* 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 18% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 90% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 40 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 70 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. General Electric N/A 6. Ernst & Young N/A 2. Humana N/A 7. Louisville Gas & Electric N/A 3. United Parcel Service N/A 8. N/A N/A 4. Coopers & Lybrand N/A 9. N/A N/A 5. Lexmark International N/A 10. N/A N/A

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $49,500 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $53,632 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $3,700 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $3,700 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 25% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 5%

* 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 2000 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $23,500,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Entrepreneurship Healthcare Communications MBA/JD MEng./MBA MD/MBA E-MBA Healthcare

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years N/A

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 33% Case study 33% Other 34% Grading system 4.0 scale Describe other Business plan& feasibility Average number of students in core class 30 Average number of students in elective class 27 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 77 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year N/A Number of tenured professors 55 Percent of tenured professors who are female 15% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities N/A Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 60%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years N/A Changes made over the past three years Full computing facility and web-conferencing system added. Networked computers in all classrooms. Also added a fully equipped classroom devoted to distance learning.

Tuition and Fees Resident $3,546 Nonresident $10,066 Room & board $3,400 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $14,142

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Mar. 1, 2001 International Mar. 1, 2001 Domestic N/A International N/A         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		Dr. Robert L. Taylor		E-mail address		Robert.L.Taylor@Louisville.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Dr. Fred Siegel		E-mail address		Fred.Siegel@Louisville.edu
Director of Admissions		Dolores Calebs		E-mail address		djcale01@gwise.louisville.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Jane Goldstein		E-mail address		j0gold01@gwise.louisville.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Patricia Arauz		E-mail address		N/A
Director of Career Services		N/A		E-mail address		N/A

Living MBA alumni

3,400

Alumni clubs

37

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

1%

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

$1,000

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Kate Olin Title Student Development