2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE
Villanova University
Villanova School of Business
Villanova School of Business
B-School and Program Basics
| Address: | 800 Lancaster Avenue Bartley Hall Villanova, PA US 19085 |
Program E-Mail |
Program Web site |
Villanova School of Business is a private institution.
Undergrad business program was founded: 1922
Accredited by AACSB International
Classes begin:
| Other Annual Admissions | 08/27/2007 |
| Spring Semester | 01/14/2008 |
Enrollment
| Total undergraduate business school enrollment | 1952 |
| Total full-time undergraduate business students | 1907 |
| Total part-time undergraduate business students | 45 |
| Total distance undergraduate business students | 0 |
STUDENT PROFILE: MOST RECENT ENTERING CLASS
| Female students in class | 37% |
| International students | 1% |
For U.S. schools only: |
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| African American students | 3% |
| Native Americans | 0% |
| Asian Americans | 11% |
| Hispanic | 9% |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 74% |
| Unknown | 3% |
| Other | 0% |
U.S. students by region:
| Mid-Atlantic U.S. | 27% |
| Midwest U.S. | 5% |
| Northeast U.S. | 58% |
| South U.S. | 3% |
| Southwest U.S. | 1% |
| West U.S. | 4% |
| U.S. Possessions and territories | 2% |
Citizenship:
| U.S. | 97% |
| Canada | 0% |
| Other | 3% |
| Unknown | 0% |
CLASS TRAITS: MOST RECENT ENTERING CLASS
| Does the school require standardized tests, such as the SAT or ACT? | No |
SAT Scores for full-time entering business students |
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| Average | 1282 |
| Median | 1300 |
| Range (Middle 80%) | From 1220 to 1350 |
| Minimum SAT Score | |
ACT Scores for full-time entering business students |
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| Average | 29 |
| Median | 29 |
| Range (Middle 80%) | From 27 to 32 |
| Minimum ACT Score | NA |
| Minimum High School GPA | NA |
| Does the school require an entrance exam? | No |
| Student Age (years) | |
| Average | 18 |
| Median | 18 |
| High School performance of entering business students | |
| Top 10% of high school class | 52% |
| Top 25% of high school class | 89% |
| GPA of 3.75 or higher | 52% |
| GPA of 3.5 to 3.75 | 29% |
| GPA of 3.25 to 3.49 | 11% |
| GPA of 3.00 to 3.24 | 6% |
| GPA of 2.50 to 2.99 | 2% |
| GPA of 2.00 to 2.49 | 0% |
| GPA of 1.00 to 1.99 | 0% |
| GPA below 1.0 | 0% |
| For Internal Transfers | |
| Minimum overall college GPA | NA |
| Additional application requirements | |
ADMISSIONS
| University Application fee (resident) | $ 70.00 | ||
| University Application fee (nonresident) | $ 70.00 | ||
| University Application fee (non-resident transfers) | $ 70.00 | ||
The university financial aid office manages admissions to the business program
13317 people applied to undergraduate programs for the 2006 academic year. The school accepted 41% (selectivity) of those applicants, and 42% of admitted applicants (yield) enrolled.
NA % of applicants had applied in prior years, and of those reapplicants NA % were accepted.
The university placed 4037 applicant(s) on its wait list. 91 wait-listed applicants were admitted to the semester for which they applied.
Does the business program admit freshmen? Yes
84% of 2006 admissions to the program were freshmen
How do freshmen apply? Indicate interest on university application
Preliminary Application for Undergraduate Admission; Common Application; Common Application School Report; official high school transcript; and VU essay. International students from non-English speaking countries are required take the TOEFL and have the scores reported directly to VU from the College Board. Although submission of the writing component of the SAT is required, this component of the SAT is not used in the admission decision-making process.
How do internal transfers apply? NA
3452 freshmen (admitted and denied) sought full-time admission to the business program for the 2005-2006 academic year.
41% of these applicants were admitted to the program and 84% of admitted students enrolled.
164 internal candidates (admitted and denied) sought full-time admission to the business program for the 2005-2006 academic year. 42 were admitted to the program.
| Share of all university applicants who are female: | 55% |
| Share of all university applicants who are not from the U.S. | 2% |
Interviews for applicants are Not required
Additional application requirements (including those for international students):
Preliminary Application for Undergraduate Admission; Common Application; Common Application School Report; official high school transcript; and VU essay. International students from non-English speaking countries are required take the TOEFL and have the scores reported directly to VU from the College Board. Although submission of the writing component of the SAT is required, this component of the SAT is not used in the admission decision-making process.
Relative importance of the following factors in deciding who gets admitted to the university:
Secondary School Record: Very Important
Class Rank: Very Important
High School GPA: Very Important
SAT/ACT Scores: Important
Application Essay: Important
Recommendations: Considered
Interview: Not Considered
Extracurricular Activities: Important
Talent/ability: Important
Character/personal qualities: Important
Volunteer Work: Considered
Work Experience: Considered
COSTS
Annual Costs
| Resident Tuition | $ 33,000.00 |
| Nonresident Tuition | $ 33,000.00 |
| Room and Board | $ 9,560.00 |
| Books | $ 950.00 |
| Other Expenses (please specify) | |
| General Fee | $300.00 |
| Student Health Fee | $280.00 |
Tuition per credit hour (U.S. dollars)
| Resident | $ 1,375.00 |
| Nonresident | $ 1,375.00 |
2007-2008 DEADLINES
| University Application deadlines for: | Other Annual Admissions | 01/07/2007 | Spring Semester | 11/01/2007 |
| Business Program deadlines for: | |
FINANCIAL AID
The business program's financial aid ofice manages financial aid for the business program
Financial Aid Web site
Total scholarship money given to business students through the financial aid office in the 2005 academic year: $ 12,095,938.00
Total scholarship money to be distributed to business students through the financial aid office in the 2006 academic year: $ 14,161,790.00
Scholarships are awarded to students in the business program based on A combination of need and merit
Scholarships in the 2006-2007 academic year | |
| Percent of business students receiving some scholarship money | 44% |
| Percent of business students receiving full-tuition scholarships | 44% |
| Percent of scholarships offered to business students based on need | 71% |
| Percent of scholarships offered to business students based on merit | 29% |
How do applicants apply for scholarships?
Villanova has a 5-step financial aid process:
Step 1: Federal aid application
Step 2: Villanova aid application
Step 3: Checking the numbers
Step 4: Paying your balance
Step 5: Finishing up
Each step is described in detail at www.finaid.villanova.edu.
Does the schoool offer a guaranteed loan to all business students (regardless of nationality): No
The maximum amount a business student can borrow per year is: NA
The average outstanding debt among 2006 business program graduates is: $ 27,624.00
CONTACTS
| Dean James Danko | Hired as of 07/01/2005 |
ACADEMICS & REQUIREMENTS
Specializations offered:
Accounting, Management Business Systems, , ,
Business Honors Program
International Business Co-Major
Business Law and Governance Minor
Entrepreneurship Minor
Programs Offered
| BS | Accountancy | Full time |
| BS | Economics | Full time |
| BS | Business Honors | Full time |
| BBA | Finance | Full time |
| BBA | Management | Full time |
| BBA | Management Information Systems | Full time |
| BBA | Marketing | Full time |
| Core curriculum last revised NA |
| Average class size in required business classes | 29 |
| Average class size in business electives | 26 |
| Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program |
24% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students
71% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students
5% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students
NA % of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.
NA % of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment
AREAS OF STUDY & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Accounting, Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, General Management, Marketing
Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 81
New electives added in the past academic year:
ACC 2420, International Accounting
ACC 2340, Accounting Information Systems
ACC 3350, Fraud Examination
FIN 2342, Student Managed Fund I
FIN 2343, Student Managed Fund II
MGT 2212, Leadership
MGT 2250, Global Corp Responsibility
MKT 2224, Professional Selling
MKT 2290, Interactive Marketing
What special programs are available to business students?
- BS in Business Honors
- International Business Co-Major
- Business Law and Governance Minor
- Entrepreneurship Minor
- Internship and CoOp Programs
- Study Abroad
- Creating Excellence through Opportunities (CEO) Program for Freshmen
| Work study or co-op opportunities | Yes |
| Students participate in internships during an academic semester or summer. Most VSB students participate in internships a part-time basis while taking 4 or 5 courses; the summer break period allows many students to participate on a full-time basis. A CoOp is a more intense, full-time commitment. VSB students may elect to participate in a CoOp program during their junior year for a 6-month period. CoOp students are considered to be temporary, full-time employees by sponsoring organizations. | |
| Study abroad opportunities | Yes |
| 35 percent of VSB students participate in study abroad programs during their educational experience (compared to the national average of 2 percent). VSB students may go almost anywhere in the world for international study programs, provided that the destination is deemed safe and is approved by the university. Popular destinations include Athens, Beijing, Belfast, Cairo, Chile, Costa Rica, Geneva, Germany, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Warsaw. | |
| Volunteer and community service opportunities | Yes |
| VSB students are encouraged to view themselves and their work within the context of making a positive contribution to the world. VU has a special fall break for students to perform service activities. VU hosts the largest student-run Special Olympics in the world, and has the highest level of student participation in Habitat for Humanity. VSB students also prove that CSR can make a profit; VSB's student-managed Arnone-Lerer socially responsible investing fund outperformed the S&P 500 last year. | |
| Business clubs and extracurricular activities | Yes |
| Accounting Society; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Economics Society; Financial Management Association; Equity Management Society; Entrepreneurial Society; Society for the Advancement of Management; International Business Society; Association of Information Technology Professionals; Marketing Society; Advertising Society; Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society; Gamma Phi Honor Society; Kappa Omega Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi; National Association of Black Accountants; Phi Beta Lambda; Women in Business. | |
FACULTY
| Total full-time undergraduate business faculty | 99 |
| Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty | 12 |
| Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors | 65 |
22% of permanent/tenured business professors are women
2% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)
21% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors
40% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business
Prominent Faculty: Ronald Paul Hill, Michael Pagano, Jonathan P. Doh
STUDENT LIFE
Freshmen are not required to live on campus
68%of all business students live on campus
Business students are not grouped together in "learning communities" in housing or other facilities
TECHNOLOGY
Number of omputers available to undergraduate business students (within the program and university as a whole): 5334
Wireless network is available in main B-school buildings
Technology changes made over the past three years:
VSB is home to the Applied Finance Lab, a hands-on virtual trading room that serves as a state-of-the-art teaching, learning, and financial research environment. Due in significant part to this lab, VU is ranked the #1 Most Wired campus in the nation. Recently, VU launched Vista (an e-learning/course management system), iLinc (a virtual, interactive classroom), Horizon Wimba (an audio/interactive classroom and office-hours system), webcasting, and iTunes U podcasting capabilities.
THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT
The school has information regarding the employment of 89% of 2006 graduates
Of 2006 graduates for whom we have information...
88% were seeking full-time professional employment in business
12% were not seeking full-time professional employment in business
For those not seeking employment in business...
83% of those were already employed at graduation
7% were planning to continue their education immediately after graduation
9% were postponing their job search
1% were planning to start their own business
0% of those not working were doing so for other reasons
296 companies recruited business students on campus from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006
1812 companies posted full-time job offers for undergraduate business students on the school's job boards from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Of 2006 Job-seeking Graduates...
received their first job offer by graduation
received their first job offer within three months of graduation
received their first job offer more than three months after graduation
did not report having received an offer
| Top 10 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year | No. hired |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | 34 |
| Morgan Stanley | 16 |
| Deloitte Touche Tomatsu | 13 |
| Ernst & Young | 11 |
| Goldman Sachs Group | 10 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 9 |
| KPMG LLP | 8 |
| Grant Thornton; News America Marketing; Opus Trading Fund | 5 |
| Bear Stearns; Bearing Point; Johnson & Johnson; Lincoln Financial Group; UBS | 4 |
| Amper, Politziner & Mattia; CitiGroup; Deutsche Bank; Fidelity Investments; IBM | 3 |
| Historic Salary Prospects for 2005 Grads (school reported) | |
| Average base salary | $ 48,394.00 |
| Median base salary | $ 50,000.00 |
| Average signing bonus | $ 5,178.00 |
| Median signing bonus | $ 3,250.00 |
| Average other guaranteed compensation | NA |
| Median other guaranteed compensation | NA |
CAREER DIRECTIONS
What percentage of 2006 graduates who accepted jobs did so in the following functional areas? Are these figures estimates based on the number of students majoring in these functional areas? Yes
| Finance (includes corporate finance, investments, treasury and financial analysis, public finance, etc.) | 35% |
| Accounting/auditing | 31% |
| General Management | 11% |
| Human Resources | NA % |
| Marketing/Sales (includes public relations, product management, market research, advertising, etc.) | 20% |
| Management Information Systems | 3% |
| Operations | NA % |
| Logistics/Transportation | NA % |
| Other | NA % |
What percentage of 2006 graduates who accepted jobs did so in the following industries? Are these figures estimates? Yes
| Accounting | 24% |
| Consumer Products & Retail | 6% |
| Consulting | 3% |
| Financial Services | 33% |
| Government, Nonprofit, & Education | 1% |
| Health | 1% |
| Manufacturing | 2% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% |
| Sports & Leisure | 1% |
| Technology & Science | 5% |
| Transportation | 1% |
| UTILITIES | 0% |
| Other | 20% |
North American Jobs
NA % of 2006 graduates accepted jobs in Canada
100% of 2006 graduates accepted jobs in the U.S.
Here's the regional breakdown on job acceptances in North American regions:
| Northeast (ME, VT, NY, NH, CT, MA, NJ, RI) | 60% |
| Mid-Atlantic (PA, MD, VA, WV, DE, DC) | 32% |
| South (NC, SC, KY, TN, GA, FL, AL, AR, LA, MS) | 1% |
| Southwest (CO, AZ, TX, OK, NM) | 1% |
| Midwest (WI, MO, KS, IA, MN, NE, MI, OH, IN, ND, SD, IL) | 3% |
| West (CA, HI, WA, OR, AK, MT, ID, UT, NV, WY) | 2% |
| U.S. possessions and territories (America Samoa, Palau, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands) | 1% |
| Canada | NA % |
INTERNSHIPS
91 companies recruited internship-seeking undergraduate business students on campus from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006
63% of internships were paid.
| Average compensation per week | $ 669.00 |
| Median compensation per week | $ 720.00 |
| Average internship length (weeks) | 13 |
392 companies posted internships for undergraduate business students on school job boards from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006
| Top 10 Recruiting Firms for Internships | No. interns |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | 38 |
| KPMG LLP | 16 |
| Ernst & Young | 13 |
| Johnson & Johnson; Goldman Sachs; Merrill Lynch | 11 |
| Deloitte Touche Tomatsu | 8 |
| Smith Barney | 5 |
| Lincoln Mercury Dealers Association; Madison Square Garden | 4 |
| Ameriprise Financial; Delaware County District Attorney's Office; Isdaner & Company, LLC | 3 |
| BDO Seidman; Cogen Sklar; GE Capital Services; Hennion & Walsh; SAP America; UBS Financial Services | 2 |
| Donna Karan; Escada; Ritz Carlton; Morgan Stanley; Comcast; VH-1; Lincoln Investment Planning | 1 |
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
NA % of living undergraduate business alumni contributed to the program/university some time between June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2006
Of those who contributed...
| The average gift was | $ 2,363.00 |
| The median gift was | $ 125.00 |
From June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006, the undergraduate business program NA % received any individual gift in excess of $10 million
Prominent Alumni
Raymond G. Murphy (BSBA 1970), Senior VP and Treasurer, Time Warner Foundation
Robert J. Darretta (BS Economics 1968), Vice Chairman and CFO, Johnson & Johnson
Daniel J. Brestle (BS Economics 1967), Chief Operating Officer, Estee Lauder Companies
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for business degree (including university and program requirements)
| Minimum of 123 for BSBA, BS Honors, BS Econ, BS Accountancy |
| Minimum of 48 for BSBA, BS Honors, BS Econ, BS Accountancy |
