MBA's salary-enhancing power slashed

Della Bradshaw & Laurent Ortmans:

The MBA degree, often seen as the quickest route to a fat salary, no longer delivers the purchasing power it once did.

Students on the top US MBA programmes in the mid-1990s saw their salaries triple in five years, but those who graduated from the same schools in 2008 and 2009 saw that increase halved, according to data collected for the FT's annual Global MBA rankings.

At the same time, MBA fees have risen by 7 per cent a year. MBA students who enrolled in 2012 paid 62 per cent more in fees - up 44 per cent in real terms - than those who began their programmes in 2005, even though the increases in post-MBA salaries remained in line with inflation.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 28, 2013 1:20 AM
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