2000 Rank:    25 1998 Rank:    24 1996 Rank:    Second Tier		Slips one spot. Students acknowledge helpful faculty despite drop in number of job offers.		PURDUE INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A Admission Interview Tips School Tour PURDUE PROFILES Full-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 Part-time '03 | '01 EMBA '03 | '01 Exec ed '03 | '01 PURDUE INFO Admissions Q&A '02 | '99 | '97 Placement Q&A '00 | '99 Financial Aid Q&A '01 | '99 | Video Views Dean Rick Cosier - 2006 Search for articles about Purdue PURDUE RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   21     1994:   20     2002:   26     1992:   --     2000:   25     1990:   --     1998:   24     1988:   --     1996:   --     BW ranking history EMBA rank: 2003:   16     1997:   --     2001:   14     1993:   --     1999:   --

* 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 5% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 97% 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] 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. Intel 7 6. Owens-Corning 4 2. Ford 7 7. PricewaterhouseCoopers 3 3. IBM 7 8. Andersen Consulting 3 4. Hewlett-Packard 6 9. Thomson Consumer Electron 3 5. Merrill Lynch 5 10. TRW 3

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $77,500 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $76,352 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $12,239 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 81% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 89%

Students Report Median total investment $103,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $77,000 Median MBA loans $15,000 Median signing bonus $10,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $10,000 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 1999 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $57,571,676 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program Yes

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting E-business Finance Strategic Management Operations Management Human Resources Management Manufacturing/Technology Management Marketing MIS International Management

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years E-business

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives C. Sullivan A. Iyer Logistics Mergers and Acquisitions

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 25% Case study 50% Other 25% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Experiential Learning Average number of students in core class 55 Average number of students in elective class 38 Mandatory study trip abroad? No Exchange programs or campuses abroad? Yes Accelerated MBA program? N/A Distance learning degree program? Yes

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 96 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 24 Number of tenured professors 54 Percent of tenured professors who are female 8% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 2% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience N/A

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $602,000 Changes made over the past three years The school implemented a web-based course management and communications program, as well as wireless networking hubs in its library, drawing room, and several classrooms. The school also decided to synchronize Palm and Windows CE devices with students' PDA and Outlook/Catalyst calendars.

Tuition and Fees Resident $8,972 Nonresident $17,892 Room & board $6,658 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $26,930

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Nov. 1, 2000 International Feb. 1, 2001 Domestic Mar. 1, 2001 Domestic Jan. 1, 2001 International Feb. 1, 2001 Domestic May 1, 2001 International         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Richard A. Cosier		E-mail address		rcosier@mgmt.purdue.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Chuck Johnson		E-mail address		cjohnson@mgmt.purdue.edu
Director of Admissions		Ward Snearly		E-mail address		snearlyw@mgmt.purdue.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Tim Newton		E-mail address		tnewton@mgmt.purdue.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Joyce Hall		E-mail address		jjhall@purdue.edu
Director of Career Services		Alan Ferrell		E-mail address		ferrell@mgmt.purdue.edu

Living MBA alumni

6,515

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

$100

Average gift

$2,942

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Charles Johnson Title Director, Professional MS Programs