* 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 N/A 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] 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. N/A N/A 6. N/A N/A 2. N/A N/A 7. N/A N/A 3. N/A N/A 8. N/A N/A 4. N/A N/A 9. N/A N/A 5. N/A N/A 10. N/A N/A

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 N/A Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $52,000 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 N/A Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 N/A Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information N/A Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus N/A

* 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 1999 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 Financial Economics Professional Accounting Leadership Controllership & Financial Management

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Financial Economics Professional Accounting Leadership Controllership & Financial Management

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 50% Case study 25% Other 25% Grading system Letter grade Describe other Simulation & seminars Average number of students in core class 15 Average number of students in elective class 15 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 2000-2001 year 50 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 5 Number of tenured professors N/A Percent of tenured professors who are female N/A Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities N/A Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience N/A

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years N/A Changes made over the past three years The school has added overhead and object projectors, video monitors, and computers with laptop connection and video display.

Tuition and Fees Resident $5,818 Nonresident $15,166 Room & board $1,592 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $16,500

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

Dean		Dennis R. Murphy		E-mail address		cbe@wwu.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Brian K. Burton		E-mail address		mba@wwu.edu
Director of Admissions		Karen Copetas		E-mail address		admit@wwu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Chris Goldsmith		E-mail address		N/A
Director of Financial Aid		Clara Capron		E-mail address		N/A
Director of Career Services		Tina Loudon		E-mail address		N/A

Living MBA alumni

375

Alumni clubs

0

Placement Services for Alumni?

N/A

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

N/A

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

N/A

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Juliet A.H. Barnes Title MBA Program Coordinator