The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) have just released GMAT testing volume figures through May 31st of 2005, citing what appears to be a slight increase in test taking volume this year. While volume is merely stable within the United States, test-taking activity has increased by 3.75% internationally. Countries like Korea, Taiwan, China, India, Canada and Greece seem to be driving this increase.
Although volume has been up and down this year (ahead of the pace in February, slightly behind in April), one thing seems to be clear: the significant declines in volume that were seen over the last few seasons are looking less and less probable for this season. It is worth noting that at this time last year, GMAC was reporting an overall decline in test-taking volume of more than 8%.
For the full text of GMAC’s report:
http://www.gmac.org/gmac/ResearchandTrends/GMATStatistics/CurrentGMATVolume.htm
This news about increasing GMAT volume isn’t terribly surprising, given the positive MBA recruiting news that has been widely publicized of late.
