Asia is hot as far as the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) is concerned, according to a recent report from the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), which owns the exam.
The number of Asian citizens taking the GMAT each year rose a whopping 75 percent from 2005 to 2009 – more than double the global increase in testing volume over the same period. The number of scores sent by GMAT test takers to Asian schools also soared. Business schools in Asia today receive three times as many score reports as they did five years ago. Schools worldwide, meanwhile, have seen a 41 percent increase in score reports received. “Asia plays a leading role in the global economy, and the strong GMAT activity we are seeing is a sure sign of the high value people in this region place on quality management education,” Julia Tyler, GMAC executive vice president of member services and marketing, said in a statement announcing the most recent test taking figures.
According to GMAT, citizens of India and China accounted for nearly 70 percent of GMAT exams taken by Asians during testing year 2009, which runs from July 2008 through June 2009. Overall, Asians represented 30 percent of the received 265,613 GMAT exams taken in testing year 2009, up from 23 percent of the worldwide total in 2005.
For more details about GMAT testing and score-sending trends in Asian, consult GMAC’s latest Asian Geographic Trend Report for GMAT Examinees.
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