BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE: BEST B-SCHOOLS:

University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business
  OVERALL 1998 RANK: 3
BW corporate rank: 3
BW graduate rank: 9
BW 1996 rank: 8


1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 52,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 82,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 21,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 35,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 137,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 54,000

Average job offers per student*   3
Graduates with job offers*   98 %


Annual Out-of-State Tuition $ 26,284
Annual In-State Tuition $ N/A
Room & Board $ 10,200

MBA program founded in: 1898
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $95,102,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $127,263,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   2,762
Part-time   1,654
Minority   5 %
Non-U.S.   23 %
Women   22 %
Interviewed in person   90 %
Applicants accepted   24 %
Accepted who enrolled   62.2 %
Less than one year work experience   1 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   4
Applications received for 1999   3,431
Applications received for 2000   3,517



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 390 to 790   690  
GPA 2.1 to 4 3.38
Work experience 0 to 18 4
Age at entry 20 to 44 28


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

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