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100 1 |a Quan Yuan, Contributor 
110 2 |a Graduate Management Admission Council 
245 1 |a GMAC Prospective Students Survey. 2025 Report 
260 |b Graduate Management Admission Council  |c 2025 
513 |a Statistics Report 
520 3 |a For more than 15 years, the GMAC Prospective Students Survey (PSS) has provided the world's graduate business schools with critical insights into the decision-making processes of people actively applying to, considering, or researching graduate management education (GME) programs. Its questions--covering a diverse range of topics that impact prospective students' application and enrollment decisions--provide school professionals with timely, relevant, and reliable market intelligence to inform how they engage with candidates to build their incoming classes. Respondents include candidates who visited GMAC's web properties (i.e., mba.com, businessbecause.com, gmac.com, gmat.com.cn, and social media accounts) to learn about and prepare applications to GME programs. Respondents may also be members of partner organizations (e.g., Forté Foundation, Beta Alpha Psi) who are interested in GME. This year's report, which considers data collected throughout the 2024 calendar year, continues to explore trends in the candidate pipeline, program preferences, mobility considerations, and career goals. The first section builds on previous years' results with more detailed information about candidate interest in artificial intelligence (AI), along with data from new questions about desired business skills and how candidates might feel about a future employer's position on sustainability. The report then considers candidates' plans for financing their degree as well as their preferred communication channels and decision-making factors. We then explore the latest in our long-tracked trends in degree and format preferences; geographic mobility; and preferred careers. Each section begins with actionable insights for program and recruitment consideration, then expands on some of the key points that emerged from this year's analysis. Survey results are reported as percentages or population parameters, also known as estimates. To assess the magnitude of differences between groups or across survey years, 95 percent confidence intervals are used. When reporting group differences, this report largely discusses and visualizes statistically significant group differences in its analysis, though also comments on results that are not statistically significant but signal interesting trends. Results are weighted with known population figures to make the findings more generalizable to all those interested in pursuing graduate management education worldwide. Region and country-level results are not weighted. This analysis is intended to comment on trends and patterns--not to imply that any one group is monolithic in their preferences and behaviors. 
651 4 |a Africa 
651 4 |a Australia 
651 4 |a Canada 
651 4 |a Asia 
651 4 |a Europe 
651 4 |a Mexico 
651 4 |a Caribbean 
651 4 |a Latin America 
651 4 |a Middle East 
651 4 |a United States--US 
653 |a Business Schools 
653 |a Business Education 
653 |a Graduate Students 
653 |a Student Financial Aid 
653 |a Foreign Students 
653 |a Student Costs 
653 |a Occupational Aspiration 
653 |a Artificial Intelligence 
653 |a Gender Differences 
653 |a Experiential Learning 
653 |a Age Differences 
653 |a Job Skills 
653 |a Ethics 
653 |a Sustainability 
653 |a First Generation College Students 
653 |a Student Recruitment 
653 |a Reputation 
653 |a Information Seeking 
653 |a In Person Learning 
653 |a Masters Programs 
653 |a Full Time Students 
653 |a Program Length 
653 |a Blended Learning 
653 |a Part Time Students 
653 |a Online Courses 
653 |a Microcredentials 
653 |a Foreign Countries 
700 1 |a Kun Yuan, Contributor 
700 1 |a Sabrina White, Contributor 
700 1 |a Walker, Andrew 
773 0 |t Graduate Management Admission Council  |g (2025) 
786 0 |d ProQuest  |t ERIC 
856 4 1 |3 Citation/Abstract  |u https://www.proquest.com/docview/3257415487/abstract/embedded/7BTGNMKEMPT1V9Z2?source=fedsrch 
856 4 0 |3 Full text outside of ProQuest  |u http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED675208