MSF or Tech Startup?

I'm graduating from my non-target undergrad and was ready to go and do an MSF, when I received an offer from a tech startup/company with about 40 employees in my city (small city, think 400,000 population). I don't really want to stay here, but they offered $60,000 and full benefits, which is a lot for where I live. Median household income here is $30,000.

The position is also pretty cool; they are asking me to do the exact type of work I like doing and am interested in. They also have a solid, experienced management team and have grown 50% revenue year over year for the past three years.

Should I consider doing this instead of an MSF? I didn't apply to Vandy/MIT/CMC and those seem to be the only schools where I'll have a really good chance (like, guaranteed interviews at MM/BB if I keep my grades up) at FO IB. I'm wondering if working for a year is better than enrolling where I've been accepted.

Here are my application statuses:

Tulane MME: Accepted w/ 10% tuition scholarship
Nova MSF: Accepted w/ $5,000 scholarship
SMU MMS: Accepted w/ $5,000 scholarship
WUSTL MSF: Thinking I will get in, interview went well
Duke MMS: Should be competitive, but I think I'll do WUSTL if I get in there.

Let me know what you guys think.

 

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