BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE: BEST B-SCHOOLS:

Washington University
John M. Olin School of Business
  OVERALL 1998 RANK: 17
BW corporate rank: 19
BW graduate rank: 16
BW 1996 rank: 16


1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments 1999 Profile Update



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 34,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 66,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 12,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 19,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 97,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 33,000

Average job offers per student*   3
Graduates with job offers*   87 %


Annual Out-of-State Tuition $ 23,920
Annual In-State Tuition $ N/A
Room & Board $ 9,326

MBA program founded in: 1958
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $35,700,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $160,000,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   740
Part-time   422
Minority   7 %
Non-U.S.   31 %
Women   26.1 %
Interviewed in person   80 %
Applicants accepted   33 %
Accepted who enrolled   45 %
Less than one year work experience   7 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   4
Applications received for 1999   1,060
Applications received for 2000   1,088



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 500 to 780   624  
GPA 2.2 to 4 3.2
Work experience 0 to 37 4
Age at entry 21 to 37 27


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

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