2000 Rank:    21 1998 Rank:    Second Tier 1996 Rank:    21		Recruiters and students are pleased with strong teachers. Highest number of international and minority students of any school in top 30.		ROCHESTER INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A School Tour ROCHESTER PROFILES Full-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 Part-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 EMBA '03 | '01 Exec ed '01 ROCHESTER INFO Admissions Q&A '06 | '04 | '02 | '00 | '97 Placement Q&A '06 | '98 Financial Aid Q&A '01 | Video Views Dean Mark Zupan - 2005 Search for articles about Rochester ROCHESTER RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   29     1994:   --     2002:   27     1992:   --     2000:   --     1990:   20     1998:   --     1988:   20     1996:   21     BW ranking history

* 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 1% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 98% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 37 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 76 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. Citibank 8 6. Salomon Smith Barney 4 2. American Management Systems 8 7. US Bancorp 4 3. Deloitte & Touche 5 8. M & T Bank Corp. 4 4. Chase Securities 5 9. Johnson & Johnson 4 5. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 4 10. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 3

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $75,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $77,742 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $13,750 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $15,150 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 71% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 81%

Students Report Median total investment $137,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $80,000 Median MBA loans $30,000 Median signing bonus $11,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $10,000 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 Private Core MBA curriculum last revised in 2000 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 Accounting and Information Systems Business Environment and Public Policy Competitive and Organizational Strategy Computers and Information Systems Corporate Accounting Electronic Commerce Entrepreneurship Finance Health Care Management International Management Marketing Operations Management-Manufacturing Operations Management-Services Public Accounting

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years E-commerce Concentration Brand Management Track Health Care Management Concentration

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives C. Smith G. Bauer Cases In Finance Pricing Policies

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 50% Case study 30% Other 20% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Team-based projects Average number of students in core class 75 Average number of students in elective class 45 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 56 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 8 Number of tenured professors 20 Percent of tenured professors who are female N/A Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities N/A Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience N/A

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years N/A Changes made over the past three years All student-related administrative systems are web-based. The school increased its connectivity and computing capacity with new and updated equipment.

Tuition and Fees Resident $26,460 Nonresident $26,460 Room & board $7,695 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $42,601

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

Dean		Charles I. Plosser		E-mail address		plosser@simon.rochester.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Stacey R. Kole		E-mail address		kole@simon.rochester.edu
Director of Admissions		Pamela A. Black-Colton		E-mail address		black@simon.rochester.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		James Moore		E-mail address		moore@simon.rochester.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Pamela A. Black-Colton		E-mail address		black@simon.rochester.edu
Director of Career Services		Lisa M. McGurn		E-mail address		mcgurn@simon.rochester.edu

Living MBA alumni

7,500

Alumni clubs

7

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

0%

Median gift

$100

Average gift

$431

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Dawn S. McWilliams Title Associate Director for Public Relations