* 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 70% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 22 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 50 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 3

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. American Express 2 6. American Management Syst 1 2. Evonyx 2 7. General Electric 1 3. General Motors 2 8. Pricewaterhouse Coopers 1 4. Capital One 2 9. Lucent Technologies 1 5. Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutic 1 10. EMC2 1

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $68,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $66,229 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $7,500 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $9,318 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 54% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 65%

* 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 1993 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $36,430,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program Yes

School Concentrations / Specializations Technological Entrepreneurship E-business Management Information Systems Finance Environmental Management and Policy Product Development and Management Production and Operations Management Manufacturing Systems

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years E-Business

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 20% Case study 35% Other 45% Grading system 4.0 scale Describe other team project Average number of students in core class 55 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 46 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 2 Number of tenured professors 21 Percent of tenured professors who are female 10% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 10% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 50%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $800,000 Changes made over the past three years The school has new servers, new computers, Bloomberg financial machine, Wharton Research Data Systems and other Databases, classroom equipped for distance learning.

Tuition and Fees Resident $22,205 Nonresident $22,205 Room & board $11,205 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $33,410

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

Dean		Dr. Joseph G. Ecker		E-mail address		management@rpi.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Dr. Richard Burke		E-mail address		burker@rpi.edu
Director of Admissions		Zamiul Haque		E-mail address		management@rpi.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		David Bohan		E-mail address		bohand@rpi.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Zamiul Haque		E-mail address		management@rpi.edu
Director of Career Services		Therese Stillman		E-mail address		stillt@rpi.edu

Living MBA alumni

4,264

Alumni clubs

38

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

4%

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

$280

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Dr. Joseph Ecker Title Dean