Assessment Criteria Derived from BusinessWeek's Top-Thirty Schools
• Evaluations by corporate recruiters
• An assessment of intellectual capital
• Annual tuition
• Applicant acceptance rate
• Enrollments of female, international, and minority students
• Pre- and post-MBA pay
• Percentage of students with job offers at graduation
• Average work experience prior to the MBA
• Recruiter ratings for students on ethics, teamwork, and analytical skills
• Percentage of increase in competition = post-MBA pay/pre-MBA pay
• Return on investment = (post MBA pay - pre-MBA pay/tuition
• Years to payback =[( 2 x tuition) + (1.5 x pre-MBA pay)]/post-MBA pay-
pre-MBA pay)
• An assessment of intellectual capital
• Annual tuition
• Applicant acceptance rate
• Enrollments of female, international, and minority students
• Pre- and post-MBA pay
• Percentage of students with job offers at graduation
• Average work experience prior to the MBA
• Recruiter ratings for students on ethics, teamwork, and analytical skills
• Percentage of increase in competition = post-MBA pay/pre-MBA pay
• Return on investment = (post MBA pay - pre-MBA pay/tuition
• Years to payback =[( 2 x tuition) + (1.5 x pre-MBA pay)]/post-MBA pay-
pre-MBA pay)
Source: Morris B. Holbrook, "Gratitude in Graduate MBA Attitudes: Re-examining the BusinessWeek Poll," Journal of Education in Business (September 2004). (The last three criteria were suggested in B. Hindo, "An MBA: Is it Still Worth It?" BusinessWeek (October 21, 2002), pp. 104-106.)
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