2000 Rank:    2 1998 Rank:    2 1996 Rank:    3			A consistent favorite among students. Grads rank it tops again while recruiters tout students' teamwork.		NORTHWESTERN INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A Admission Interview Tips Sample Application Essays Best Schools for Marketing Best Schools for Management NORTHWESTERN PROFILES Full-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 Part-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 EMBA '03 | '01 Exec ed '03 | '01 NORTHWESTERN INFO Admissions Q&A '05 | '04 | '02 | '01 | '99 | '97 Placement Q&A '06 | '03 | '00 | '98 Financial Aid Q&A '99 | | Dean Q&A '01 Video Views Dean Jain | B-School Roundtable Search for articles about Northwestern NORTHWESTERN RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   1     1994:   2     2002:   1     1992:   1     2000:   2     1990:   1     1998:   2     1988:   1     1996:   3     BW ranking history EMBA rank: 2003:   1     1997:   --     2001:   1     1993:   --     1999:   --     Exec Ed rank: 2003:   9     1997:   3     2001:   6     1993:   --     1999:   4     1991:   3

* 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 98% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 190 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 300 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. McKinsey & Company, Inc. 39 6. Mercer Management Consulting 15 2. Boston Consulting Group 19 7. Booz Allen & Hamilton 14 3. Bain and Company, Inc. 18 8. Lehman Brothers 13 4. Goldman Sachs & Co. 18 9. Siebel Systems 11 5. A.T. Kearney 17 10. Hewlett Packard 7

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $90,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $92,000 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $22,220 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $25,000 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 99% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 81%

Students Report Median total investment $168,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $90,000 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 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 $380,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Information and Management Decision Sciences Entrepreneurship and Innovation Finance Analytical Finance Health Services Management Human Resouce Management International Business Management and Organizations Management and Strategy Managerial Economics Marketing Media Management Operations Public and Nonprofit Management Technology and E-commerce

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Technology and E-commerce Biotechnology Media Management Analytical Finance

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives Besanko M Petersen Financial Decisions Entrepreneurial Finance

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 33% Case study 33% Other 34% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Group work, team projects Average number of students in core class 55 Average number of students in elective class 45 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 2000-2001 year 154 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 75 Number of tenured professors 76 Percent of tenured professors who are female 14% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 14% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 80%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $16,000,000 Changes made over the past three years The school implemented wireless student common areas for Internet use. Kellogg then created more integrated course selection tools, Web services for admitted students, and other course-related improvements. The school also upgraded one-third of lab computers, plans to run a broad pilot of a collaboration and knowledge management tool for coursework, and has also improved classrooms.

Tuition and Fees Resident $28,677 Nonresident $28,677 Room & board $11,511 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $49,700

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Nov. 10, 2000 International Nov. 10, 2000 Domestic N/A Domestic Jan. 15, 2001 International Jan. 15, 2001 International N/A Domestic Mar. 16, 2001 International         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		Donald P. Jacobs		E-mail address		MBAadmissions@kellogg.nwu.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Edmund Wilson		E-mail address		MBAadmissions@kellogg.nwu.edu
Director of Admissions		Michele Rogers		E-mail address		MBAadmissions@kellogg.nwu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Megan Byrne		E-mail address		kellogg-alumni@nwu.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Chuck Munro		E-mail address		MBAadmissions@kellogg.nwu.edu
Director of Career Services		Roxanne Hori		E-mail address		CMC@kellogg.nwu.edu

Living MBA alumni

41,000

Alumni clubs

74

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

25%

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

N/A

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Richard P. Honack Title Assistant Dean, External Relations