2000 Rank:    9 1998 Rank:    11 1996 Rank:    5		New dean invigorates student body. School rises 13 notches in student survey, despite demanding workload.		VIRGINIA INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A Admission Interview Tips Sample Application Essays VIRGINIA PROFILES Full-time '04 | '03 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 Exec ed '03 | '01 VIRGINIA INFO Admissions Q&A '03 | '99 | '97 Placement Q&A '06 | '03 | '98 Financial Aid Q&A '01 | '99 | Dean Q&A 'NaN Video Views B-School Roundtable | Dean Robert Harris Search for articles about Virginia VIRGINIA RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   12     1994:   12     2002:   12     1992:   11     2000:   9     1990:   14     1998:   11     1988:   7     1996:   5     BW ranking history Exec Ed rank: 2003:   11     1997:   6     2001:   11     1993:   --     1999:   6     1991:   2

* 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 11% 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 135 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 191 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. Diamond Technology Partners 10 6. Merrill Lynch 6 2. PriceWaterhouseCoopers 8 7. McKinsey & Co. 5 3. Boston Consulting Group 8 8. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 5 4. Ernst & Young LLP 7 9. A.T. Kearney, Inc. 4 5. Goldman Sachs & Co. 6 10. Booz Allen & Hamilton 4

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $80,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $85,200 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $20,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $19,300 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 98% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 83%

Students Report Median total investment $145,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $85,000 Median MBA loans $33,000 Median signing bonus $20,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $20,000 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 Public Core MBA curriculum last revised in 2000 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $255,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Finance/Investment Banking Strategy/Management Consulting Managing Innovation Entrepreneurship Environmentally Sustainable Business Management Communications Operations Leadership & Organizational Behavior Ethics Quantitative Analysis Accounting Marketing Business and the Political Economy

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years E-business Entrepreneurship Innovation

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives S. Venkataraman R. Bruner Mergers & Acquisitions Consumer Marketing

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 15% Case study 70% Other 15% Grading system Letter grades. Describe other N/A Average number of students in core class 58 Average number of students in elective class 40 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 55 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 27 Number of tenured professors 37 Percent of tenured professors who are female 14% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 0% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 18%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $9,200,000 Changes made over the past three years Video-conferencing is supported from the classrooms. Online admissions, class registration, career services, community calendar, and alumni networking have been improved. All classroom seats are wired, and first-year curriculum schedule and assignments are available in a Web-based system.

Tuition and Fees Resident $19,208 Nonresident $24,208 Room & board $8,000 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $37,208

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Nov. 1, 2000 International Nov. 1, 2000 Domestic May 3, 2000 Domestic Dec. 1, 2000 International Dec. 1, 2000 International Rolling Domestic Jan. 8, 2001 International Jan. 8, 2001 Domestic Mar. 19, 2001 International same Domestic Apr. 13, 2001 International same         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		Edward A. Snyder		E-mail address		tsnyder@virginia.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Jeanne M. Liedtka		E-mail address		LiedtkaJ@darden.virginia.edu
Director of Admissions		Dawna M. Clarke		E-mail address		ClarkeD@darden.virginia.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Steven Oliveira		E-mail address		OliveiraS@darden.virginia.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Laurence G. Mueller		E-mail address		MuellerL@darden.virginia.edu
Director of Career Services		Anne S. Harris		E-mail address		HarrisA@darden.virginia.edu

Living MBA alumni

6,613

Alumni clubs

28

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

33%

Median gift

$250

Average gift

$784

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Margaret E. Roosevelt Title Communications Specialist