BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE: BEST B-SCHOOLS:

Northwestern University
Kellogg Graduate School of Management
  OVERALL 1998 RANK: 2
BW corporate rank: 2
BW graduate rank: 6
BW 1996 rank: 3


1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 50,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 81,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 19,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 37,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 138,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 43,000

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


Annual Out-of-State Tuition $ 25,900
Annual In-State Tuition $ N/A
Room & Board $ 10,500

MBA program founded in: 1908
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $130,000,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $290,000,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   2,500
Part-time   1,300
Minority   9 %
Non-U.S.   24 %
Women   32 %
Interviewed in person   100 %
Applicants accepted   14 %
Accepted who enrolled   65 %
Less than one year work experience   0 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   4
Applications received for 1999   6,107
Applications received for 2000   6,073



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 530 to 800   695  
GPA 2.3 to 4.3 3.5
Work experience 1 to 17 4
Age at entry 23 to 47 27


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

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