* 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 14% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 82% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 44 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 99 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. National City Bank 6 6. American Greetings 3 2. McKinsey & Co. 5 7. Citigroup 3 3. PNC 5 8. CoreComm 3 4. Deloitte & Touche 4 9. Alexander Group 3 5. Ernst & Young/CAP 4 10. Warburg, Dillon, Read 3

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $70,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $73,537 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $13,147 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 95% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 69%

Students Report Median total investment $129,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $75,000 Median MBA loans $9,000 Median signing bonus $5,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $5,000 Average number of business plans written 2

* 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 1997 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $90,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Banking & Finance Marketing Management Policy Labor & Human Resource Policy Technology Management Operations Management Organizational Behavior Health Care Management Management of Information Systems E-business Nonprofit Management Entrepreneurship International Management Economics Operations Research Supply Chain Management

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years E-business Supply Chain Management Technology Management

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives Sam Thomas Mohan Reddy Advanced Corporate Finance Industrial & New Technologies Marketing

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 20% Case study 40% Other 40% Grading system Letter grade Describe other field work, experiential Average number of students in core class 50 Average number of students in elective class 35 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 92 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 64 Number of tenured professors 53 Percent of tenured professors who are female 13% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 1% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 25%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $1,146,000 Changes made over the past three years On-line application process; technology-mediated class assignments; some classes combine in-class and interactive web classes and/or teleconferenced class discussions; all educational support materials are available on the web; interactive web-based course "Spanish for Managers."

Tuition and Fees Resident $22,600 Nonresident $22,600 Room & board $10,480 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $26,608

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

Dean		William K. Laidlaw, Jr., Interim Dean		E-mail address		wxl14@po.cwru.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Julia E. S. Grant, Associate Dean, Professional and International Programs		E-mail address		jsg2@po.cwru.edu
Director of Admissions		Christine L. Gill		E-mail address		clg3@po.cwru.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Peggy Sobul		E-mail address		mls27@po.cwru.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Marian J. Hogue, Assistant Dean, Student Services		E-mail address		mjh6@po.cwru.edu
Director of Career Services		Michael Barnes, Assistant Dean, Action Learning and Corporate Liaison		E-mail address		mxb65@po.cwru.edu

Living MBA alumni

6,573

Alumni clubs

1

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

1%

Median gift

$75

Average gift

$168

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Ellen Machan Title Director of Communication