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1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 37,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 63,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 9,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 27,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 99,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 44,000

Average job offers per student*   2
Graduates with job offers*   66 %


Annual Tuition $ 21,200
Room & Board $ 4,530

MBA program founded in: 1946
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $65,000,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $16,000,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   1,512
Part-time   N/A
Minority   8 %
Non-U.S.   47 %
Women   37 %
Interviewed in person   N/A
Applicants accepted   68 %
Accepted who enrolled   45 %
Less than one year work experience   7 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   3
Applications received for 1999   1,333
Applications received for 2000   1,317



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 500 to 760   601  
GPA 2.4 to 4 3.41
Work experience 0 to 9 4
Age at entry 21 to 40 27


* Figures for prospects generated from Student Survey
** As of Aug. 1, 1998

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