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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would argue that it is nothing special. Mind you it's not bad, does rank top 25, and seems to have decent empllent outcomes. That being said, it is not as good as alternatives, and given the high cost (both actual and opportunity cost) I don't think it's worth going there, especially if you can do better. The actual costs is 150k and in terms of outcomes base salaries seems to be 138k (which ain't amazing). Frankly in my view an MBA is not really worth it if you

If you are asking about prestige, no the MBA from there is not prestigious. The MBA acceptance rate there is 50% which is ridiculously high...[/quote]

Really to me the massive redflag is that admission rate coupled with average salary upon graduation. Admitting 50% seems just like them treating the program as a cash cow (which it probably is) [/quote]

Georgetown has put a lot of money into their MBA program. It is one of those "name schools" that is finally making more of an effort in the space (Yale is the other one that is doing even more). The GU name recognition (rather than just McD) will help you more elsewhere compared to more regionally known schools like Rice and Indiana.[/quote]

That's a fair point even though Indiana and Rice appear to be ranked similarly to GU, the GU name will most likely take you further than those other two.

I guess to me the bigger point is, does it even make financial sense to for the MBA (especially given the market saturation) if you got into a school of the caliber of GU, Rice, Indiana, etc (at least per the rankings, those three school seems to have fairly similar outcomes at least average salary wise but Indiana does seem more selective). I am and for a long time have been of the opinion, no, if you fail to get into the top 10 (some even say M7 but I think top 10 is fine) than financially it may not be worth it. But of course it does depend on individual circumstances. But the outcomes, at least in terms of average salary (which I agree is just one data point) of say GU, Rice, Indiana just does not seem worth the massive investment of time, money, and lost income. [/quote]

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