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The Quickest Payback on an MBA...And the Slowest
SCHOOL TOTAL AVG. LOAN ANNUAL YEARS TO
INVESTMENT* SIZE AT RATE OF PAYBACK#
GRADUATION RETURN**
1. U. OF PITT. $74,500 $21,900 28.6% 3.9
2. BRIGHAM YOUNG U. 72,000 16,700 30.5 4.4
3. DARTMOUTH 162,900 42,700 21.9 5.1
4. MIT 159,800 42,700 21.6 5.1
5. CARNEGIE MELLON 142,300 34,500 21.8 5.1
6. TEXAS A&M 74,600 16,600 22.1 5.2
7. PENN STATE 92,500 19,400 21.4 5.3
8. OHIO STATE 100,600 16,800 20.2 5.5
9. EMORY 125,900 31,200 19.6 5.5
10. WHARTON 162,600 45,600 19.1 5.5
11. U. OF WASH. 102,400 24,400 19.7 5.5
12. VIRGINIA 140,400 32,400 19.0 5.5
13. CAL-BERKELEY 145,800 25,100 19.2 5.6
14. TEXAS 108,500 22,900 19.4 5.6
15. INDIANA 118,000 28,700 19.0 5.6
16. IOWA 90,100 18,000 19.0 5.7
17. PURDUE 112,400 16,900 18.5 5.7
18. CORNELL 142,600 37,000 17.8 5.7
19. DUKE 146,900 38,800 17.0 5.8
20. RICE 112,000 27,700 17.2 5.9
...And the Slowest
1. GEORGIA $95,300 $11,800 3.7 9.7
2. WISCONSIN 103,700 22,700 9.2 7.7
3. CASE WESTERN 123,400 29,000 9.3 7.7
4. SOUTHERN CALIF. 140,000 34,200 9.5 7.6
5. BABSON 133,000 42,100 10.4 7.4
6. CHICAGO 163,900 47,100 10.3 7.3
7. UCLA 149,800 26,900 10.4 7.3
8. GEORGIA TECH 98,800 14,600 12.0 7.1
9. COLUMBIA 161,300 34,400 11.7 7.0
10. NOTRE DAME 119,700 28,400 12.4 6.8
* Two years of lost earnings plus the pretax income needed to pay the tuition
** Uses compound formula based on: Post-MBA salary (including yearly raises)
minus pre-MBA salary / total investment
# When the paid gain as a result of the MBA equals the total investment in
B-school. Includes time spent in school
DATA: BUSINESS WEEK; JENS STEPHAN & CHRIS ALLEN, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINATTI
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