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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)* $ 68,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 13,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 29,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 110,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 48,000

Average job offers per student*   3
Graduates with job offers*   91 %


Annual Tuition $ 24,000
Room & Board $ 7,850

MBA program founded in: 1969
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $19,721,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $98,218,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   432
Part-time   0
Minority   7 %
Non-U.S.   27 %
Women   29 %
Interviewed in person   100 %
Applicants accepted   42 %
Accepted who enrolled   46 %
Less than one year work experience   1 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   4
Applications received for 1999   1,313
Applications received for 2000   1,185



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 450 to 790   635  
GPA 2.2 to 4 3.1
Work experience 0 to 15 5
Age at entry 20 to 39 28


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

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