While there is a broad literature on the returns to schooling, few studies have investigated the returns to an MBA. The value of an MBA degree is a concern to potential MBA students, and articles in the popular press and schools themselves often report average starting salaries of graduates as an indicator of program effectiveness without addressing issues of selection. The more rigorous attempts to determine the efficiency or value-added of MBA programs rely on aggregate data of student characteristics as reported by top-rated schools (Tracy and Waldfogel, 1997; Colbert et al., 2000; Ray and Jeon, 2003). .
