194 PART 3Valuation of Future Cash Flows requires two years of full-time enrollment at the university. room and board expenses will decrease by $4.000 per year The annual tuition is S58,000, payable at the beginning of at either school he attends. The appropriate discount rate is each school year. Books and other supplies are estimated to 5.5 percent. cost $2,000 per year. Ben expects that after graduation from Wilton, he will receive a job offer for about $87,000 per year, QUESTIONS with a $10,000 signing bonus. The salary at this job will in.How does Ben's age affecet his decision to get an MBA? crease at 4 percent per year. Because of the higher salary, his2. What other, perhaps nonquantifiable, factors aff average income tax rate will increase to 31 percent. ect Ben's decision to get an MBA? The Bradley School of Business at Mount Perry College3. Assuming all salaries are paid at the end of each year, began its MBA program 16 years ago. The Bradley School is o smaller and less well known than the Ritter College. Bradley offers an accelerated one-year program, with a tuition cost of $75,000 to be paid upon matriculation. Books and opBen believes that the appropriate analysis is to calculate plies for the program are expected to cost $4.200. Ben thinksthe future value of each option. How would you evaluate that he will receive an offer of $78,000 per year upon gradua- tion, with an $8,000 signing bonus. The salary at this job will increase at 3.5 percent per year. His average tax rate at this level of income will be 29 percent. what is the best option for Ben from a strictly financial this statement? 5. What initial salary would Ben need to receive to make him indifferent between attending Wilton University and staying in his current position? Both schools offer a health insurance plan that will cost 6. Suppose, instead of being able to pay cash for his MBA $3,000 per year, payable at the beginning of the year. Ben has also found that both schools offer graduate housing. His Ben must borrow the money. The current borrowing rate is 5.4 percent. How would this affect his decision? 194 PART 3Valuation of Future Cash Flows requires two years of full-time enrollment at the university. room and board expenses will decrease by $4.000 per year The annual tuition is S58,000, payable at the beginning of at either school he attends. The appropriate discount rate is each school year. Books and other supplies are estimated to 5.5 percent. cost $2,000 per year. Ben expects that after graduation from Wilton, he will receive a job offer for about $87,000 per year, QUESTIONS with a $10,000 signing bonus. The salary at this job will in.How does Ben's age affecet his decision to get an MBA? crease at 4 percent per year. Because of the higher salary, his2. What other, perhaps nonquantifiable, factors aff average income tax rate will increase to 31 percent. ect Ben's decision to get an MBA? The Bradley School of Business at Mount Perry College3. Assuming all salaries are paid at the end of each year, began its MBA program 16 years ago. The Bradley School is o smaller and less well known than the Ritter College. Bradley offers an accelerated one-year program, with a tuition cost of $75,000 to be paid upon matriculation. Books and opBen believes that the appropriate analysis is to calculate plies for the program are expected to cost $4.200. Ben thinksthe future value of each option. How would you evaluate that he will receive an offer of $78,000 per year upon gradua- tion, with an $8,000 signing bonus. The salary at this job will increase at 3.5 percent per year. His average tax rate at this level of income will be 29 percent. what is the best option for Ben from a strictly financial this statement? 5. What initial salary would Ben need to receive to make him indifferent between attending Wilton University and staying in his current position? Both schools offer a health insurance plan that will cost 6. Suppose, instead of being able to pay cash for his MBA $3,000 per year, payable at the beginning of the year. Ben has also found that both schools offer graduate housing. His Ben must borrow the money. The current borrowing rate is 5.4 percent. How would this affect his decision