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Harvard University
Harvard Business School
  OVERALL 1998 RANK: 5
BW corporate rank: 6
BW graduate rank: 13
BW 1996 rank: 4


1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 69,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 91,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 21,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 52,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 164,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 51,000

Average job offers per student*   4
Graduates with job offers*   93 %


Annual Out-of-StateTuition $ 26,260
Annual In-State Tuition $ N/A
Room & Board $ 8,164

MBA program founded in: 1908
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $200,000,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** 978,000,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   1,801
Part-time   N/A
Minority***   7 %
Non-U.S.   26 %
Women   30 %
Interviewed in person   N/A
Applicants accepted   13 %
Accepted who enrolled   87 %
Less than one year work experience   0 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   3
Applications received for 1999   7,469
Applications received for 2000   8,061



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 520 to 800   689  
GPA 2.6 to 4 3.5
Work experience 1 to 15 4
Age at entry 23 to 40 27


* Figures for prospects generated from Student Survey
** As of Aug. 1, 1998
*** BW estimate
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1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments





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