2000 Rank:    4 1998 Rank:    15 1996 Rank:    9		Soars in overall ranking from 15th place to 4th. Students cite improvements in course electives and top-notch faculty. Recruiters call it a bastion for technology.		SLOAN INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A Admission Interview Tips Sample Application Essays Best Schools for Entrepreneurship Best Schools for Marketing Best Schools for Finance Best Schools for Management Entrepreneurship Video View School Tour SLOAN PROFILES Full-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 Exec ed '03 | '01 SLOAN INFO Admissions Q&A '03 | '01 | '00 | '97 Placement Q&A '01 | '00 | '98 Financial Aid Q&A '99 | Video Views Dean Richard Schmalensee | MBA Dir. Margaret Andrews B-School Calendar Search for articles about Sloan SLOAN RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   9     1994:   10     2002:   6     1992:   13     2000:   4     1990:   11     1998:   15     1988:   15     1996:   9     BW ranking history Exec Ed rank: 2003:   16     1997:   10     2001:   14     1993:   --     1999:   12     1991:   12

* 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 97% 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. McKinsey & Co. 17 6. Boston Consulting Group 8 2. Goldman Sachs 12 7. Diamond Technology Partners 7 3. Bain & Co. 11 8. Booz-Allen & Hamilton 7 4. Intel 10 9. AT Kearney 7 5. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 9 10. Merrill Lynch 6

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $90,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $92,343 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $21,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $23,495 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 95% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 79%

Students Report Median total investment $170,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $93,000 Median MBA loans $26,000 Median signing bonus $20,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $25,000 Average number of business plans written 2

* 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 $402,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program Yes

School Concentrations / Specializations E-business Finance Operations and Management Marketing Innovation and Entrepreneurship Information Technology Strategy International Management Organizational Behavior

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Management Track in E-business

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives K. Rock R. Hendersen Technology Strategy Mergers and Acquisitions

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 30% Case study 45% Other 25% Grading system 5 point scale, whole letter grades only (A=5, B=4, etc.), must have a 4.0 to graduate. Describe other N/A Average number of students in core class 60 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? Yes

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 94 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 11 Number of tenured professors 59 Percent of tenured professors who are female 10% 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 $2,000,000 Changes made over the past three years Sloan has installed high-speed network connections, new computer labs, and upgraded its web servers. Other initiatives underway are the installation of "high-speed" wireless access and the development of a web-based student information portal called "Sloanspace". Sloanspace will be a one-stop shop for student information ranging from course materials to research datasets and an integrated calendar.

Tuition and Fees Resident $29,860 Nonresident $29,860 Room & board N/A Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $51,710

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Dec. 6, 2000 International Dec. 6, 2000 Domestic Domestic Feb. 7, 2001 International Feb. 7, 2001 International         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		Richard L. Schmalensee		E-mail address		rschmal@mit.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Margaret C. Andrews		E-mail address		mbaadmissions@sloan.mit.edu
Director of Admissions		Rod Garcia		E-mail address		mbaadmissions@sloan.mit.edu
Director of Alumni Relations				E-mail address
Director of Financial Aid		Betsy Hicks		E-mail address		emhicks@mit.edu
Director of Career Services		Jacqueline Wilbur		E-mail address		jwilbur@mit.edu

Living MBA alumni

6,893

Alumni clubs

22

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

5%

Median gift

$100

Average gift

$2,474

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Lara Beise Title Project Coordinator