<p>zagat, how is ROI easy to solve with a top-15 MBA program if you consider 3 years of opportunity cost + tuition? If your old salary is $75k, your salary is down $225k in 3 years. Then you add tuition + books/supplies at Haas at $25k (in after tax dollars) for 3 years. That means you are down $300k. For that risk, I would want a nice return far greater than $300k or something to mitigate my risk (like my employer's blessings). </p>
<p>The average 2004 Haas postgrad salary is $88k (with $13k signing bonus).</p>
<p>I'm not sold that top-15 means $$$ commensuriate with the risk. CSU isn't worth much but you can come out ahead much sooner with less risk if your employer pays for their bargain MBAs and if you get to keep your salary.</p>