Information provided is from the Graduate Management Admission Council, based in McLean, Virginia, which conducts the MBA Alumni Perspectives Survey twice each year. The September 2006 survey includes 3,677 responses from individuals who graduated between 2000 and 2006 from executive, full-time, and part-time MBA programs around the world.


1. b
—Between 45 and 65 percent. In the Graduate Management Admission Council’s survey, 65 percent of those graduates from an executive MBA program were satisfied with their area of concentration. It was 57 percent for full-time MBA alumni, and 47 percent of those that participated in part-time programs.


2. c
—Managing their careers. Between 33 and 40 percent of respondents named career management as a training need. The second most common response was (d.) Recruiting, managing, and maintaining staff.


3. a
—47 percent


4. c
—$77,958. This number is up from $67,323 in 2002.


5. a
—6. The Graduate Management Admissions Council’s April 2006 survey shows that 74 percent of those self-employed graduates feel the MBA degree was very helpful in starting their own businesses.