* 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 5% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 80% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 122 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 133 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 33

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. Citigroup 5 6. Intel 4 2. Dell Computer 3 7. NCR 4 3. Deloitte Consulting 3 8. PPG Industries 3 4. Fed Ex 3 9. Radiant Systems 3 5. General Motors 3 10. B B & T 3

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $64,500 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $64,914 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $5,500 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $8,676 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 47% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 44%

Students Report Median total investment $94,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $68,000 Median MBA loans $17,000 Median signing bonus N/A Number of job offers by graduation 2 Median other compensation $6,000 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 2000 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $42,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations International Business Finance Marketing Accounting Operations Management Information Technology Economics Entrepreneurship Human Resource Management Organizational Behavior Strategic Management General Management Quantitative Methods

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Entrepreneurship International Finance International Information Technology E-commerce

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives M. Malhotra T. Moore Strategic Information Management Telecommunications

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 60% Case study 25% Other 15% Grading system 4.0 scale Describe other Team Projects,Simulations Average number of students in core class 45 Average number of students in elective class 30 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 105 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 19 Number of tenured professors 80 Percent of tenured professors who are female 19% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 0% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 30%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $1,750,000 Changes made over the past three years The school has two TV studio classrooms, approximately 150 new computer workstations for students, miscellaneous new audio visual equipment, and software packages.

Tuition and Fees Resident $6,300 Nonresident $12,530 Room & board $12,000 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $21,000

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

Dean		Joel A. Smith, III		E-mail address		smithj@darla.badm.sc.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Paul Yazel, Pat Hanly		E-mail address		yazel@darla.badm.sc.edu, hanlyp@darla.badm.sc.edu
Director of Admissions		Reena Lichtenfeld		E-mail address		rlichten@darla.badm.sc.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Ellen Moore		E-mail address		emoore@darla.badm.sc.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Libby Shropshier		E-mail address		shropshier@darla.badm.sc.edu
Director of Career Services		Jerry Paschal, Arthur Walsh		E-mail address		paschal@darla.badm.sc.edu, awalsh@sc.edu

Living MBA alumni

7,381

Alumni clubs

44

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

5%

Median gift

$125

Average gift

$140

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Robert E. Markland Title Assoc. Dean - Academic Affairs