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Carnegie Mellon University
Graduate School of Industrial Administration
  OVERALL 1998 RANK: 14
BW corporate rank: 15
BW graduate rank: 5
BW 1996 rank: 17


1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 41,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 81,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 15,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 32,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 128,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 40,000

Average job offers per student*   4
Graduates with job offers*   95 %


Annual Out-of-State Tuition $ 24,130
Annual In-State Tuition $ N/A
Room & Board $ 9,400

MBA program founded in: 1949
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $33,000,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $69,000,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   649
Part-time   192
Minority   3 %
Non-U.S.   39 %
Women   24.1 %
Interviewed in person   0 %
Applicants accepted   30 %
Accepted who enrolled   58 %
Less than one year work experience   1 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   5
Applications received for 1999   1,341
Applications received for 2000   1,415



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 540 to 780   654  
GPA 2.3 to 4 3.2
Work experience 0 to 10 5
Age at entry 21 to 41 28


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

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