BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE: BEST B-SCHOOLS:

University of Maryland
Robert H. Smith School of Business
  OVERALL 1998 RANK: 22
BW corporate rank: 30
BW graduate rank: 23
BW 1996 rank: N/A


1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 35,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 64,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 10,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 24,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 98,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 19,000

Average job offers per student*   3
Graduates with job offers*   100 %


Annual Out-of-State Tuition $ 14,048
Annual In-State Tuition $ 9,860
Room & Board $ 9,700

MBA program founded in: 1947
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $17,300,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $16,000,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   915
Part-time   428
Minority   7 %
Non-U.S.   39 %
Women   36 %
Interviewed in person   43 %
Applicants accepted   21 %
Accepted who enrolled   54 %
Less than one year work experience   4 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   4
Applications received for 1999   1,937
Applications received for 2000   1,941



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 530 to 790   653  
GPA 2.5 to 4 3.3
Work experience 0 to 19 4
Age at entry 21 to 46 27


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

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