BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE: BEST B-SCHOOLS: 1998 PROFILES

American University
Kogod College of Business Administration
 


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PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay   $ 33,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus) $ 53,000
Average first-year signing bonus $ 3,000


Annual Tuition $ 19,235
Room & Board $ 7,632

MBA program founded in: 1949
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $4,049,000
The school's total dollar endowment:* $9,240,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   525
Part-time   289
Minority   10 %
Non-U.S.   45 %
Women   41 %
Interviewed in person   30 %
Applicants accepted   71 %
Accepted who enrolled   40 %
Less than one year work experience   12 %
Applications received for 1999   622
Applications received for 2000   685



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 420 to 700   575  
GPA 2.5 to 4 3.2
Work experience 0 to 12 4
Age at entry 21 to 34 26


* As of Aug. 1, 1998

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