According to findings from a recent study in a leading business magazine, Forbes, Ohio State's Fisher College of Business MBA program offers the most rapid ROI among national business programs.

Just what is a "ROI"? A ROI, or Return on Investment, is the measure of time required (in this case, for MBA students) to "earn back" the cost of obtaining a degree after graduation. It's an increasingly important statistic that today's students--not only MBAs--scrutinize before making a commitment of their valuable time and finances.

Specifically, the study shows that Fisher College's full-time students who started their MBA programs in 1994 recovered the cost of earning their degrees in 3.3 years--the same length of time as Harvard's MBAs--and the speediest return of any of the schools surveyed, including all Big Ten business programs. The rate of return was based on the cost of out-of-state tuition and lost income for the time spent in the classroom. Rates of return for in-state Ohio students would be even higher given lower tuition costs.

More Information

FCOB press release

Fisher College of Business News and Information

1999 Fisher College Annual Report

Forbes magazine story

For additional information, contact:

ANNA RZEWNICKI (rzewnicki.2@osu.edu)
Media Relations Coordinator, 614-292-8937