Wharton | Mr. Private Equity
GMAT 730, GPA 3.2
HEC Paris | Ms. M&A Lawyer
GMAT 700, GPA 3.5
Stanford GSB | Ms. UK In the USA
GMAT 720, GPA 1st class (UK scoring)
Kenan-Flagler | Mr. Do I Have A Shot?
GMAT EA: 151, GPA 3.1
Chicago Booth | Ms. Tech4Good
GMAT 760, GPA 3.76
Columbia | Mr. Underdog
GMAT 695 GMAT Focus (750 Legacy GMAT equivalent), GPA 2.85
McCombs School of Business | Mr. Big Pharma
GRE N/A, GPA 3.1
Kenan-Flagler | Mr. Non-Traditional Undergrad
GMAT 660, GPA 2.9
Kellogg SOM | Ms. Talent Acquisition
GRE 316, GPA 3.6
Ross | Mr. Tax Accountant
GMAT N/A, GPA 3.3
Tuck | Mr. Nothing Is Perma
GMAT 760, GPA 7/10
Kellogg SOM | Mr. Desi Product Manager
GMAT 740, GPA 2.90
Columbia | Mr. Clean
GMAT 770, GPA 3.1
Harvard | Mr. Travel Enthusiast
GRE 333, GPA 2.7
Chicago Booth | Mr. UK-Big 4
GMAT 740, GPA 2:2 (UK Scoring)

Graduating With An MBA & Lots Of Debt

by: John A. Byrne on May 15, 2012 | | 24,395 Views

 

 TOP 25 SCHOOLS WHOSE MBAS GRADUATE WITH THE MOST STUDENT DEBT

School 2011 Average Debt 2010 Average Debt 2009 Average Debt
  1. UPenn (Wharton) $114,339* $109,836 $105,489
  2. Columbia $100,000* NA NA
  3. Duke (Fuqua) $96,805 $92.827 $88,050
  4. Dartmouth (Tuck) $96,346 $92,292 $85,917
  5. Yale  $93,723 $86,895 $99,418
  6. Michigan (Ross) $93,602 $92,735 $84,798
  7. Virginia (Darden) $90,949 $72,027 $66,272
  8. Northwestern (Kellogg) $90,200 $87,256 NA
  9. Cornell (Johnson) $90,194 $86,900 $83,700
10. New York (Stern) $89,040 $85,198 $78,887
11. Vanderbilt (Owen) $87,587 $80,857 $76,957
12. MIT (Sloan) $86,688 NA NA
13. Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) $83,388 $75,570 $87,592
14. UNC (Kenan-Flagler) $82,747 $77,124 $75,251
15. Harvard  $77,880 $73,110 $76,958
16. Stanford $77,599 $71,403 $75,442
17. Texas-Austin (McCombs) $76,361 $77,644 $69,552
18. UCLA (Anderson) $73,417 $62,711 $64,030
19. Chicago (Booth) $70,839 $79,539 $86,758
20. Emory (Goizueta) $68,078 $60,435 $58,440
21. Indiana (Kelley) $67,562 NA NA
22. Washington (Olin) $67,361 NA NA
23. Notre Dame (Mendoza) $66,882 $62,858 $65,925
24. Pepperdine (Graziadio) $66,111 $66,242 $71,680
25. Minnesota (Carlson) $60,473 NA NA

Source: Business schools reporting the average indebtedness of the 2011 graduating class to U.S. News & World Report

Notes: An asterisk indicates an estimate by Poets&Quants based on reporting.

DON’T MISS: MBA DEBT: THE BURDEN GROWS HEAVIER & GETS SCARIER or THE CLASS THE LOANS FELL ON

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