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1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 36,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 61,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 9,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 19,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 89,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 30,000

Average job offers per student*   3
Graduates with job offers*   83 %


Annual Tuition $ 21,000
Room & Board $ 8,060

MBA program founded in: 1930
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $32,170,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $78,329,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   1,139
Part-time   663
Minority   12 %
Non-U.S.   38 %
Women   36 %
Interviewed in person   82 %
Applicants accepted   40 %
Accepted who enrolled   44 %
Less than one year work experience   0 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   4
Applications received for 1999   1,061
Applications received for 2000   1,115



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 480 to 760   614  
GPA 2.3 to 4 3.2
Work experience 2 to 18 6
Age at entry 23 to 40 28


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

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