* 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 94% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 15 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 75 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 4

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. IBM 8 6. Samsung Corporation 2 2. Borg Warner Corp 3 7. Phillip Morris 1 3. Cisco Systems 2 8. ADP 1 4. Oracle Corporation 2 9. Merill Lynch 1 5. United Technologies Corp 2 10. Deutsche Bank 1

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $73,800 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $73,750 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,696 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,600 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 65% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus N/A

Students Report Median total investment $117,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $60,000 Median MBA loans N/A Median signing bonus N/A Number of job offers by graduation 1.5 Median other compensation $7,000 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 2001 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $20,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered Yes E-learning program Yes

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Finance Global Entrepreneurship Marketing Innovation Management Management of Technology Supply Chain Management General Management

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Global Entrepreneurship Supply Chain Management Management of technology

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives T. Mazumdar T. Finucane Futures and Options ACC 855 Business Valuations

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 50% Case study 25% Other 25% Grading system Letter grades Describe other experiential, discussion Average number of students in core class 39 Average number of students in elective class 20 Mandatory study trip abroad? No Exchange programs or campuses abroad? Yes Accelerated MBA program? Yes Distance learning degree program? Yes

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 60 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 21 Number of tenured professors 44 Percent of tenured professors who are female 14% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 2% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 17%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $735,000 Changes made over the past three years Syracuse upgraded all classrooms with electronic teaching stations, as well as faculty and PhD student desktop computers and student computer labs. The school implemented Web-hosting for students and faculty, a videoconferencing system (Picturetell), and upgraded a student lab-facility for access to real-time market and pricing feeds from financial markets.

Tuition and Fees Resident $19,003 Nonresident $19,003 Room & board $11,820 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $33,000

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

Dean		George R. Burman		E-mail address		gburman@som.syr.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Peter E. Koveos		E-mail address		peter@som.syr.edu
Director of Admissions		Paula C. O'Callaghan		E-mail address		paula@som.syr.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		N/A		E-mail address		N/A
Director of Financial Aid		Paula C. O'Callaghan		E-mail address		paula@som.syr.edu
Director of Career Services		Nic Wegman		E-mail address		npwegman@som.syr.edu

Living MBA alumni

5,223

Alumni clubs

0

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

2%

Median gift

$53

Average gift

$318

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Peter Koveos Title Associate Dean