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MBA IRR & NPV Model - May 2023 - Kelly Lewis - Georgetown McDonough School of Business, Class of 2023 - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyryanlewis/
Updated2/25/2024
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Make a copy of this sheet and enter your specific details into the parameters below
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Objective - What is Your MBA Worth?
Parameters and Projected Parameters
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MBA NPV$1,102,818.48 Inputs
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IRR26.48%Tuition $ 70,000.00
Total tuition paid for one year
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Payback (Yrs)5Financial Aid $ -
Scholarships, grants, etc
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Living Expenses Borrowed $ 25,000.00
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Borrower NPV$979,697.35 Cash Paid for Tuition (Per Year) $ -
Cash paid for tuition (real cash outflows)
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IRR30.68%Base Wages $ 100,000.00
Base wages earned before entering MBA program
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Payback (Yrs)5Base Wage Increase $ 75,000.00
Base wage increase in first job out of MBA program
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MBA Signing Bonus $ 30,000.00
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MBA Wage CAGR EstimatorMBA Summer Intern Earnings $ 35,000.00
summer internship earnings, including signing bonus
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Post MBA Yr 1 $ 175,000.00 Expected Bonus Rate8%
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Post MBA Yr 2 $ 177,625.00 Loan Rate7.00%
Interest rate on student loans
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Post MBA Yr 3 $ 180,289.38 Inflation Rate3.0%
Rate of return you would receive if you invested cash instead of spending on tuition
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Post MBA Yr 4 $ 195,000.00 Cash Return Rate4.25%
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MBA CAGR2.74%Loan Payment Period (Years) 10
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Program Length (Years) 2
See calculator left if you want to calculate based on a 4 year growth trend - Average salary growth with MBA
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Non-MBA Wage CAGR EstimatorMBA Salary Growth Rate2.74%
See calculator left if you want to calculate based on a 4 year growth trend - Average salary growth without MBA
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Year 0 $ 100,000.00 Non-MBA Salary Growth Rate0.00%
Low risk - set at loan interest rate as a baseline assumption of student risk - return of an MBA career over 30 years
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Year 1 $ 103,000.00 Project Discount Rate 7.00%
Return we want if we were to borrow tuition dollars and invest somewhere else. We'd need to cover costs/ inflation
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Year 2 $ 106,090.00 Equity Discount Rate7.25%
Total amount borrowed, incl. living expenses (if you did not borrow, but paid cash, enter the cash amount in the cash paid line)
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Year 3 $ 100,000.00 Loan Principal (Per Yr) $ 95,000.00
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Non-MBA CAGR0.00%
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Calculations
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MBA YR 1MBA YR 2
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Cashflows0123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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Revenue (Wages) $ - $ 35,000.00 $ 205,000.00 $ 191,835.00 $ 194,712.53 $ 210,600.00 $ 216,375.21 $ 222,308.80 $ 228,405.10 $ 234,668.57 $ 241,103.81 $ 247,715.52 $ 254,508.54 $ 261,487.84 $ 268,658.53 $ 276,025.86 $ 283,595.23 $ 291,372.16 $ 299,362.36 $ 307,571.67 $ 316,006.11 $ 324,671.84 $ 333,575.20 $ 342,722.72 $ 352,121.09 $ 361,777.19 $ 371,698.08 $ 381,891.03 $ 392,363.50 $ 403,123.15 $ 414,177.86
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Revenue (Wages) Increase $ - $ - $ 71,910.00 $ (13,165.00) $ 2,877.52 $ 15,887.48 $ 5,775.21 $ 5,933.58 $ 6,096.30 $ 6,263.48 $ 6,435.24 $ 6,611.71 $ 6,793.02 $ 6,979.30 $ 7,170.69 $ 7,367.33 $ 7,569.36 $ 7,776.94 $ 7,990.20 $ 8,209.31 $ 8,434.43 $ 8,665.73 $ 8,903.37 $ 9,147.52 $ 9,398.37 $ 9,656.10 $ 9,920.89 $ 10,192.95 $ 10,472.47 $ 10,759.65 $ 11,054.71
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EBIT*(1-T) (Wage After Tax) $ - $ 31,032.00 $ 163,308.00 $ 154,346.60 $ 156,312.52 $ 167,116.00 $ 171,043.14 $ 175,077.98 $ 179,223.47 $ 183,482.63 $ 187,858.59 $ 192,234.84 $ 196,650.30 $ 201,186.84 $ 205,847.79 $ 210,636.56 $ 215,556.65 $ 220,611.65 $ 225,805.28 $ 231,141.34 $ 236,623.72 $ 242,256.44 $ 248,043.63 $ 253,989.52 $ 260,098.46 $ 266,374.92 $ 272,823.50 $ 279,448.92 $ 286,256.03 $ 293,249.80 $ 300,435.36
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CAPEX (Cash) $ - $ -
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Opportunity Cost (Lost Wages) $ (84,542.00) $ (86,832.00) $ (89,180.40) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00) $ (84,542.00)
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Opportunity Cost (Cash Tuition Returns) $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
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Loan Principal Expense $ (15,032.07) $ (16,118.74) $ (17,283.97) $ (18,533.43) $ (19,873.21) $ (21,309.84) $ (22,850.34) $ (24,502.19) $ (26,273.45) $ (28,172.76) $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
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Interest Expense $ (6,650.00) $ (13,300.00) $ (34,170.30) $ (13,133.63) $ (11,968.40) $ (10,718.94) $ (9,379.16) $ (7,942.53) $ (6,402.03) $ (4,750.18) $ (2,978.92) $ (1,079.61) $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
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MBA (Project) Incremental Free Cashflow $ (154,542.00) $ (125,800.00) $ 74,127.60 $ 69,804.60 $ 71,770.52 $ 82,574.00 $ 86,501.14 $ 90,535.98 $ 94,681.47 $ 98,940.63 $ 103,316.59 $ 107,692.84 $ 112,108.30 $ 116,644.84 $ 121,305.79 $ 126,094.56 $ 131,014.65 $ 136,069.65 $ 141,263.28 $ 146,599.34 $ 152,081.72 $ 157,714.44 $ 163,501.63 $ 169,447.52 $ 175,556.46 $ 181,832.92 $ 188,281.50 $ 194,906.92 $ 201,714.03 $ 208,707.80 $ 215,893.36
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Borrower (Equity) Incremental Free Cashflow
$ (84,542.00) $ (55,800.00) $ 24,925.23 $ 40,552.23 $ 42,518.15 $ 53,321.63 $ 57,248.77 $ 61,283.61 $ 65,429.09 $ 69,688.26 $ 74,064.22 $ 78,440.47 $ 112,108.30 $ 116,644.84 $ 121,305.79 $ 126,094.56 $ 131,014.65 $ 136,069.65 $ 141,263.28 $ 146,599.34 $ 152,081.72 $ 157,714.44 $ 163,501.63 $ 169,447.52 $ 175,556.46 $ 181,832.92 $ 188,281.50 $ 194,906.92 $ 201,714.03 $ 208,707.80 $ 215,893.36
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MBA (Project) Net Incremental Cashflows $ (154,542.00) $ (280,342.00) $ (206,214.40) $ (136,409.80) $ (64,639.28) $ 17,934.72 $ 104,435.86 $ 194,971.84 $ 289,653.31 $ 388,593.94 $ 491,910.53 $ 599,603.36 $ 711,711.66 $ 828,356.50 $ 949,662.30 $ 1,075,756.86 $ 1,206,771.50 $ 1,342,841.16 $ 1,484,104.44 $ 1,630,703.78 $ 1,782,785.50 $ 1,940,499.95 $ 2,104,001.58 $ 2,273,449.10 $ 2,449,005.56 $ 2,630,838.48 $ 2,819,119.98 $ 3,014,026.90 $ 3,215,740.93 $ 3,424,448.73 $ 3,640,342.09
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Borrower (Equity) Net Incremental Cashflows
$ (84,542.00) $ (140,342.00) $ (115,416.77) $ (74,864.54) $ (32,346.39) $ 20,975.24 $ 78,224.01 $ 139,507.62 $ 204,936.72 $ 274,624.98 $ 348,689.19 $ 427,129.66 $ 539,237.96 $ 655,882.80 $ 777,188.60 $ 903,283.16 $ 1,034,297.80 $ 1,170,367.46 $ 1,311,630.74 $ 1,458,230.08 $ 1,610,311.80 $ 1,768,026.24 $ 1,931,527.87 $ 2,100,975.39 $ 2,276,531.85 $ 2,458,364.78 $ 2,646,646.28 $ 2,841,553.20 $ 3,043,267.23 $ 3,251,975.03 $ 3,467,868.39
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Potential Cash Returns (Opp Cost)0123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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Cash Returns $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
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Total Cash $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
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Cash Return Rate 4.3%
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Pre-MBA Wage Estimate0123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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Total Non-MBA Wage Increase $ 3,000.00 $ 3,090.00 $ (6,090.00) $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
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Non MBA Wage $ 100,000.00 $ 103,000.00 $ 106,090.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00
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Non MBA EBIT*(1-T) (Wage After Tax) $ 84,542.00 $ 86,832.00 $ 89,180.40 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00 $ 84,542.00
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