Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business

2012-2013 Tuition: $112,320

School Recommended Two-Year Budget: $174,350

Average GMAT: 717

GMAT Range: 550-780

Average GPA: 3.5

Acceptance Rate: 20%

Full-Time Enrollment: 548

International: 32%

Female: 34%

Minority — 18%

Mean Age: 28

Age Range: 24–42

2011 Median Base Salary: $110,000

Median Signing Bonus: $25,000

Percentage of MBAs with Job Offers at Graduation: 91%

Percentage of MBAs with Job Offers Three Months Later: 95%

Estimate of Total Pay over a 20-Year Career*: $3,146,031 (one of only seven schools with career pay exceeding $3 million)

Where the Class of 2011 Went to Work:

Consulting — 33%

Financial Services — 29%

Technology — 12%

Consumer Products — 11%

Health Care/Biotech — 4%

Manufacturing — 4%

Energy — 3%

Media/Entertainment — 1%

Non-Profit — 1%

Tuck’s Top Recruiting Companies

2011 Top Employers	MBAs Hired	2010 Top Employers	MBAs Hired
McKinsey & Co.	13	Bain & Co.	9
Amazon	11	Samsung	7
Bain & Co.	8	Amazon	6
Citigroup	7	Deloitte	6
Goldman Sachs	7	McKinsey & Co.	5
BCG	6	Morgan Stanley	5
Education Pioneers	5	Bank of America	4
Eli Lilly	5	Barclays Capital	4
Google	5	Johnson & Johnson	4
Barclays Capital	4	Citigroup	3
Booz & Co.	4	General Mills	3
Cargill	4	Goldman Sachs	3
Monitor Group	4	PG&E	3
Parthenon Group	4	BCG	3

Source: Tuck Employment Reports

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*Payscale 2010 estimate for Bloomberg BusinessWeek.