* 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 35% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 78% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 100 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 150 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. IBM 7 6. Fast Ideas 2 2. Qwest 3 7. Tess Communications 2 3. Intel 2 8. Tactical Marketing Ventur 2 4. Sun Microsystems 2 9. Arthur Andersen 2 5. iNautix Technologies 2 10. N/A N/A

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $68,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $67,823 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,972 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 43%

* 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 2000 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $4,900,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Entrepreneurship Finance Marketing Operations Management Organization Management Real Estate Technology Management Law Telecommunications

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Operations Management Real Estate

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 33% Case study 33% Other 34% Grading system 4.0 scale Describe other project-based activities Average number of students in core class 37 Average number of students in elective class 20 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 69 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 33 Number of tenured professors 41 Percent of tenured professors who are female 15% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 15% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 40%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $350,000 Changes made over the past three years All the school's MBA classrooms are networked. There is also an online course management system and an MBA technology center.

Tuition and Fees Resident $5,000 Nonresident $17,600 Room & board $13,000 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $30,600

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Dec. 1, 2000 International Dec. 1, 2000 Domestic Feb. 1, 2000 Domestic Feb. 1, 2001 International Feb. 1, 2001 International Domestic Apr. 1, 2001 International Apr. 1, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		Steven Manaster		E-mail address		steven.manaster@colorado.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Diana Marinaro		E-mail address		diana.marinaro@colorado.edu
Director of Admissions		James Culbertson		E-mail address		james.culbertson@colorado.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Ken Ferrone		E-mail address		kenneth.ferrone@cufund.colorado.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Barb Schneider		E-mail address		barbara.schneider@colorado.edu
Director of Career Services		Mary Banks		E-mail address		mary.banks@colorado.edu

Living MBA alumni

2,500

Alumni clubs

1

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

4%

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

N/A

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name James Culbertson Title Director, MBA Admissions