* 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 N/A 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 25 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 40 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 30

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. Columbia Energy 4 6. Warner Lambert 1 2. Chase Bank of Texas 3 7. Dow Chemicals 1 3. PricewaterhouseCoopers 2 8. United Tecnology Corp. 1 4. Lucent Technologies 1 9. Bank of America 1 5. Eastman Kodak 1 10. IBM 3

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $75,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $79,000 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $20,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $23,000 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 60% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 95%

* 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 N/A Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program Yes

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Entrepreneurship Finance General MBA Health Service Administration Human Rources Administration Human Resources Management Information Systems/ Technology International Business Marketing Supply Chain Management E-commerce

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years E-commerce Marketing Accounting Entrepreneurship

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives G. Henderson Y. Lee Benefits & Compensation Seminar in Management

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 50% Case study 40% Other 10% Grading system 4.0 scale Describe other Technology-based lectures Average number of students in core class 35 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? Yes

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 31 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 5 Number of tenured professors 15 Percent of tenured professors who are female 21% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 29% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 15%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $1,000,000 Changes made over the past three years The school added Smart Carts, Smart classrooms, overhead projectors, individual lap-tops, and video conferencing in auditoriums. The student lobby has cable access, and the library has a technology center. The school also offers online classes.

Tuition and Fees Resident $11,370 Nonresident $11,370 Room & board $2,500 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $23,485

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

Dean		Barron H. Harvey		E-mail address		bharvey@howard
Director of MBA Programs		Charlie E. Mahone		E-mail address		cmahone@howard.edu
Director of Admissions		N/A		E-mail address		N/A
Director of Alumni Relations		Sherry Moore		E-mail address		smoore@howard.edu
Director of Financial Aid		N/A		E-mail address		N/A
Director of Career Services		Harold Gray		E-mail address		hgray@howard.edu

Living MBA alumni

824

Alumni clubs

0

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

6%

Median gift

$1,010

Average gift

$205

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Charlie E. Mahone, Jr. Title Director of MBA Program