THUNDERBIRD ON THUNDERBIRD

(Data provided by Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management)M.B.A. enrollment . . . . . . . . .1,102 Full-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609 Part-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352Executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Annual tuition . . . . . . . . . $34,950Annual room and board . . . . . . . $3,550–$3,900

n PROFILE OF FULL-TIME STUDENTS

GMAT score . . . . . . . . . 600 (mean). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 (median)Years of full-time work experience . . . . . . . . 5 (mean). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 (median)

n DemographicsMale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71%Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29%Minorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21%U.S. citizens/residents . . . . . . . 56% Foreign nationals . . . . . . . . . . . 44%

n CLASS OF 2005 EMPLOYMENT DATA

n Percentage of job-seeking full-time graduates who:Received offers prior to or within three months of graduation . . . . 54%Accepted offers prior to or within three months of graduation . . . . 48%

n Average compensation of full-time graduates who accepted employmentAnnual base salary . . . . . . $72,307 Signing bonus . . . . . . . . . $10,734 Other guaranteed compensation . . . . . . . . . $13,694

n Companies hiring the most 2005 full-time graduates:Intel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Johnson & Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

n Three of the most famous graduates of the M.B.A. program

JIM ALLING, class of 1985, president, Starbucks Coffee U.S.

LUIS ALBERTO MORENO, class of 1977, president, Inter-American Development Bank

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RAYMUNDO A. YU JR., class of 1981, senior vice president, chairman, Asiaacific region, Merrill Lynch

THE RECRUITERS SPEAK

n Thunderbird’s most impressive features

“Wide-ranging talent and life experiences of the students”“Global mind-set”“Students’ thirst to make a dif-ference in the world”

n Thunderbird’s major shortcomings

“Inconsistent quality of talent”“Lack of relevant work experience”“Large population of students not authorized to work in the U.S.”