%
    Female 57 23% 25% 61 24% 27% 50 20% 21%
    No Identifiable Protagonist 27 11% 24 10% 17 7%
    Case with Identifiable Protagonist 226 89% 100 225 90% 100% 236 93% 100%
    Race / Ethnicity
    U.S. race/ethnicity as % of total
    American Indian, Alaska Native, or other Indigenous Data Not Available - - Data Not Available - - 0 0% 0%
    Asian or Asian-American* 31 12% 14% 28 11% 12% 20 8% 9%
    Black or African-American 12 5% 5% 19 8% 8% 18 7% 8%
    Hispanic, Latino, & Latinx 13 5% 6% 14 6% 6% 10 4% 4%
    Middle Eastern or North African 3 1% 1% 5 2% 2% 5 2% 2%
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Data Not Available - - Data Not Available - - 0 0% 0%
    White 131 52% 58% 131 53% 58% 91 36% 39%
    Another race or ethnicity 1 <1% 0% 0 0% 0% 1 0.3% 0%
    Unknown 35 14% 15% 28 11% 12% 69 27% 29%
    No identifiable protagonist 27 11% 24 10% 17 7%

    Footnote: Demographic data as reported by HBS faculty who taught the cases during the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years.

    Data collected includes case protagonist race/ethnicity data for US citizens/permanent residents and non-US citizens/non-permanent residents as an aggregate.

    * Asian or Asian-American includes South Asian.

    GME Admissions Reporting Standards. Graduate Management Admission Council Adopted 2020/21.

    New Field Case Protagonists

    2020 - 2021 2021 - 2022
    New field cases published in academic year % All cases with
    self-id protagonists*
    % All cases with
    self-id protagonists*
    Total 299 280
    FIELD CASES w/ Protagonist Self-ID Demographic Data 122 41% 115 41%
    Gender
    Male 79% 70%
    Female 27% 34%
    Race / Ethnicity
    American Indian, Alaska Native, or Other Indigenous 1% 2%
    Asian or Asian American** 24% 17%
    Black or African American 16% 23%
    Hispanic, Latino, & Latinx 13% 9%
    Middle Eastern or North African 3% 7%
    Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2% 0%
    White 53% 50%
    Prefer to self-describe 2% 2%
    Another Race or Ethnicity Data Not Available Data Not Available
    Unknown Data Not Available Data Not Available

    *Note: Cases with multiple protagonists per/case and/or multiple identities per protagonist result in the total percentages exceeding 100%.

    **Asian or Asian-American includes South Asian.

    Doctoral

    Entering Doctoral Classes 2018-2022

    Entering Class
    2018-19
    Entering Class
    2019-20
    Entering Class
    2020-21
    Entering Class
    2021-22
    Entering Class
    2022-23
    Gender
    Total 21 25 26 19 23
    Male 9 43% 12 48% 13 50% 7 37% 9 39%
    Female 12 57% 13 52% 13 50% 12 63% 13 57%
    Non-Binary, Gender Queer, or Another Gender Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - 1 4%
    Gender Information Not Reported 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
    Citizenship
    United States (includes permanent residents) 15 71% 13 52% 16 62% 15 79% 15 65%
    International* 6 29% 12 48% 10 38% 4 21% 8 35%
    U.S. Race / Ethnicity
    All U.S. ethnic minorities as % of total class
    American Indians or Alaska Natives 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0 0% 0 0%
    Asian or Asian American 5 24% 5 20% 4 15% 4 21% 5 22%
    Black or African American 0 0% 1 4% 0 0% 2 11% 1 4%
    Hispanic, Latino, & Latinx 1 5% 0 0% 0 0% 1 5% 2 9%
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - 0 0%
    Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - 1 4%
    White 8 38% 7 28% 12 46% 8 42% 5 22%
    Unkown 1 5% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 4%

    Note: Doctoral only collects race/ethnicity data for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.

    Source: Doctoral application and enrollment data.

    Executive Education

    Executive Education Participants FY 2018-2022

    FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
    Gender
    Total 6,766 7,535 5,496 4,602 6,631
    Male 4,965 73% 5,409 72% 3,830 70% 3,124 68% 4,502 68%
    Female 1,799 27% 2,098 28% 1,653 30% 1,468 32% 2,095 32%
    Gender Queer/a Different Identity 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 2 0% 3 0%
    Prefer Not To Answer Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - 2 0%
    Gender Information Not Reported 2 0% 28 0% 13 0% 8 0% 29 0%
    Citizenship
    Total 6,766 7,535 5,496 4,602 6,631
    United States 1,937 29% 2,345 31% 1,674 30% 1,784 39% 2,370 36%
    International 4,752 70% 5,117 68% 3,785 69% 2,782 60% 4,210 63%
    Citizenship Information Not Available 77 1% 73 1% 37 1% 36 1% 51 1%
    Race / Ethnicity
    U.S. Race/Ethnicity as % of domestic students, federal reporting
    Total 1,784 2,370
    American Indians or Alaska Native 1 0% 4 0%
    Asian or Asian American 100 6% 289 12%
    Black or African American 76 4% 206 9%
    Hispanic, Latino, & Latinx 64 4% 187 8%
    Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic 12 1% 45 2%
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 2 0% 2 0%
    White 391 22% 1,024 43%
    Prefer not to Answer Data Not Available - 7 0%
    Unknown 1,138 64% 606 26%

    Notes:
    1) Data are for fiscal years (July-June).
    2) Data are for open enrollment program participants as reported in the Financial Office Report to the Dean (FORD).
    3) Currently participants may provide only one citizenship. U.S. permanent residents are not in reported U.S. citizenship or U.S. ethnic minority data.
    4) Executive Education began to ask U.S. citizens for race/ethnicity data and expanded gender response choices in December of 2020.
    5) Executive Education added 'Prefer not to answer' as a response choice for gender, race, and ethnicity in March of 2022.
    6) In FY21, female participants include one trans-identifying individual, and male participants include one trans-identifying individual.
    7) In FY22, female participants include two trans-identifying individuals, and male participants include three trans-identifying individuals.
    8) Executive Education follows the federal reporting guidelines for collecting and reporting U.S. ethnic minority data.

    Source: Executive Education application data.

    HBS Online

    HBS Online Participants FY 2018-2022

    FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
    Gender
    Total 8,660 15,983 27,307 38,208 40,685
    Male 5,920 68% 9,809 61% 15,779 58% 21,320 56% 23,597 58%
    Female 2,740 32% 6,174 39% 11,528 42% 16,888 44% 17,088 42%
    Citizenship
    United States (includes permanent residents) 4,750 55% 9,003 56% 14,790 54% 17,308 45.30% 13,426 33%
    International* 3,910 45% 6,980 46% 12,517 46% 20,900 54.70% 27,259 67%

    Note: *HBS Online collected race/ethnicity data only for select programs. Race/ethnicity data are not reported above.

    These data include only paid asynchronous programs (HBX, HBAP, and CSML).

    Source: HBS Online application data.

    Faculty & Faculty Leadership

    Faculty FY 2018-2022

    2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 Projected 2022-23
    Gender
    Total 267 280 293 322 324
    Male 197 74% 203 73% 215 73% 231 72% 227 70%
    Female 70 26% 77 28% 78 27% 91 28% 97 30%
    Race / Ethnicity*
    American Indian, Alaska Native, or other Indigenous Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - 0 0%
    Asian or Asian American 50 19% 53 19% 57 19% 61 19% 62 19%
    Black or African-American 7 3% 10 4% 10 3% 11 3% 17 5%
    Hispanic, Latino, & Latinx 6 2% 6 2% 6 2% 8 2% 10 3%
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - 0 0%
    Two or More Races 11 4% 12 4% 12 4% 14 4% 13 4%
    White 193 72% 199 71% 208 71% 228 72% 222 69%
    Unknown Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - 0 0%

    *HBS collects faculty race/ethnicity data for U.S. citizens/permanent residents and non-U.S. citizens/non-permanent residents as an aggregate.

    Data exclude post-doctoral fellows and includes visiting assistant, associate, and full professors with paid appointments.  Projected 2020-21 data do not include individuals starting in January 2021.  Individuals who hold both staff and faculty appointments are reflected only in the staff demographic data. 

    Division of Research and Faculty Development.

    New Faculty Hires

    2021-22 2022-23
    New faculty hired in 21-22
    academic year
    New faculty hired in 22-23
    academic year
    Gender
    Total 29 24
    Male 15 52% 13 54%
    Female 14 48% 11 46%
    Race / Ethnicity*
    American Indian, Alaska Native, or other Indigenous Data Not Available - 0 0%
    Asian or Asian American 6 21% 3 13%
    Black or African-American 3 10% 6 25%
    Hispanic, Latino, & Latinx 1 3% 1 4%
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Data Not Available - 0 0%
    Two or More Races 1 3% 1 4%
    White 18 62% 13 54%
    Unknown Data Not Available - 0 0%

    *HBS collects faculty race/ethnicity data for U.S. citizens/permanent residents and non-U.S. citizens/non-permanent residents as an aggregate.

    Data exclude post-doctoral fellows and includes visiting assistant, associate, and full professors with paid appointments.  Projected 2020-21 data do not include individuals starting in January 2021.  Individuals who hold both staff and faculty appointments are reflected only in the staff demographic data. 

    Division of Research and Faculty Development.

    Faculty Leadership FY 2018-2022

    2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
    Gender
    Total 46 47 44 46 45
    Male 39 85% 36 77% 33 75% 35 76% 33 73%
    Female 7 15% 11 23% 11 25% 11 24% 12 27%
    Race / Ethnicity*
    American Indian, Alaska Native, or other Indigenous Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - 0 0%
    Asian or Asian American 12 26% 8 17% 9 20% 8 17% 9 20%
    Black or African-American 0 0% 2 4% 1 2% 1 2% 1 2%
    Hispanic, Latino, & Latinx 1 2% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - 0 0%
    Two or More Races 1 2% 1 2% 1 2% 6 13% 5 11%
    White 32 70% 36 77% 33 75% 31 67% 29 64%
    Unknown Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - Data Not Available - 0 0%

    *HBS collects faculty race/ethnicity data for U.S. citizens/permanent residents and non-U.S. citizens/non-permanent residents as an aggregate.

    Administrative roles earning 1.0 ATA or greater are included.

    Both faculty are counted for jobs with mid-year transitions and roles split between two faculty (e.g., co-Unit Head).

    Faculty holding multiple roles are counted for each role.

    Staff & Staff Leadership

    Staff FY 2018-2022

    FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22
    Gender
    Total 1153 1229 1232 1289 1325
    Male 430 37.29% 435 35.39% 446 34.60% 426 34.58% 455 34.34%
    Female 722 62.62% 793 64.52% 842 65.32% 805 65.34% 864 65.21%
    Non-Binary, Gender Queer, or Another Gender 1 0.09% 1 0.08% 1 0.08% 1 0.08% 6 0.45%
    Gender Information Not Reported 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
    Race / Ethnicity*
    American Indian, Alaska Native, or other Indigenous 1 0.09% 1 0.08% 1 0.08% 0 0% 0 0%
    Asian or Asian American 99 8.59% 124 10.09% 142 11.02% 140 11.36% 143 10.79%
    Black or African-American 42 3.64% 48 3.91% 55 4.27% 56 4.55% 72 5.43%
    Hispanic, Latino, & Latinx 66 5.72% 74 6.02% 75 5.82% 74 6.01% 95 7.17%
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0 0% 1 0.08% 1 0.08% 0 0% 0 0%
    Two or More Races 15 1.3% 16 1.3% 22 1.71% 22 1.79% 29 2.19%
    White 930 80.66% 965 78.52% 993 77.04% 940 76.30% 985 74.34%
    Unknown 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0.08%

    *HBS collects staff race/ethnicity data for U.S. citizens/permanent residents and non-U.S. citizens/non-permanent residents as an aggregate.

    The data reflects HBS Staff personnel, which are employees classified as Admin & Professional, Internal Post Docs, Service & Trade Hourly, and Support Staff paid through PeopleSoft HCM. The data was collected using QlikView Business Intelligence tool under My Workforce > Point in Time > Self-Service.

    New Staff Hires

    2021-22 2022-23
    New staff hired in FY21 New staff hired in FY22
    Gender
    Total 123 273
    Male 42 34.15% 98 35.90%
    Female 81 65.85% 171 62.64%
    Non-Binary, Gender Queer, or another Gender 0 0% 4 1.47%
    Gender Information Not Reported 0 0% 0 0%
    Race / Ethnicity*
    American Indian, Alaska Native, or other Indigenous 0 0% 0 0%
    Asian or Asian American 31 25.20% 43 15.75%
    Black or African-American 5 4.07% 18 6.59%
    Hispanic, Latino, & Latinx 11 8.94% 25 9.16%
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0 0% 0 0%
    Two or More Races 1 0.81% 14 5.13%
    White 75 60.98% 173 63.37%
    Unknown 0 0% 0 0%

    *HBS collects staff race/ethnicity data for U.S. citizens/permanent residents and non-U.S. citizens/non-permanent residents as an aggregate.

    The data reflects HBS personnel hired or rehired within the above mentioned period. They are employees classified as Admin & Professional, Internal Post Docs, Service & Trade Hourly, and Support Staff paid through PeopleSoft HCM. The data was collected using QlikView Business Intelligence tool under My Workforce > Point in Time > Self-Service.

    Division of Research and Faculty Development.

    Staff Leadership as of August 2022

    August 2019 August 2020 August 2021 August 2022
    Gender
    Total 78 83 94 106
    Male 35 44.87% 34 40.96% 42 44.68% 48 45.28%
    Female 43 55.13% 49 59.04% 52 55.32% 58 54.72%
    Race / Ethnicity
    American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
    Asian or Asian American 2 2.56% 3 3.61% 4 4.26% 5 4.72%
    Black or African-American 1 1.28% 2 2.41% 2 2.13% 5 4.72%
    Hispanic, Latino, & Latinx 1 1.28% 1 1.20% 1 1.06% 1 0.94%
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
    Two or More Races 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
    White 74 94.87% 77 92.77% 87 92.55% 95 89.62%
    Unknown 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

    *HBS collects staff race/ethnicity data for U.S. citizens/permanent residents and non-U.S. citizens/non-permanent residents as an aggregate.

    The data reflects HBS personnel in pay grades 60 - 64 with the supervisor flag selected. Additionally, this group is composed of employees classified as Admin & Professional, Internal Post Docs, Service & Trade Hourly, and Support Staff paid through PeopleSoft HCM. The data was collected using QlikView Business Intelligence tool under My Workforce > Point in Time > Self-Service.

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