* 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 79% 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] 1

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. J. B. Hunt 3 6. US Express 1 2. Whitehall Robbins 2 7. International Paper 1 3. Leggett & Platt 1 8. Wal-Mart ISD 1 4. H-E-B Grocers 1 9. SBC 1 5. The Associates 1 10. Tyson Foods 1

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $47,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $48,407 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $3,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $3,167 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 100% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 50%

* 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 $93,645,683 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program Yes

School Concentrations / Specializations Strategic Retail Alliances Finance Global Business Entrepreneurship & Strategic Innovation Transportation & Logistics Management Management Information Systems Accounting Economics

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Strategic Retail Alliances Entrepreneurship and Strategic Innovation Global Business Finance Customized Concentration

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 30% Case study 50% Other 20% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Demonstrations, speakers Average number of students in core class 20 Average number of students in elective class 15 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 84 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 4 Number of tenured professors 46 Percent of tenured professors who are female 22% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 2% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 35%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $403,000 Changes made over the past three years Implemented fast ethernet; updated all classrooms with data projectors, electronic presentation stations and smartboards; replaced all computers in the business building labs; added a dedicated graduate computer lab; purchased a web server for enhanced instruction; built & upgraded distance education capabilities (compressed video) for the MBA program. In 2000, IBM donated an S/390 mainframe computer to the college. In addition, NCR and Wal-Mart donated a terra data computer to the Walton College.

Tuition and Fees Resident $10,299 Nonresident $19,738 Room & board $9,428 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $29,166

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Feb. 15, 2001 International Feb. 15, 2001 Domestic Feb. 15, 2001 International Feb. 15, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		Dr. Doyle Z. Williams		E-mail address		doylez@walton.uark.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Dr. Julie J. Gentry		E-mail address		jgentry@walton.uark.edu
Director of Admissions		Dr. Julie J. Gentry		E-mail address		gsb@walton.uark.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Mike Macechko		E-mail address		http://alumni.uark.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Terry Finney		E-mail address		tfinney@uafsysa.uark.edu
Director of Career Services		Barbara Batson		E-mail address		bbatson@walton.uark.edu

Living MBA alumni

2,049

Alumni clubs

0

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

5%

Median gift

$100

Average gift

$497

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Julie J. Gentry Title Director, MBA Programs