* 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 6% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 95% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 43 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] 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. US Bancorp 7 6. Medtronic 4 2. Piper Jaffray, US Bancorp 5 7. Deloitte Consulting 4 3. Intel 4 8. Ecolab 3 4. General Mills 4 9. CBS Marketwatch 3 5. IBM 4 10. Alliance Capital 3

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $71,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $72,289 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $12,420 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 76% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 58%

Students Report Median total investment $105,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $70,000 Median MBA loans N/A Median signing bonus $8,000 Number of job offers by graduation 2.5 Median other compensation $5,000 Average number of business plans written 2

* 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 $148,500,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Finance Marketing Operations Management Information Systems Entrepreneurship Health Care Management Supply Chain Management E-business International Strategic Management

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years E-business Supply Chain Management Entrepreneurial Studies Health Care Management International Business

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives T. Nantell M. Bergen Golden Gopher Growth Fund Pricing Strategy

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 25% Case study 40% Other 35% Grading system 4.0 scale Describe other Consulting and simulation Average number of students in core class 60 Average number of students in elective class 29 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 112 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 40 Number of tenured professors 82 Percent of tenured professors who are female 12% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities N/A Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 5%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $6,950,000 Changes made over the past three years The school added a new e-mail system, wired internet access from all core classroms, and a distance-learning classroom.

Tuition and Fees Resident $14,124 Nonresident $18,230 Room & board $5,340 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $21,068

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Jan. 1, 2001 International Feb. 15, 2001 Domestic Feb. 1, 2001 Domestic Mar. 1, 2001 International Feb. 1, 2001 Domestic Apr. 1, 2001 International         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		David S. Kidwell		E-mail address		dkidwell@csom.umn.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Gary Lindblad, PhD.		E-mail address		glindblad@csom.umn.edu
Director of Admissions		Sandra Kelzenberg		E-mail address		skelzenberg@csom.umn.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Lori Bush		E-mail address		lbush@csom.umn.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Mark Larsson		E-mail address		mbaoffice@csom.umn.edu
Director of Career Services		Mike Agnew		E-mail address		MAgnew@csom.umn.edu

Living MBA alumni

9,000

Alumni clubs

1

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

9%

Median gift

$400

Average gift

$115

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Diana C. Cooper Title Manager of Market Analysis