* 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 7% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 42% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships N/A Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year N/A 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. AMS 4 6. N/A N/A 2. PricewaterhouseCoopers 3 7. N/A N/A 3. MCI Worldcom 3 8. N/A N/A 4. Olympus Group 2 9. N/A N/A 5. Start-ups 4 10. N/A N/A

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $60,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $60,000 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $7,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $8,000 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 85% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 22%

Students Report Median total investment $115,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $67,000 Median MBA loans N/A Median signing bonus N/A Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $5,000 Average number of business plans written 3

* 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 Private Core MBA curriculum last revised in 1999 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $12,500,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Finance Entreprenuership Human Resource Management International Finance International Management International Marketing Management of Global Information Technology Marketing Information and Technology Marketing Management Real Estate Design Your Own

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Marketing Information and Technology (E-commerce)

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives Dr. Frank Armour K. Baker E-Commerce Strategies International Human Resource Management

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 55% Case study 15% Other 30% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Experiential, discussion Average number of students in core class 35 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 58 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 30 Number of tenured professors 38 Percent of tenured professors who are female 18% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 13% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 40%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $250,000 Changes made over the past three years Added high-technology classrooms, additional computers, enhanced career services' student-employer management database, and an admissions enrollment management database.

Tuition and Fees Resident $21,200 Nonresident $21,200 Room & board $5,350 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $32,237

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Jun. 1, 2001 International Jun. 1, 2001 Domestic Feb. 1, 2001 International Feb. 1, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Myron Roomkin		E-mail address		bizdean@american.edu
Director of MBA Programs		August Schomburg		E-mail address		aschomb@american.edu
Director of Admissions		Sondra Smith		E-mail address		sondra@american.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		n/a		E-mail address		N/A
Director of Financial Aid		Sondra Smith		E-mail address		sondra@american.edu
Director of Career Services		Allison Anderson		E-mail address		aanders@american.edu

Living MBA alumni

3,694

Alumni clubs

0

Placement Services for Alumni?

No

Percent of living alumni who gave to the school's fund-raising efforts in 1999-2000

9%

Median gift

$75

Average gift

$4,365

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name August Schomburg Title Director of Graduate Programs