* 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 0% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 72% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 25 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 52 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 1

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. Andersen Consulting 4 6. Payless Shoe Source 2 2. Yellow Freight 4 7. Hallmark 2 3. Arthur Andersen 2 8. N/A N/A 4. Colliers Turley Martin 2 9. N/A N/A 5. FedEx 2 10. N/A N/A

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $48,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $45,900 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $4,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $3,176 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 80% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 57%

* 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 1995 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 Management MIS Marketing General Business

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years N/A

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 40% Case study 20% Other 40% Grading system 4.0 scale Describe other experiential,team projcts Average number of students in core class 30 Average number of students in elective class 15 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 28 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 11 Number of tenured professors 20 Percent of tenured professors who are female 15% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 0% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 15%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $793,000 Changes made over the past three years Upgaded desktop work stations for faculty and doctoral students. Doubled student lab capacity. Improved databases for MBA program and career services office. Updated all machines to Windows 90 and Office 2000. Attached to new campus gigabyte network. Obtained new web server and webcam. Achieved Y2K preparedness.

Tuition and Fees Resident $4,844 Nonresident $17,640 Room & board $7,000 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $15,000

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

Dean		Bruce Walker		E-mail address		walkerb@missouri.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Kenneth R. Evans		E-mail address		Evansk@missouri.edu
Director of Admissions		Barbara Schneider		E-mail address		schneiderba@missouri.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		N/A		E-mail address		N/A
Director of Financial Aid		Barbara Schneider		E-mail address		schneiderba@missouri.edu
Director of Career Services		Karen Shelton		E-mail address		sheltonk@missouri.edu

Living MBA alumni

3,600

Alumni clubs

N/A

Placement Services for Alumni?

N/A

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

N/A

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

N/A

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Marilyn Kippley Title Executive Staff Assistant