2000 Rank:    7 1998 Rank:    6 1996 Rank:    6		Makes a comeback with students who give placement center high marks. Recruiters applaud finance skills and global scope.		COLUMBIA INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A Admission Interview Tips Sample Application Essays Best Schools for Marketing Best Schools for Finance School Tour COLUMBIA PROFILES Full-time '04 | '03 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 EMBA '03 | '01 Exec ed '03 | '01 COLUMBIA INFO Admissions Q&A '02 | '00 | '97 Placement Q&A '04 | '00 | '98 Financial Aid Q&A '01 | '99 | Video Views B-School Roundtable | Ethan Hanabury - Exec Ed Search for articles about Columbia COLUMBIA RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   8     1994:   8     2002:   7     1992:   9     2000:   7     1990:   8     1998:   6     1988:   14     1996:   6     BW ranking history EMBA rank: 2003:   15     1997:   --     2001:   18     1993:   --     1999:   --     Exec Ed rank: 2003:   7     1997:   7     2001:   9     1993:   --     1999:   10     1991:   8

* 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 N/A Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 284 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 425 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. Goldman Sachs & Co. 46 6. Citigroup / Salomon Smith Barney 18 2. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 27 7. Booz Allen & Hamilton 16 3. McKinsey & Co. 24 8. J.P. Morgan 16 4. Lehman Brothers 20 9. Merrill Lynch 16 5. American Express 18 10. Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette 15

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $89,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $88,273 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $25,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $24,886 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 81% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 71%

Students Report Median total investment $164,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $80,000 Median MBA loans $40,000 Median signing bonus $25,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $30,000 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 2000 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $160,000,000 Laptop computer requirement Yes Accelerated MBA program offered No E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Economics Entrepreneurship Finance Human Resource Management International Business Management Management Science Marketing Media, Entertainment & Communications Operations Management Public & Nonprofit Management Real Estate

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years N/A

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives Bruce Greenwald Laurie Simon Hodrick Advanced Corporate Finance Economics of Strategic Behavior

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 40% Case study 40% Other 20% Grading system Honors to Fail Describe other group projects Average number of students in core class 60 Average number of students in elective class 43 Mandatory study trip abroad? No Exchange programs or campuses abroad? Yes Accelerated MBA program? No Distance learning degree program? No

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 121 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 91 Number of tenured professors 63 Percent of tenured professors who are female 11% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 2% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 20%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $10,700,000 Changes made over the past three years The school installed multi-media equipment in 17 classrooms, six amphitheaters, and renovated its auditorium. Columbia has added 30 additional computer kiosks for students as well as 29 wired "break out" rooms for group study. Network wiring was upgraded to Category-5 and a 92-port modem pool was dedicated to the school. Online versions of the major student administrative applications were launched, as well as a "virtual" Financial Markets Laboratory.

Tuition and Fees Resident $30,548 Nonresident $30,548 Room & board N/A Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $44,806

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Apr. 20, 2001 International Mar. 1, 2001 Domestic N/A Domestic Oct. 1, 2001 International Oct. 1, 2001 International N/A         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Professor Meyer Feldberg		E-mail address		mf7@columbia.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Professor Safwan Masri, Vice Dean		E-mail address		smm1@columbia.edu
Director of Admissions		Linda Meehan		E-mail address		lmeehan@claven.gsb.columbia.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Marilyn Kohn, Associate Dean for External Relations		E-mail address		mkohn@claven.gsb.columbia.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Kathleen Swan		E-mail address		kswan@claven.gsb.columbia.edu
Director of Career Services		Regina Resnick, Assistant Dean		E-mail address		rr247@columbia.edu

Living MBA alumni

25,624

Alumni clubs

46

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

30%

Median gift

$150

Average gift

$3,985

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Randee Sacks Title Director of Public Affairs