* 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 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10.

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

School Concentrations / Specializations Project Management

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Project Management

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 35% Case study 40% Other 25% Grading system N/A Describe other Projects Average number of students in core class 25 Average number of students in elective class 25 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 2000-01 year N/A Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year N/A Number of tenured professors N/A Percent of tenured professors who are female N/A Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities N/A Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience N/A

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years N/A Changes made over the past three years N/A

Tuition and Fees Resident $3,117 Nonresident $7,065 Room & board $3,990 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] N/A

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic N/A International N/A Domestic Apr. 1, 2001 International Apr. 1, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   N/A

Dean		Dr. Sara Freedman		E-mail address		sfreeman@cobilan.msstate.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Dr. Barbara Spencer		E-mail address		gsb@cbi.msstate.edu
Director of Admissions		Jerry B. Inmon		E-mail address		admit@admissions.msstate.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		John V. Correro		E-mail address		jcorrero@alumni.msstate.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Bruce Crain		E-mail address		bruce@saffairs.msstate.edu
Director of Career Services		Dr. Luther B. Epting		E-mail address		lepting@career.msstate.edu

Living MBA alumni

N/A

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

N/A

Median gift

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Average gift

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The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Dr. Barbara Spencer Title Director of MBA Programs