* 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 89% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 35 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 111 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. Deloitte & Touche LLP 5 6. IBM 2 2. Bell South 2 7. PricewaterhouseCoopers 2 3. Equiva Services LLC 2 8. Agouron Pharmaceuticals 1 4. ExxonMobil 2 9. Andersen Consulting LLP 1 5. Federal Express 2 10. Arthur Andersen LLP 1

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $46,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $47,700 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $2,750 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $3,350 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 78% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 49%

* 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 1998 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $35,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Economics Entrepreneurship Finance Health Care Human Resource Management Information Systems & Decision Sciences Systems Auditing Internal Auditing Marketing Public Administration Real Estate

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years N/A

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 60% Case study 30% Other 10% Grading system A, B, C, D, F. Describe other Student Presentations Average number of students in core class 22 Average number of students in elective class 15 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 123 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year N/A Number of tenured professors 85 Percent of tenured professors who are female 20% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 0% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience N/A

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $1,466,000 Changes made over the past three years The school has re-equipped student computer labs with more than 110 new PCs, and a new Small Group Interaction Lab to enable team projects. Additionally, new 6-server infrastructure was constructed for the school.

Tuition and Fees Resident $2,896 Nonresident $7,096 Room & board $7,000 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $12,000

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic May 15, 2001 International May 15, 2001 Domestic May 15, 2001 International May 15, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Thomas Clark		E-mail address		tclark@lsu.edu
Director of MBA Programs		David Shields		E-mail address		dshiel1@lsu.edu
Director of Admissions		David Shields		E-mail address		dshiel1@lsu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Wendy Luedtke		E-mail address		wluedtk@lsu.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Kathleen Sciacchetano		E-mail address		ksciacc@lsu.edu
Director of Career Services		Mary Feduccia		E-mail address		mfeducc@lsu.edu

Living MBA alumni

2,813

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

N/A

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

N/A

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Jennifer Mongogna Title Associate MBA Director