# What is the McCombs acceptance rate? McCombs reports a 9% BBA acceptance rate for 2025. That undergraduate rate doesn’t describe Canfield honors, internal transfer or an MBA application. [Check my McCombs application route ↗](https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/undergraduate-programs/bba/admissions-and-cost/) **In this guide** 1. Which rate applies to my application? 2. Why is UT’s overall rate higher? 3. What do the Canfield sophomore numbers show? 4. Does top 5% guarantee McCombs? 5. What do I select for fall 2027? 6. Should I plan to transfer into Business later? 7. What if I want a Texas-only McCombs rate? 8. Questions 9. Sources ## In this guide 1. Which rate applies to my application? 2. Why is UT’s overall rate higher? 3. What do the Canfield sophomore numbers show? 4. Does top 5% guarantee McCombs? 5. What do I select for fall 2027? 6. Should I plan to transfer into Business later? 7. What if I want a Texas-only McCombs rate? 8. Questions 9. Sources ## Which rate applies to my application? Start with the program and how you’re applying. McCombs’ admissions webpage publishes a rounded 9%; its 2025 flyer provides matched applicant and offer counts. Different applications, different figures **Which rate applies to my application?** | Program or route | Year | What is available | | --- | --- | --- | | McCombs BBA | 2025 | 9% acceptance rate | | UT first-year, all majors | Fall 2025 | 22.22% | | Canfield sophomore | 2026 | 32 accepted from 188 applicants: 17.02% | | Canfield sophomore | 2025 | 32 accepted from 183 applicants: 17.49% | | McCombs internal transfer | Selected term | No acceptance rate given here | | External transfer to BBA | Selected term | No rate inferred from first-year BBA | | Full-Time MBA | Selected class | Use the graduate program | ## Why is UT’s overall rate higher? UT’s overall 22.22% covers every school and major, so the rest of UT, taken together, accepts a larger share than McCombs’ 9%. The entering class, which counts only students who enrolled, is smaller than the number accepted because some accepted students go elsewhere. In a made-up example, 900 accepted out of 10,000 applicants is 9%, even if only 600 enroll. ### Which McCombs application are you using? Situation #### Am I applying to the BBA from high school? Use the first-year application. The 2025 BBA rate of 9% describes that past group, not your personal chance. 1. Select Unspecified Business (200400) as your first-choice major. 2. Complete UT’s application and document deadlines. 3. Add the honors application if you want Canfield. [BBA application instructions ↗](https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/undergraduate-programs/bba/admissions-and-cost/) [UT first-year checklist ↗](https://admissions.utexas.edu/apply/freshman/) ## What do the Canfield sophomore numbers show? Canfield accepted 32 of 188 sophomore applicants in 2026 and 32 of 183 in 2025. The rate fell by 0.47 percentage points while the accepted count stayed the same. The 2026 accepted group averaged 3.98 GPA, compared with 3.90 for applicants. An average isn’t a minimum. Canfield sophomore applications **What do the Canfield sophomore numbers show?** | Measure | 2025 | 2026 | | --- | --- | --- | | Applications | 183 | 188 | | Accepted | 32 | 32 | | Calculated acceptance rate | 17.49% | 17.02% | | Accepted students’ average GPA | 3.98 | 3.98 | | Applicants’ average GPA | 3.88 | 3.90 | ## Does top 5% guarantee McCombs? No. UT still decides whether to offer the requested major to eligible top-5% applicants for summer/fall 2027 or spring 2028. A guaranteed place at UT isn’t a guaranteed place in Business. ## What do I select for fall 2027? McCombs tells first-year applicants to choose **Unspecified Business (200400)** as their first-choice major. Complete the university application and any Canfield application items. Regular first-year applications are due December 1, 2026, with documents due December 10. Early Action’s October deadlines have passed. ## Should I plan to transfer into Business later? Only if you’d also be willing to complete the degree you enter. Internal transfer is competitive and has its own GPA, credit and course rules. For business coursework without the BBA, compare the Business Foundations Minor. It isn’t an alternate route into the degree. ## What if I want a Texas-only McCombs rate? Matching resident and nonresident BBA counts aren’t given beside the 9% figure. UT-wide residency rates can’t fill that gap. Use the rules for your route, choose programs you’d want to attend and compare the cost after aid. ## Questions **What year and program does 9% describe?** McCombs’ 2025 BBA, its undergraduate business degree. **Is 9% the MBA rate?** No. MBA programs have their own graduate applications. **How do Canfield and internal transfer differ?** Canfield has its own honors application. Internal transfer is for students already at UT seeking the BBA; neither uses the 9% as its own rate. **Does automatic UT admission include McCombs?** No. An offer from UT doesn’t guarantee Business. **Is there a Texas-resident BBA rate?** The displayed BBA statistic doesn’t give matching applicant and offer counts by residency, so no such rate is calculated here. ## Related guides - [Canfield’s freshman and sophomore routes](https://utaustin.guide/research/texas/canfield-business-honors-program) ## A similar-size McCombs class needed fewer offers Matched McCombs publications show 8,885 applications and 1,695 offers in 2020, against 16,512 and 1,546 in the 2025 flyer. Enrollment was 995 and 1,010. A higher share taking their offers let a similar class fill with fewer offers. The flyer’s matched counts give 9.4%; the 2025 magazine lists different counts. The [admissions investigation](https://utaustin.guide/research/texas/ut-admissions-history) compares the publications and McCombs’ rejected 2023 expansion proposal. Research cutoff October 30, 2026. ## Sources The 9% comes from McCombs’ 2025 Admissions Statistics. UT counts come from the 2025–26 Common Data Set; Canfield counts and GPAs come from its sophomore page. These pages were checked October 27, 2026. The Canfield application count rose by five, or 2.73%, from 2025 to 2026. These two years don’t make a trend or a first-year honors rate. Group averages and historical percentages don’t predict an individual decision. **Sources and dates** 1. [Texas McCombs — BBA admissions, 2025 acceptance statistic and application instructions](https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/undergraduate-programs/bba/admissions-and-cost/)2026-10-27 2. [UT Institutional Reporting — Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025 cohort](https://reports.utexas.edu/common-data-set/pdf)2026-10-26 3. [UT Admissions — review factors, major selection and automatic admission](https://admissions.utexas.edu/apply/review-decision-process/)2026-10-26 4. [UT Admissions — current freshman application requirements and 2027 decision dates](https://admissions.utexas.edu/apply/freshman/)2026-10-26 5. [Canfield BHP — 2025/2026 sophomore applications, admits and GPA averages](https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/undergraduate/canfield-business-honors-program/admissions/sophomore-applications/)2026-10-27 6. [MyMcCombs — internal-transfer cycle and requirements](https://my.mccombs.utexas.edu/bba/internal-transfer/)2026-10-27 7. [McCombs — external transfer application routing](https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/undergraduate-programs/bba/admissions-and-cost/bba-transfer-students/)2026-10-27 8. [McCombs — Full-Time MBA program, a separate applicant group](https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/graduate/mba/full-time-mba/)2026-10-27 **Downloads and calculations** - [Download the two Canfield sophomore cohorts](https://utaustin.guide/research/canfield-sophomore-cohorts-2025-2026.csv) By [Sulayman Bowles](https://sulayman-bowles.dev/about) --- Source: https://utaustin.guide/research/texas/mccombs-acceptance-rate · Field Guide: UT Austin