2000 Rank:    22 1998 Rank:    Second Tier 1996 Rank:    24		Makes it to top tier after recovering from dean's death in 1999. Students and recruiters say staff's efforts to raise school's profile in the aftermath shows.		VANDERBILT INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A Admission Interview Tips Sample Application Essays School Tour VANDERBILT PROFILES Full-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 EMBA '03 | '01 VANDERBILT INFO Admissions Q&A '00 | '97 Placement Q&A '05 Video Views Dean Bradford - 2005 B-School Calendar Search for articles about Vanderbilt VANDERBILT RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   30     1994:   --     2002:   28     1992:   19     2000:   --     1990:   --     1998:   --     1988:   --     1996:   24     BW ranking history EMBA rank: 2003:   20     1997:   --     2001:   17     1993:   --     1999:   --

* 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 92% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 60 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 95 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 2.5

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. Pricewaterhouse Cooper 9 6. KPMG 3 2. First Union 8 7. Mastrapasqua & Associates 3 3. Dell 6 8. MSDW 3 4. Goldman Sachs 4 9. Johnson & Johnson 3 5. Deloitte 4 10. Arthur Andersen 2

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $75,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $77,904 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $15,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $17,758 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 82% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 72%

Students Report Median total investment $142,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $75,000 Median MBA loans $29,000 Median signing bonus $10,000 Number of job offers by graduation 2 Median other compensation $15,000 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 1996 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $114,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Finance Human Resources Organization Management E-commerce Marketing Operations Information Technology General Management

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

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives C. Lewis B. Christie Corporate Value Management Electronic Commerce & The Virtual Organization

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 50% Case study 30% Other 20% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Projects Average number of students in core class 55 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 41 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 25 Number of tenured professors 26 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 N/A

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $1,000,000 Changes made over the past three years All classrooms are networked. A Picture Tell video conferencing system allows outside experts participate in classes. The class of 2002 has wireless networking throughout the Owen building (including access from Starbucks across the street).

Tuition and Fees Resident $26,300 Nonresident $26,300 Room & board $9,350 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $44,428

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Nov. 30, 2000 International Nov. 30, 2000 Domestic Mar. 15, 2001 Domestic Jan. 31, 2001 International Jan. 31, 2001 International Mar. 15, 2001 Domestic Mar. 15, 2001 International Mar. 15, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		William Christie		E-mail address		Bill.Christie@owen.vanderbilt.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Todd Reale		E-mail address		Todd.reale@owen.vanderbilt.edu
Director of Admissions		Todd Reale		E-mail address		Todd.reale@owen.vanderbilt.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Claudia Hazelwood		E-mail address		Claudia.hazelwood@owen.vanderbilt.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Todd Reale		E-mail address		Todd.reale@owen.vanderbilt.edu
Director of Career Services		Elizabeth Clarke		E-mail address		Elizabeth.clarke@owen.vanderbilt.edu

Living MBA alumni

4,801

Alumni clubs

71

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

$368

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Juliana Deans Title Director of Communications