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Hult International Business School

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 4,000,000
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Cambridge, MA

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56%)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (33%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 787
Men / Women 61% / 39%

Racial/Ethnic

International 79%
Hispanic 7%
White 5%
Black 3%
Mixed 3%
Asian 2%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2015 Men: 57.7% 57.7% 2016 Men: 60.8% 60.8% 2017 Men: 68.3% 68.3% 2018 Men: 68.9% 68.9% 2019 Men: 70.8% 70.8% 2020 Men: 68.9% 68.9% 2021 Men: 62.7% 62.7% 2022 Men: 57.9% 57.9% 2023 Men: 63.0% 63.0% 2024 Men: 64.4% 64.4% 2025 Men: 57.9% 57.9%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Asian: 3.2% 3.2% 2017 Asian: 3.6% 3.6% 2018 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2019 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2022 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2025 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2015 Black: 1.6% 1.6% 2016 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2018 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2019 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2020 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2021 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2022 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2023 Black: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Black: 3.2% 3.2% 2025 Black: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2017 Hispanic: 9.0% 9.0% 2018 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8% 2019 Hispanic: 3.1% 3.1% 2020 Hispanic: 3.4% 3.4% 2021 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5% 2022 Hispanic: 8.6% 8.6% 2023 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2025 Hispanic: 9.4% 9.4% 2015 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 White: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 White: 5.4% 5.4% 2018 White: 3.3% 3.3% 2019 White: 4.7% 4.7% 2020 White: 4.4% 4.4% 2021 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 White: 1.3% 1.3% 2023 White: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 White: 5.3% 5.3% 2025 White: 3.8% 3.8% 2015 International: 86.2% 86.2% 2016 International: 85.6% 85.6% 2017 International: 62.3% 62.3% 2018 International: 74.1% 74.1% 2019 International: 81.2% 81.2% 2020 International: 82.0% 82.0% 2021 International: 81.6% 81.6% 2022 International: 81.5% 81.5% 2023 International: 62.2% 62.2% 2024 International: 76.9% 76.9% 2025 International: 79.9% 79.9%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2015 Total: 307 307 2016 Total: 481 481 2017 Total: 512 512 2018 Total: 574 574 2019 Total: 761 761 2020 Total: 813 813 2021 Total: 802 802 2022 Total: 743 743 2023 Total: 920 920 2024 Total: 838 838 2025 Total: 787 787 2015 Men: 180 180 2016 Men: 295 295 2017 Men: 324 324 2018 Men: 381 381 2019 Men: 504 504 2020 Men: 538 538 2021 Men: 518 518 2022 Men: 458 458 2023 Men: 567 567 2024 Men: 519 519 2025 Men: 479 479 2015 Women: 127 127 2016 Women: 186 186 2017 Women: 188 188 2018 Women: 193 193 2019 Women: 257 257 2020 Women: 275 275 2021 Women: 284 284 2022 Women: 285 285 2023 Women: 353 353 2024 Women: 319 319 2025 Women: 308 308

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2017 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2018 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2019 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2020 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2021 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2025 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2015 Black: 1.0% 1.0% 2016 Black: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 Black: 2.0% 2.0% 2020 Black: 1.8% 1.8% 2021 Black: 2.5% 2.5% 2022 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2023 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2024 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2025 Black: 2.7% 2.7% 2015 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6% 2016 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2017 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2018 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2019 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2020 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0% 2021 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2022 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2% 2023 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2024 Hispanic: 6.1% 6.1% 2025 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1% 2015 White: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2017 White: 3.7% 3.7% 2018 White: 3.1% 3.1% 2019 White: 2.8% 2.8% 2020 White: 2.6% 2.6% 2021 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2022 White: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 White: 1.2% 1.2% 2024 White: 3.5% 3.5% 2025 White: 4.7% 4.7% 2015 International: 84.4% 84.4% 2016 International: 92.5% 92.5% 2017 International: 80.1% 80.1% 2018 International: 82.6% 82.6% 2019 International: 82.4% 82.4% 2020 International: 83.0% 83.0% 2021 International: 82.4% 82.4% 2022 International: 84.3% 84.3% 2023 International: 62.3% 62.3% 2024 International: 77.6% 77.6% 2025 International: 79.0% 79.0%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Hult International Business School 179 60% 6% 1% 2% 8% 82% $91,173 90 +0.71 85
Business Administration 179 — 60% 6% 1% 2% 8% 82% $91,173 84 +0.71 85 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $61,768
ROI Percentile 85th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 80%
4-Year Graduation Rate 54%
6-Year Graduation Rate 67%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2021 Graduated: 62.7% 62.7% 2022 Graduated: 64.4% 64.4% 2023 Graduated: 65.8% 65.8% 2024 Graduated: 66.7% 66.7%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2021 Men: 59.1% 2022 Men: 61.7% 2023 Men: 60.4% 2024 Men: 61.9% 2021 Women: 71.1% 2022 Women: 68.7% 2023 Women: 76.9% 2024 Women: 76.6%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2023 International: 68.1% 2024 International: 69.0%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 100.0% 179 60% 6% 1% 2% 8% 82% $91,173 75 +0.71 85 — —

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 51%
Yield (non-ED) 13%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 51% 51% 51%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 Acceptance: 51.0% 51.0% 2016 Acceptance: 56.6% 56.6% 2017 Acceptance: 54.9% 54.9% 2018 Acceptance: 57.1% 57.1% 2019 Acceptance: 43.4% 43.4% 2020 Acceptance: 45.2% 45.2% 2021 Acceptance: 50.7% 50.7% 2022 Acceptance: 47.7% 47.7% 2023 Acceptance: 53.4% 53.4% 2024 Acceptance: 60.5% 60.5% 2012 Yield: 45.5% 45.5% 2016 Yield: 14.8% 14.8% 2017 Yield: 18.2% 18.2% 2018 Yield: 19.2% 19.2% 2019 Yield: 20.2% 20.2% 2020 Yield: 16.8% 16.8% 2021 Yield: 20.7% 20.7% 2022 Yield: 19.8% 19.8% 2023 Yield: 14.6% 14.6% 2024 Yield: 13.1% 13.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 Applicants: 992 992 2016 Applicants: 1,869 1,869 2017 Applicants: 1,671 1,671 2018 Applicants: 2,223 2,223 2019 Applicants: 2,196 2,196 2020 Applicants: 1,887 1,887 2021 Applicants: 1,495 1,495 2022 Applicants: 2,279 2,279 2023 Applicants: 2,268 2,268 2024 Applicants: 1,761 1,761 2012 Admitted: 506 506 2016 Admitted: 1,057 1,057 2017 Admitted: 918 918 2018 Admitted: 1,269 1,269 2019 Admitted: 952 952 2020 Admitted: 852 852 2021 Admitted: 758 758 2022 Admitted: 1,088 1,088 2023 Admitted: 1,210 1,210 2024 Admitted: 1,065 1,065 2012 Enrolled: 230 230 2016 Enrolled: 156 156 2017 Enrolled: 167 167 2018 Enrolled: 244 244 2019 Enrolled: 192 192 2020 Enrolled: 143 143 2021 Enrolled: 157 157 2022 Enrolled: 215 215 2023 Enrolled: 177 177 2024 Enrolled: 139 139

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

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