BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE: BEST B-SCHOOLS:

University of Virginia
Darden Graduate School of Business
  OVERALL 1998 RANK: 11
BW corporate rank: 8
BW graduate rank: 15
BW 1996 rank: 5


1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 42,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 79,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 21,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 27,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 127,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 38,000

Average job offers per student*   3
Graduates with job offers*   90 %


Annual Out-of-State Tuition $ 21,479
Annual In-State Tuition $ 16,057
Room & Board $ 11,560

MBA program founded in: 1954
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $35,300,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $142,000,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   485
Part-time   0
Minority   11 %
Non-U.S.   21 %
Women   30 %
Interviewed in person   58 %
Applicants accepted   15 %
Accepted who enrolled   50 %
Less than one year work experience   1 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   4
Applications received for 1999   3,111
Applications received for 2000   3,267



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 490 to 800   685  
GPA 2.1 to 4 3.4
Work experience 1 to 14 4
Age at entry 21 to 40 27


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

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1999 Profile Update
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Graduates' Comments





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