* 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 13% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 100% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 52 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 74 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. Enron 9 6. Dell 3 2. Compaq 8 7. Continental 3 3. Chase 6 8. PricewaterhouseCoopers 3 4. Deloitte Consulting 5 9. Reliant Energy 3 5. Intel 4 10. Campbell's Soup 2

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $75,500 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $77,000 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $13,600 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 100% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 70%

Students Report Median total investment $118,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $76,000 Median MBA loans $29,000 Median signing bonus $10,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $10,000 Average number of business plans written 4

* 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 1998 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $155,000,000 Laptop computer requirement Yes Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Finance Marketing Strategy Entrepreneurship E-commerce Risk Management Energy Financial Management

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years E-commerce Energy Finance

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives J. Fleming S. Sood Future and Options Internet Marketing

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 33% Case study 33% Other 34% Grading system 4.0 scale Describe other Experiential Learning Average number of students in core class 52 Average number of students in elective class 19 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 42 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 21 Number of tenured professors 18 Percent of tenured professors who are female 5% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 0% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 52%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $1,000,000 Changes made over the past three years The school added intranet-wired classrooms, increased network access points, improved classroom presentation systems, and supplied faculty and staff with laptops. The school also broke ground on a new $60,000,000 facility which will open in summer 2002 and will include wireless connections, a trading floor and focus group rooms.

Tuition and Fees Resident $21,500 Nonresident $21,500 Room & board $7,500 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $33,125

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Dec. 1, 2000 International Dec. 1, 2000 Domestic Jun. 15, 2001 Domestic Feb. 1, 2001 International Feb. 1, 2001 International N/A Domestic Apr. 6, 2001 International Apr. 6, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Gilbert R. Whitaker, Jr.		E-mail address		grwhit@rice.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Carrie Chamberlin Miller		E-mail address		chamberl@rice.edu
Director of Admissions		Peter E. Veruki		E-mail address		veruki@rice.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Deanna Sheaffer		E-mail address		sheaffer@rice.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Carl Buck		E-mail address		fina@rice.edu
Director of Career Services		Peter E. Veruki		E-mail address		veruki@rice.edu

Living MBA alumni

1,700

Alumni clubs

1

Placement Services for Alumni?

No

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

11%

Median gift

$100

Average gift

$275

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Peter E. Veruki Title Executive Director