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1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 38,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 66,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 11,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 28,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 105,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 35,000

Average job offers per student*   3
Graduates with job offers*   97 %


Annual Tuition $ 17,000
Room & Board $ 8,325

MBA program founded in: 1974
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $12,318,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $125,000,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   308
Part-time   N/A
Minority   13 %
Non-U.S.   17 %
Women   29 %
Interviewed in person   50 %
Applicants accepted   48 %
Accepted who enrolled   60 %
Less than one year work experience   9 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   3
Applications received for 1999   526
Applications received for 2000   511



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score N/A to N/A   632  
GPA 3 to 3.8 3.2
Work experience 1 to 26 5
Age at entry 22 to 49 28


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

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