Data from a national survey of Graduate Management Admission Test registrants provide information on characteristics of the first job respondents held after graduation, use of school-based job-placement and related job-search services, and use of placement services not provided by the schools. Data are compared for schools at four levels of…

An investigation of the short-term benefits of obtaining a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) degree found that graduates of both full- and part-time programs fared significantly better than nongraduates in earnings, management responsibility, and satisfaction with opportunities for promotion. Graduates of the most competitive programs…