* 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 16% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 81% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships N/A 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] 2

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. GiantBear.com N/A 6. N/A N/A 2. Staples, Inc. N/A 7. N/A N/A 3. Teradyne Connections Sys. N/A 8. N/A N/A 4. Morgan Stanley DeanWitter 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 $55,500 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $58,125 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $3,250 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $4,583 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 52% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 19%

* 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 N/A Core MBA curriculum last revised in 2000 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 and Operations Management Management Marketing Accounting E-commerce

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years N/A

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 30% Case study 35% Other 35% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Simulation, group project Average number of students in core class 35 Average number of students in elective class 18 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 54 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 5 Number of tenured professors 39 Percent of tenured professors who are female 18% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 10% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience N/A

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $600,000 Changes made over the past three years Five teaching rooms have been equipped with computer projection equipment. Two computer labs have been added and all have been upgraded to Pentium IIIs. Online courses begin Fall 2000. Plans for a new high-tech building are underway for completion in 2002.

Tuition and Fees Resident $5,642 Nonresident $13,212 Room & board $4,985 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $15,742

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

Dean		Thomas O'Brien		E-mail address		gradprog@som.umass.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Eric N. Berkowitz		E-mail address		gradprog@som.umass.edu
Director of Admissions		Eric N. Berkowitz		E-mail address		gradprog@som.umass.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Ericka Prew		E-mail address		ericka@som.umass.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Ken Burnham		E-mail address		grads@finaid.umass.edu
Director of Career Services		Cari Carpenter		E-mail address		ccarpent@som.umass.edu

Living MBA alumni

2,178

Alumni clubs

N/A

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

6%

Median gift

$9,998

Average gift

$239

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Jessica N. Zalewski Title Student Data Coordinator