GMAC unveils first-ever global study of graduate management education diversity

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 -- The Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™) has released a special report, ‘The Global Diversity of Talent – Attainment and Representation’, a first reference guide of its kind to better understand representation for graduate management education (GME) degree attainment worldwide.

Understanding that education systems globally experienced disruption due to the pandemic, GMAC turned to its leading research capability as universities sought to adapt with a renewed attention to issues of student access and equity, as well as diversity and representation in tertiary educational attainment.

The report provides a global overview, seven regional outlooks, and separate reports for 69 locations or countries with an estimated 25,000 or more people in the student-aged population of 20 to 34 who have attained a master’s degree in the subject of business, administration, or law.

In addition to a separate appendix that reviews data on 111 other countries, it also examines the representation of women globally and under-represented groups in the United States, according to a statement.

Key findings include women struggling for representation at graduate business level, falling behind the most in Europe; African American graduates outpacing their white counterparts, driven by their over-representation in U.S. for-profit programmes; and, most business degree holders coming from Asia while Latin America enjoys highest business concentration among graduate degrees.

Globally, more women than men choose their undergraduate study in the fields of business, administration, and law.

The proportions of graduate management degree-holders relative to the student-aged population, or the GME participation rate, differs among the seven U.S. race/ethnicity groups studied in the report.

By region, the highest business concentration among all master’s degree-holders is seen in Latin America (33.1 per cent), the Middle East (27.6 per cent), and East Asia and the Pacific (26.6 per cent).

More details at www.gmac.com.

-- BERNAMA