* 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 N/A Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation N/A 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] N/A

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. N/A N/A 6. N/A N/A 2. N/A N/A 7. N/A N/A 3. N/A N/A 8. N/A N/A 4. N/A N/A 9. N/A N/A 5. N/A N/A 10. N/A N/A

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 N/A Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 N/A Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 N/A Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 N/A Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information N/A Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus N/A

* 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 1999 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 Information Technology Finance

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years N/A

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 60% Case study 30% Other 10% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Simulation Average number of students in core class 29 Average number of students in elective class 25 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 89 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 12 Number of tenured professors 51 Percent of tenured professors who are female 1% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 0% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience N/A

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $40,000,000 Changes made over the past three years Implementation of wireless ethernet. Hired computer consultant. MBA laptop requirement. Every classroom outfitted with Internet-ready computer.

Tuition and Fees Resident $994 Nonresident $4,629 Room & board $1,905 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $17,450

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Apr. 15, 2001 International Jan. 15, 2001 Domestic Feb. 15, 2000 International Jan. 15, 2000         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Kenneth E. Peacock		E-mail address		peacockke@appstate.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Rickey C. Kirkpatrick		E-mail address		kirkprc@appstate.edu
Director of Admissions		Joe Watts		E-mail address		wattstj@appstate.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Barbara Burgin		E-mail address		burginbp@appstate.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Esther Captain		E-mail address		captainem@appstate.edu
Director of Career Services		David Ball		E-mail address		ballwd@appstate.edu

Living MBA alumni

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Alumni clubs

0

Placement Services for Alumni?

N/A

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

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Median gift

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Average gift

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The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Deborah Culler Title Program Assistant