* 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 5% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 85% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 5 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 20 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. Arthur Andersen 3 6. Delta Industries 2 2. Deloitte-Touche 2 7. UPS 2 3. IBM 2 8. Gateway 2 4. Microsoft 2 9. Regions Bank 2 5. FedEx 2 10. Union Planters Bank 2

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $45,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $62,000 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $5,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,000 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 90% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 20%

* 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 1990 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $2,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Management Information Systems Marketing Management Science Human Resource Management

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years N/A

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 60% Case study 20% Other 20% Grading system Ten-point grading scale Describe other hands-on projects Average number of students in core class 18 Average number of students in elective class 22 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 55 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 6 Number of tenured professors 45 Percent of tenured professors who are female 20% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 12% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 10%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $300,000 Changes made over the past three years Updated computer labs Updated faculty computers Internet-ready classrooms

Tuition and Fees Resident $2,976 Nonresident $3,744 Room & board $3,500 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $7,000

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

Dean		Jan W. Duggar		E-mail address		jduggar@cherokee.astate.edu
Director of MBA Programs		C. William Roe		E-mail address		broe@cherokee.astate.edu
Director of Admissions		Thomas Wheeler		E-mail address		twheeler@choctaw.astate.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Beth Smith		E-mail address		smitty@omahah.atate.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Greg Thornburg		E-mail address		gthorn@chickasaw.astate.edu
Director of Career Services		Neal Vickers		E-mail address		nvickers@chickasaw.astate.edu

Living MBA alumni

627

Alumni clubs

0

Placement Services for Alumni?

No

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

5%

Median gift

$200

Average gift

$500

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name C. William Roe Title Director Graduate Programs