* 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] 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. 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 N/A 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 N/A 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 1998 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 Yes

School Concentrations / Specializations Finance Accounting Management Marketing Economics Information Systems

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Entrepreneurism E-commerce Health care management

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 50% Case study 35% Other 15% Grading system Letter grades Describe other on-line instruction Average number of students in core class 25 Average number of students in elective class 20 Mandatory study trip abroad? No Exchange programs or campuses abroad? N/A Accelerated MBA program? N/A Distance learning degree program? Yes

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 104 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 7 Number of tenured professors 95 Percent of tenured professors who are female 29% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 17% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 35%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $400,000 Changes made over the past three years Major investment in a new building and technology upgrades

Tuition and Fees Resident $2,560 Nonresident $7,386 Room & board $4,841 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $12,000

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Jul. 201 International Domestic May 201 Domestic Dec. 201 International Mar. 201 Domestic Apr. 201 International         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Jim Burton		E-mail address		eburton@mtsu.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Troy A. Festervand		E-mail address		fester@mtsu.edu
Director of Admissions		cliff Gillespie		E-mail address		cgillespie@mtsu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Debbie Coppinger		E-mail address		dcopping@mtsu.edu
Director of Financial Aid		David Hutton		E-mail address		dhutton@mtsu.edu
Director of Career Services		Martha Turner		E-mail address		mturner@mtsu.edu

Living MBA alumni

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Alumni clubs

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Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

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Median gift

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Average gift

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The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Troy A. Festervand Title Director, Graduate Bus Studies