* 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 N/A Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships N/A 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. N/A N/A 6. N/A N/A 2. N/A N/A 7. N/A N/A 3. N/A N/A 8. N/A N/A 4. N/A 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 N/A Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $42,900 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 28% 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 1993 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 No

School Concentrations / Specializations Finance Human Resources Information Systems International Business Marketing

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years N/A

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 45% Case study 45% Other 10% Grading system A, B, C, D. Describe other Projects Average number of students in core class 40 Average number of students in elective class 25 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 54 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 5 Number of tenured professors N/A Percent of tenured professors who are female N/A Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities N/A Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience N/A

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $250,000 Changes made over the past three years The school has recently renovated its network's infrastructure, also adding 50 new lab computers and several laptops.

Tuition and Fees Resident $5,622 Nonresident $10,798 Room & board $5,024 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $22,000

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Jul. 1, 2001 International Apr. 1, 2001 Domestic Apr. 1, 2001 International Apr. 1, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		George E. Stevens		E-mail address		gstevens@bsa3.kent.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Louise Ditchey		E-mail address		lditchey@bsa3.kent.edu
Director of Admissions		N/A		E-mail address		N/A
Director of Alumni Relations		Lindsey Hugh Loftus		E-mail address		lloftus@urd.kent.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Mark Evans		E-mail address		mevans@kent.edu
Director of Career Services		David Baumgartner		E-mail address		dbaumgar@kent.edu

Living MBA alumni

2,961

Alumni clubs

N/A

Placement Services for Alumni?

No

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

7%

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

$191

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Louise Ditchey Title Director, Master's Programs