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Columbia University
Columbia Business School
  OVERALL 1998 RANK: 6
BW corporate rank: 4
BW graduate rank: 21
BW 1996 rank: 6


1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 53,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 83,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 22,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 42,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 146,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 50,000

Average job offers per student*   3
Graduates with job offers*   93 %


Annual Out-of-State Tuition $ 27,770
Annual In-State Tuition $ N/A
Room & Board $ 9,918

MBA program founded in: 1916
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $80,000,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $110,000,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   1,284
Part-time   N/A
Minority   13 %
Non-U.S.   28 %
Women   36 %
Interviewed in person   90 %
Applicants accepted   12 %
Accepted who enrolled   73 %
Less than one year work experience   0 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   4
Applications received for 1999   6,050
Applications received for 2000   6,550



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range***
 
Average
 

GMAT score 620 to 730   680  
GPA 3.0 to 3.8 3.45
Work experience 2 to 6 4
Age at entry 22 to 42 27


* Figures for prospects generated from Student Survey
** As of Aug. 1, 1998
*** Based on the middle 80th percentile

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1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments





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