2000 Rank:    14 1998 Rank:    14 1996 Rank:    17		Drops eight spots in student satisfaction on complaints of unresponsive administrators. Recruiters rank grads high on technology skills, just behind MIT.		CARNEGIE MELLON INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A Admission Interview Tips CARNEGIE MELLON PROFILES Full-time '04 | '03 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 Part-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 Exec ed '03 | '01 Distance '04 | '03 CARNEGIE MELLON INFO Admissions Q&A '06 | '05 | '03 | '01 | '99 | '97 Placement Q&A '04 | '03 | '00 | '98 Financial Aid Q&A '00 | '99 | Dean Q&A '01 Video Views Dean Ken Dunn B-School Calendar Search for articles about Carnegie Mellon CARNEGIE MELLON RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   15     1994:   14     2002:   19     1992:   17     2000:   14     1990:   9     1998:   14     1988:   13     1996:   17     BW ranking history Exec Ed rank: 2003:   --     1997:   --     2001:   --     1993:   --     1999:   --     1991:   15

* 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 8% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 98% 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. Diamond Technology Partners 11 6. Corning 6 2. Intel 11 7. Deloitte Conulting 6 3. PRTM 8 8. Ford Motor Co. 6 4. Siebel systems 7 9. CitiGroup 5 5. Booz-Allen & Hamilton 6 10. FreeMarkets Inc. 5

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $82,960 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $86,032 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $15,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $16,969 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 96% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 78%

Students Report Median total investment $145,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $85,000 Median MBA loans $32,000 Median signing bonus $15,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $15,000 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 2000 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $82,636,775 Laptop computer requirement Yes Accelerated MBA program offered No E-learning program Yes

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Economics Entrepreneurship Finance Information Systems International Management Marketing Organizational Behavior Production and Operations Management Quantitative Analysis Strategy E-commerce

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years E-commerce

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives Bob Dammon Sridhar R. Tayur Studies in Corporate Finance Corporate Restructuring

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 60% Case study 30% Other 10% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Project courses, management simulations Average number of students in core class 49 Average number of students in elective class 30 Mandatory study trip abroad? No Exchange programs or campuses abroad? Yes Accelerated MBA program? No Distance learning degree program? Yes

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 97 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 36 Number of tenured professors 38 Percent of tenured professors who are female 11% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 24% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 13%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $3,000,000 Changes made over the past three years The school has a wireless network across campus, and added servers.

Tuition and Fees Resident $26,750 Nonresident $26,750 Room & board $9,800 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $42,950

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Nov 17 International Nov 17 Domestic N/A Domestic Jan 31 International Jan 31 International N/A Domestic March 23 International March 23         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Douglas M. Dunn		E-mail address		dmdunn@andrew.cmu.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Fallaw Sowell		E-mail address		fs0v@andrew.cmu.edu
Director of Admissions		Laurie Stewart		E-mail address		gsia-admissions@andrew.cmu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Jean Eisel		E-mail address		je2n@andrew.cmu.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Lauren Tracey		E-mail address		lt1o@andrew.cmu.edu
Director of Career Services		Kenneth Keeley		E-mail address		kk4p@andrew.cmu.edu

Living MBA alumni

5,980

Alumni clubs

50

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

26%

Median gift

$100

Average gift

$822

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Chriss Swaney Title University Relations