* 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 15% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 19% 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] 2

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. Bank of America N/A 6. IBM N/A 2. First Union National Bank N/A 7. Andersen Consulting N/A 3. Alltell Communications N/A 8. Harris Teeter N/A 4. Carolinas HealthCare N/A 9. DLJ Direct, Inc. N/A 5. Wachovia N/A 10. BB&T Corporation N/A

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $65,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $73,612 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $5,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $3,700 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 87% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 17%

* 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 1993 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 Business Finance Economics Financial Institutions/Commercial Banking Management Information and Technology Management Real Estate Self-Structured

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Real Estate

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 15% Case study 50% Other 35% Grading system 4.0 scale Describe other Group projects Average number of students in core class 35 Average number of students in elective class 35 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 85 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 2 Number of tenured professors 53 Percent of tenured professors who are female 17% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 19% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 24%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $450,000 Changes made over the past three years The school increased the number of master classrooms and upgraded the equipment in the student labs.

Tuition and Fees Resident $2,178 Nonresident $9,448 Room & board $2,400 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] N/A

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic International May 1, 2000 Domestic Apr. 1, 2001 International Oct. 1, 2000 International N/A         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Claude C. Lilly		E-mail address		cclilly@email.uncc.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Richard G. Schroeder		E-mail address		rgschroe@email.uncc.edu
Director of Admissions		Johnna Watson		E-mail address		gradadm@email.uncc.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Morgan Roseborough		E-mail address		alumni@email.uncc.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Curtis Whalen		E-mail address		finaid@email.uncc.edu
Director of Career Services		Denise Smith		E-mail address		career@email.uncc.edu

Living MBA alumni

N/A

Alumni clubs

N/A

Placement Services for Alumni?

No

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

N/A

Median gift

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Average gift

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The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Debra Joyce Title MBA Secretary