* Business Week uses the Graduate Management Admission Council's standards for reporting data.

** Underrepresented minority students are defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American. They do not include Asian Americans.

Recruitment * Estimated percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who took a job at a company with fewer than 100 employees 0% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 75% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 25 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 220 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 2

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. Procter & Gamble 4 6. Stockcamp & Associates 2 2. Fed Ex 2 7. Lithonia Lighting 2 3. AmSouth 2 8. Ernst & Young 1 4. BellSouth 2 9. Arthur Anderson 1 5. Eli Lilly 2 10. Price Waterhouse Coopers 1

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $50,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $52,000 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $5,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $7,800 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 79% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 66%

* The information presented in this section was collected using the MBA Career Services Council's Standards for Reporting MBA Employment Statistics

Basic Information Institution is Public Core MBA curriculum last revised in 1998 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 N/A Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Biotechnology Communications Finance Industrial Engineering Marketing E-Commerce Healthcare Operations Research Production Operations Management Quality Sytems Management Entrepreneurship Strategic Managment MIS International Business Real Estate

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years E-Commerce Healthcare Quality Systems Managment

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 70% Case study 30% Other N/A Grading system Letter grades Describe other N/A Average number of students in core class 30 Average number of students in elective class 30 Mandatory study trip abroad? No Exchange programs or campuses abroad? N/A Accelerated MBA program? N/A Distance learning degree program? No

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 92 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 22 Number of tenured professors 71 Percent of tenured professors who are female 10% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 0% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 16%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $600,000 Changes made over the past three years Technology group was reformed and updated with new computers and monitors, a Helpdesk was created to provide support to faculty and staff, a collaborative facility was created, new server room, file servers were replaced.

Tuition and Fees Resident $4,614 Nonresident $9,762 Room & board N/A Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $10,000

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic International Apr. 30, 2000 Domestic Feb. 15, 2000 International Feb. 15, 2000         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		J. Barry Mason		E-mail address		jbmason@cba.ua.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Robert McLeod		E-mail address		rmcleod@cba.ua.edu
Director of Admissions		Missy Strickland Brazil		E-mail address		mbrazil@cba.ua.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Zeb Hargett		E-mail address		zhargett@cba.ua.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Jeanetta Allen		E-mail address		jallen@enroll.ua.edu
Director of Career Services		Connie Chambers		E-mail address		cchamber@cba.ua.edu

Living MBA alumni

2,050

Alumni clubs

0

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

Living alumni who gave to the school's fund-raising efforts in 1999-2000

N/A

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

N/A

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Ronald Sullivan Title Director