* 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 N/A Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 95% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 120 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 325 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. Entergy 3 6. Citigroup 1 2. Reliant 3 7. Ameren Energy 1 3. Deloitte & Touche 2 8. PG & E Trading 1 4. Chase Bank 1 9. DLJ 1 5. TXU 1 10. AMS 1

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $73,500 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $70,656 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $10,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $12,672 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 75% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 55%

Students Report Median total investment $130,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $75,000 Median MBA loans $9,000 Median signing bonus $5,000 Number of job offers by graduation 2 Median other compensation $11,000 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 1999 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $47,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Finance Marketing General Management IS Management Accounting International Management Organizational Behavior/ Human Resources

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Energy finance track

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives V. Subermanian T. Noe Corporate Financial Transactions Negotiations

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 55% Case study 35% Other 10% Grading system 4.0 scale Describe other workshops, experiential Average number of students in core class 41 Average number of students in elective class 36 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 2000-01 year 60 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 35 Number of tenured professors 24 Percent of tenured professors who are female 8% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 8% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 25%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $2,700,000 Changes made over the past three years The school's fiber-optic network backbone has more than 280 notebook-computer network connections, and a wireless Ethernet network.

Tuition and Fees Resident $25,390 Nonresident $25,390 Room & board $7,325 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $37,350

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Nov. 15, 2000 International Nov. 15, 2000 Domestic Apr. 15, 2001 Domestic Jan. 15, 2001 International Jan. 15, 2001 International Mar. 1, 2001 Domestic Mar. 15, 2001 International Mar. 15, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		James W. McFarland		E-mail address		jmcfarl@tulane.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Mignon Coulter		E-mail address		mignon.coulter@tulane.edu
Director of Admissions		John C. Silbernagel III		E-mail address		john.silbernagel@tulane.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Rhonda A. Earles		E-mail address		rhonda.earles@tulane.edu
Director of Financial Aid		John C. Silbernagel III		E-mail address		john.silbernagel@tulane.edu
Director of Career Services		Rhendy Hutchcraft		E-mail address		rhendy.hutchcraft@tulane.edu

Living MBA alumni

4,158

Alumni clubs

1

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

1%

Median gift

$283

Average gift

$25

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Rhonda A. Earles Title Director, External Relations