* 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 10% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 81% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships N/A Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 52 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 1

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. Hewlett Packard N/A 6. Andersen Consulting N/A 2. Invision N/A 7. Vulcan Consulting N/A 3. JD Edwards N/A 8. WaterPik Technologies N/A 4. Agilent Technologies N/A 9. DMS N/A 5. CH2MHill N/A 10. MBS N/A

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $42,850 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $43,657 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $4,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $4,000 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 100% 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 1997 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $2,200,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program Yes

School Concentrations / Specializations

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years N/A

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 50% Case study 30% Other 20% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Team/Projects/Service Average number of students in core class 35 Average number of students in elective class N/A Mandatory study trip abroad? No Exchange programs or campuses abroad? N/A Accelerated MBA program? N/A Distance learning degree program? Yes

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 14 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 1 Number of tenured professors 41 Percent of tenured professors who are female 20% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 7% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 65%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years N/A Changes made over the past three years Continuous upgrades of technology in classrooms and offices. Moved into a new building October 1997

Tuition and Fees Resident $4,184 Nonresident $14,014 Room & board $5,500 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $12,764

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Apr. 1, 2001 International Feb. 1, 2002 Domestic Mar. 1, 2001 International Mar. 1, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Daniel Costello		E-mail address		Dan.Costello@mail.biz.colostate.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Mark Kretovics		E-mail address		markk@lamar.colostate.edu
Director of Admissions		Linda Morita		E-mail address		lmorita@lamar.colostate.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Michael Davis		E-mail address		N/A
Director of Financial Aid		Sandra Calhoun		E-mail address		scalhoun@vines.colostate.edu
Director of Career Services		Bill Shuster		E-mail address		bshuster@lamar.colostate.edu

Living MBA alumni

1,732

Alumni clubs

0

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

3%

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

N/A

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Mark Kretovics Title Assistant Dean