* 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 1% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 71% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships N/A Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 173 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] N/A

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. Microstrategy 4 6. Sun Microsystems 1 2. Capital One 2 7. Soloman Smith Barney 1 3. Exeter Group 2 8. Bank One / First USA 1 4. Lockheed Martin 2 9. Philip Morris, USA 1 5. Soft Solutions 2 10. AT&T 1

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $55,500 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $55,153 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $5,500 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $8,231 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 91% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 57%

* 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 N/A Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program Yes

School Concentrations / Specializations Information Systems and Technology E-commerce Executive Leadership Human Resources Investment and Financial Services Management Corporate Financial Management Financial Risk Management Global Business Marketing in High Technology Industries E-business Technology Concentration Marketing in Entrepreneurial & High Tech Business

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Information System and Technology E-commerce Executive Leadership Human Resources Investment and Financial Services Management Corporate Financial Management Financial Risk Management Global Business Marketing in High Technology Industries E-business Technology

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 55% Case study 35% Other 10% Grading system Letter grade Describe other Experiential Average number of students in core class 28 Average number of students in elective class 22 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 2000-2001 year 116 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 1 Number of tenured professors 75 Percent of tenured professors who are female 13% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 5% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 5%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $435,000 Changes made over the past three years The school has added an ATM network for distance learning and other improvements have been made to networking and computer display equipment.

Tuition and Fees Resident $2,535 Nonresident $3,975 Room & board $1,580 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $12,720

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?   No

Dean		Richard E. Sorensen		E-mail address		sorensen@vt.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Robert T. Sumichrast		E-mail address		rsumichr@vt.edu
Director of Admissions		Susan V. Vest		E-mail address		susanv@vt.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Robert T. Sumichrast		E-mail address		rsumichr@vt.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Susan V. Vest		E-mail address		susanv@vt.edu
Director of Career Services		Barry O'Donnell		E-mail address		bodonnel@vt.edu

Living MBA alumni

3,100

Alumni clubs

1

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

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

8%

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

$249

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Susan V. Vest Title Enrollment Coordinator