Macro Realities

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Macro Realities Micro Considerations
The Graduate Management Education Market in 2007
What Key Stakeholders ValueStudents and
Recruiters
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Demand remains strong
Prospective Student Pipeline
Interest in the MBA and other graduate
management education programs continues to
grow Education Markets and Globalization
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Worldwide GMAT Tests-Taken by Testing Year

• Source GMAT Interactive Profile
• Testing Year runs July 1 through June 30
• Ex TY2002 covers the period from July 1, 2001
  to June 30, 2002.

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Top 10 GMAT Testing Countries TY2007
Source GMAT Interactive Profile
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Prospective Students and Corporate Recruiters
Key Stakeholders
Both these constituent groups bring a series of
complex expectations to their interactions with
business schools, and choices made by either
group have significant bearing on the market
What Key Stakeholders Value
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Primary Reasons for Pursuing an Advanced Degree
in Business
Source Graduate Management Admission Council
mba.com Registrants Survey, October 2006 Note
Responses add up to more than 100 due to
multiple selections.
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What Students Consider When Choosing a Graduate
Business School
Scaled Score
Source Graduate Management Admission Council
mba.com Registrants Survey, October 2006
Numbers shown are scaled mean scores (5extremely
influential 1not at all influential)
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Important Criteria for Choosing a Recruiting
School
of Recruiters Noting Criteria is Extremely
Important or Very Important in Choosing a
School at Which to Recruit
Source Graduate Management Admission Council
Corporate Recruiters Survey, March 2007
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Recruiter Hiring Criteria for Business School
Graduates
of Recruiters Noting Criteria is Extremely
Important or Very Important in Selection of
Business School Graduates for a Permanent Position
Source Graduate Management Admission Council
Corporate Recruiters Survey, March 2007
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