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MBAs Cost More and Are Less Profitable as ROI Falls

Return on investment fell at 4 out of 5 US B-schools, as our analysis shows that pay after graduation has stagnated.
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Getting an MBA in the US has gotten a little more expensive and a little less profitable, according to a Bloomberg analysis of salary and tuition data.

This year’s update of Bloomberg’s Business School ROI Calculator, based on surveys of more than 9,500 students and alumni, projects a typical return on investment of 12.3% a year for the decade after graduation. That’s down from 13.3% last year. The S&P 500 index, by comparison, returned 14.6% over the decade ending Aug. 31.

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