* 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 91% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 32 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 93 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. Intel Corporation 13 6. Anderson Consulting 3 2. IBM 4 7. Deloitte & Touche 2 3. Agilent Technologies 3 8. N/A N/A 4. Hewlett-Packard 3 9. N/A N/A 5. Calence, Inc. 3 10. N/A N/A

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $67,500 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $70,098 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $5,500 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $7,412 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 92% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 81%

Students Report Median total investment $94,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $71,000 Median MBA loans $15,000 Median signing bonus $5,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $9,000 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 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 Yes

School Concentrations / Specializations Management of Information Systems Finance Marketing Entrepreneurship Management Economics Banking Human Resources Operations Management Healthcare Management

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years E-commerce

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives Price Fishback Pamela Slaten Economics for E-commerce Corporate Financial Strategy

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 40% Case study 40% Other 20% Grading system 4.0 scale Describe other Graded consulting project Average number of students in core class 47 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? Yes

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 87 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 22 Number of tenured professors 34 Percent of tenured professors who are female 28% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 20% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 10%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $200,000 Changes made over the past three years Added an additional computing lab for graduates and implemented a new Web site and Intranet.

Tuition and Fees Resident $7,648 Nonresident $15,804 Room & board $7,000 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $22,075

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

Dean		Mark Zupan		E-mail address		mzupan@bpa.arizona.edu
Director of MBA Programs		John C. Buckingham, Jr.		E-mail address		jcb@bpa.arizona.edu
Director of Admissions		Susan K. Salinas Wong		E-mail address		wong@bpa.arizona.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		N/A		E-mail address		N/A
Director of Financial Aid		N/A		E-mail address		N/A
Director of Career Services		Trina M. Callie		E-mail address		tcallie@bpa.arizona.edu

Living MBA alumni

4,500

Alumni clubs

2

Placement Services for Alumni?

No

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

N/A

Median gift

$150

Average gift

$150

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Trina M.Callie Title Director of Career Development