* 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 10% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 10% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 20 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 30 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. Gallo 2 6. Insight.com 1 2. UOP 1 7. Sakura Pen Company 1 3. Norwest 1 8. Med-America 1 4. RLJ Financial 1 9. N/A N/A 5. Franklin Templeton 1 10. N/A N/A

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $50,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $55,000 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $2,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $5,000 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 25% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 20%

* 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 Private Core MBA curriculum last revised in 1996 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $5,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations General Management Entrepreneurship

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years MIS Business Law

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 30% Case study 20% Other 50% Grading system A through F Describe other class discuss, team proj. Average number of students in core class 17 Average number of students in elective class 12 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 25 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 3 Number of tenured professors 68 Percent of tenured professors who are female 07% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 0% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 80%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $250,000 Changes made over the past three years Smart Classrooms, New Servers, All new faculty computers, All Computers in lab repalced with new Dells

Tuition and Fees Resident $19,080 Nonresident $19,080 Room & board $19,080 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $26,480

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic May 1, 2001 International May 1, 2001 Domestic Feb. 15, 2001 International N/A         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Dr. Mark Plovnick		E-mail address		mplovnic@uop.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Dr. Newman Peery		E-mail address		npeery@uop.edu
Director of Admissions		Christopher Lozano		E-mail address		clozano@uop.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Bill Coen		E-mail address		bcoen@uop.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Lynn Fox		E-mail address		lfox@uop.edu
Director of Career Services		Patrice Sheffer		E-mail address		psheffer@uop.edu

Living MBA alumni

222

Alumni clubs

0

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

N/A

Average gift

$1,472

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Christopher Lozano Title ESB Dir., Student Recruitment