* 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. Ford Motor Company 7 6. Freemarkets 4 2. IBM 6 7. Heinz USA 4 3. Deloitte Consulting 5 8. PNC Bank 4 4. PricewaterhouseCoopers 5 9. Arthur Andersen 2 5. Deloitte & Touche LLP 4 10. KLA-Tencor 2

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

Students Report Median total investment $83,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $65,000 Median MBA loans $10,000 Median signing bonus N/A Number of job offers by graduation 2 Median other compensation $3,000 Average number of business plans written 3

* 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 1994 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $25,479,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Finance Marketing Operations Human Resources Strategy Information Systems Accounting Marketing of Engineered Products MS in MoIS Process Management and Integration Strategies for New Markets Valuation

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Valuation Engineered Product Marketing Business Process Management (web-enabled) and Strategy Intelligent Management Systems New Markets Strategies Decision Technologies International Business Enterprise

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives K. Lehn D. Moser Valuation Valuation I

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 40% Case study 40% Other 20% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Experiential Average number of students in core class 45 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? No

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 62 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 16 Number of tenured professors 41 Percent of tenured professors who are female 20% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 32% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 25%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $473,000 Changes made over the past three years The school developed a distance education/high tech internet wired classroom, installed ports in common areas, and at every seat for half of current classrooms used for FT MBA program.

Tuition and Fees Resident $17,460 Nonresident $29,742 Room & board $13,100 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $46,840

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Dec. 1, 2000 International Dec. 1, 2000 Domestic Dec. 1, 2000 Domestic Feb. 1, 2001 International Feb. 1, 2001 International Dec. 1, 2000         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		Frederick W. Winter		E-mail address		rickwinter@katz.pitt.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Daria Kirby		E-mail address		daria@katz.pitt.edu
Director of Admissions		Kelly R. Wilson, Director of Enrollment Management		E-mail address		krwilson@katz.pitt.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Audrey Sabol Kilmann		E-mail address		akilmann@katz.pitt.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Kelly R. Wilson		E-mail address		krwilson@katz.pitt.edu
Director of Career Services		Joan Craig		E-mail address		jcraig@katz.pitt.edu

Living MBA alumni

13,410

Alumni clubs

2

Placement Services for Alumni?

N/A

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

1%

Median gift

$190

Average gift

$75

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Sharon Flake Title Director of Public Relations