BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE: BEST B-SCHOOLS:

Duke University
Fuqua School of Business
  OVERALL 1998 RANK: 7
BW corporate rank: 7
BW graduate rank: 10
BW 1996 rank: 11


1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 43,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 77,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 17,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 22,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 116,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 40,000

Average job offers per student*   3
Graduates with job offers*   96 %


Annual Out-of-State Tuition $ 25,250
Annual In-State Tuition $ N/A
Room & Board $ 7,450

MBA program founded in: 1970
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $43,905,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $67,968,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   662
Part-time   0
Minority   12 %
Non-U.S.   25 %
Women   33 %
Interviewed in person   47 %
Applicants accepted   17 %
Accepted who enrolled   56 %
Less than one year work experience   1 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   4
Applications received for 1999   3,062
Applications received for 2000   3,399



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 500 to 800   664  
GPA 2.9 to 3.8 3.34
Work experience 0 to 17 5
Age at entry 22 to 40 28


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

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