* 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 45% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 89% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 24 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 61 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 3

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. Giant Loop Networks 11 6. Bricker/Keane Consulting 3 2. Polaroid Coporation 5 7. Digitas 3 3. Fidelity Investments 5 8. Smartbride.com 3 4. Trueque.com 4 9. Merrill Lynch 2 5. OrderTrust 4 10. International Data Corp. 2

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $75,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $76,300 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $9,950 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 78% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 52%

Students Report Median total investment $133,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $75,000 Median MBA loans $26,000 Median signing bonus N/A 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 Private Core MBA curriculum last revised in 1993 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $89,100,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations International Business Consulting - Strategy and Enterprise Design Consulting - Change Management and Implementation Consulting - Financial Services Consulting - Information Technology Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurship in Specialty Areas Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurship in Organizations Finance - Corporate Financal Management Finance - Corporate Advisory Finance - Investment Marketing - Consumer Marketing Marketing - Business-to-Business Marketing E-business - dot-com Entrepreneur E-business - E-business Manager E-business - E-business Consultant E-business - Technology Provider

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Entrepreneurship E-business Finance Marketing Consulting

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives L. Charm J. Shank Entrepreneurship Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 10% Case study 70% Other 20% Grading system Babson uses two grading systems. Describe other Simulations, site visits Average number of students in core class 50 Average number of students in elective class 27 Mandatory study trip abroad? Yes 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 139 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 30 Number of tenured professors 72 Percent of tenured professors who are female 24% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 10% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 28%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $13,100,000 Changes made over the past three years The school added network access points and wireless networking. All classrooms have computers, video projection, and network links. The school has introduced an e-Library.

Tuition and Fees Resident $24,370 Nonresident $24,370 Room & board $10,594 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $40,140

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Jan. 5, 2001 International Jan. 5, 2001 Domestic N/A Domestic Feb. 1, 2001 International Feb. 1, 2001 International N/A Domestic Mar. 1, 2001 International Mar. 1, 2001 Domestic Apr. 15, 2001 International Apr. 15, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Lawrence Carr		E-mail address		carr@babson.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Wendy Baker		E-mail address		bakerw@babson.edu
Director of Admissions		Rita Edmunds		E-mail address		mbaadmission@babson.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Christine Meng		E-mail address		meng@babson.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Melissa Shaak		E-mail address		shaak@babson.edu
Director of Career Services		Len Morrison		E-mail address		morrisonl@babson.edu

Living MBA alumni

11,729

Alumni clubs

15

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

3%

Median gift

$50

Average gift

$893

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Elizabeth Edson Title Director, Marketing Programs