* 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 81% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 18 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 68 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] N/A

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. Honeywell 9 6. Dynegy 3 2. Ford Motor Company 8 7. General Electric 3 3. Deloitte & Touche 6 8. KPMG 3 4. PricewaterhouseCoopers 5 9. Samsung 3 5. Intel 4 10. Agilent Technologies 2

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $69,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $67,899 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,253 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 96% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 70%

Students Report Median total investment $105,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $69,000 Median MBA loans $10,000 Median signing bonus $5,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $9,000 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 1995 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $18,173,500 Laptop computer requirement Yes Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Finance Accountancy Marketing Management of Information Systems &Technology Manufacturing Management Management Consulting General Management Real Estate Management Public Administration Technology Business Development Marketing, Advertising Focus Entrepreneurial Development Food & Agribusiness Management Human Resource Management International Business design your own

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Manufacturing Management Real Estate Management Public Administration Marketing with Advertising Focus Food and Agribusiness Management Technology Management, Entrepreneurship, and New Venture Creation Electronic Commerce

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives B. Wansink L. DeBrock Investments Cases in Corporate Finance

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 40% Case study 40% Other 20% Grading system Letter grades. Describe other team projects/simulations Average number of students in core class 50 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? No

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 138 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 50 Number of tenured professors 86 Percent of tenured professors who are female 9% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 13% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience N/A

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years N/A Changes made over the past three years The school completed a $7 million renovation of the Commerce West bulding (soon to be officially dedicated and renamed Wohlers Hall). That includes additional major upgrade of multi-media equipment in the fully-wired MBA classrooms. In David Kinley Hall, the school improved Internet connectivity access points were added in the MBA student lounge as well as in the MBA student computer lab to maximize use of laptops, which are now required of all students.

Tuition and Fees Resident $12,410 Nonresident $20,136 Room & board $7,510 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $31,200

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Dec. 15, 2000 International Dec. 15, 2000 Domestic May 1, 2001 Domestic Apr. 1, 2001 International Feb. 1, 2001 International N/A         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		William Bryan		E-mail address		wbryan@uiuc.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Robert Schultz		E-mail address		rashult@cba.uiuc.edu
Director of Admissions		Normand Paquin		E-mail address		paquin@uiuc.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Mary Porter		E-mail address		m-porter@uiuc.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Leela Cheryan		E-mail address		lcheeryan@uiuc.edu
Director of Career Services		Lois Meerdink		E-mail address		lmeerdin@uiuc.edu

Living MBA alumni

4,618

Alumni clubs

3

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

7.5%

Median gift

$128.72

Average gift

N/A

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Anne Grinols Title Director, Marketing and Communications