* 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 25% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 50% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 10 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year N/A 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. Alltel N/A 6. N/A N/A 2. Arther Andersen N/A 7. N/A N/A 3. Summit Bank N/A 8. N/A N/A 4. Firstar Bank N/A 9. N/A N/A 5. N/A N/A 10. N/A N/A

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $33,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $33,000 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 N/A Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 N/A Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 20% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus N/A

* 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 1986 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $600,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Entrepreneurship Professional Accountancy

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Entrepreneurship Professional Accountancy

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 40% Case study 60% Other N/A Grading system A, B, C, D, F. Describe other N/A Average number of students in core class 36 Average number of students in elective class 18 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 14 Percent of tenured professors who are female 34% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 8% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 30%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $250,000 Changes made over the past three years The school has added a multimedia teaching lab and two multimedia classrooms.

Tuition and Fees Resident $1,680 Nonresident $3,360 Room & board $1,512 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $7,500

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic May 1, 2003 International May 1, 2003 Domestic May 1, 2003 International May 1, 2003         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Gary Linn		E-mail address		linng@hsu.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Michael Watters		E-mail address		watterm@hsu.edu
Director of Admissions		Johnnie Roebuck		E-mail address		roebuckj@hsu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		John Gyllin		E-mail address		gyllinj@hsu.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Jo Holland		E-mail address		hollanj@hsu.edu
Director of Career Services		Regina Wagstaff		E-mail address		wagstar@hsu.edu

Living MBA alumni

530

Alumni clubs

0

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

5%

Median gift

$300

Average gift

$700

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Mike Watters Title Director, MBA Program