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Harvard Business School Profile

SCHOOL BASICS

Address-

Soldiers Field

Boston

02163

Massachusetts

School based in:

U.S.

Status:

Private

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 1908

Executive Education (non-degree): 1945

PhD program: 1916

Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) program: 1922

ENROLLMENT

Total graduate business school: 1,916

Full-time MBA: 1,808


PhD program: 67
Doctorate of Business Administration: 41 MS: N/A MSA: N/A Other: N/A


Graduate degree programs:

Other graduate degree programs:

N/A

PROGRAM BASICS

Address: Soldiers Field

City: Boston

Massachusetts

United States

Program Web site:

www.hbs.edu/mba

Program e-mail address:

admissions@hbs.edu

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

18

PROGRAM COSTS

Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

Resident : $ 61,392

Nonresident : $ 61,392

Recommended annual budget (Resident): $ 73,300

Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $ 73,300

CLASS PROFILE

Full-time students in newest entering class (2007-08) that are:

Female: 36 %

International: 33 %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 2 %

Asia: 10 %

Latin America and the Caribbean: 4 %

Middle East: 2 %

North America: 69 %

Oceania : 1 %

Western Europe: 9 %

Entering North American citizens by region:

U.S.: 64 %

Mean : 713

Median : 710

Applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:


From: 680
To: 750


ADMISSIONS

Is proficiency in English required for admission?

Yes

Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required?

No

Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

IELTS

TOEFL Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test

Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:

no

Relative importance: Application Elements

GMAT Score:

very important

Resume/Work Experience:

very important

Application Essays:

very important

Interviews:

very important

Recommendations:

very important

Undergraduate Transcripts:

very important

CLASS PROFILE

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

48


Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

48


Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:


From: 35
To: 62


New entrants with one year or less of work experience:

2 %

Mean age of entering class:

27

Median age of entering class:

27

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

7,424

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

14 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

89 %

Applicant interviews are:

By invitation only

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

ADMISSIONS

Does the program have rolling admissions?

No

FINANCIAL AID

Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:

Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school

Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year:

79 %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:

Institutional Scholarships: 49 %

Loans (private and government): 64 %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

55098

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

63400

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

financial need

How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

Unique scholarship application

Did scholarship remained the same or grow in second year?

99 %

Guaranteed loan regardless of nationality:

Yes

Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program:

$ 77,550

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