re: Shocking news: The value of an MBA is rapidly declining

I do and I've found the "total cost to attend" figures to be a worst case scenario. Prior to enrolling, my projected payback was around 5 years. Now with real numbers, it will be about 1 year. I had overestimated the costs, underestimated my summer compensation and exit salary and not considered any tuition reimbursement from my future employer. My only guess is Wharton has a higher percentage of students who had high paying jobs prior to b-school, saved little, and racked up debt in order to continue that lifestyle into b-school.