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The Quickest Payback...And the SlowestROI Calculations for BW's Top 61 Schools
The Quickest Payback...
SCHOOL TOTAL AVG. LOAN
INVESTMENT* AT GRADUATION
U. OF PITTSBURGH $75,800 $28,000
CLARK ATLANTA 101,300 36,000
U. OF SOUTH CAROLINA 81,500 35,000
U. OF TENNESSEE 88,000 18,000
BRIGHAM YOUNG U. 82,900 20,000
ARIZONA STATE 93,900 19,500
MICHIGAN STATE 98,400 26,000
U. OF IOWA 93,900 18,500
YALE 147,200 40,000
UNC-CHAPEL HILL 128,000 25,500
CARNEGIE MELLON 158,800 40,000
PURDUE 110,600 24,000
MICHIGAN 161,800 40,000
SUNY, BUFFALO 75,900 14,000
CORNELL 156,200 50,000
SCHOOL % SALARY ANNUAL RETURN MEDIAN YRS.
INCREASE ON INVESTMENT** TO PAYBACK***
U. OF PITTSBURGH 69% 38% 3.7
CLARK ATLANTA 100 43 3.8
U. OF SOUTH CAROLINA 107 41 4.0
U. OF TENNESSEE 91 38 4.1
BRIGHAM YOUNG U. 100 43 4.2
ARIZONA STATE 103 39 4.3
MICHIGAN STATE 110 38 4.3
U. OF IOWA 100 38 4.4
YALE 111 36 4.7
UNC-CHAPEL HILL 78 38 4.7
CARNEGIE MELLON 82 30 4.8
PURDUE 91 36 4.8
MICHIGAN 77 32 4.8
SUNY, BUFFALO 75 22 4.8
CORNELL 79 35 4.8
...And the Slowest
SCHOOL TOTAL AVG. LOAN
INVESTMENT* AT GRADUATION
CASE WESTERN 128,800 31,000
BABSON 146,500 42,000
UC DAVIS 129,150 19,000
BOSTON U. 131,600 50,000
TULANE 137,900 33,500
WISCONSIN 107,300 17,000
EMORY 149,500 37,000
HARVARD 196,900 50,000
WAKE FOREST 125,400 42,500
NOTRE DAME 142,700 30,000
AVERAGE SCHOOL 129,200 36,000
SCHOOL % SALARY ANNUAL RETURN MEDIAN YRS.
INCREASE ON INVESTMENT** TO PAYBACK***
CASE WESTERN 79 18 7.2
BABSON 75 24 6.7
UC DAVIS 70 19 6.3
BOSTON U. 88 19 6.0
TULANE 97 27 6.0
WISCONSIN 95 29 5.8
EMORY 75 21 5.8
HARVARD 50 33 5.7
WAKE FOREST 82 24 5.6
NOTRE DAME 68 23 5.6
AVERAGE SCHOOL 81 30 5.2
* 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; assumes out-of-state tuition
*** 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, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
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