Program Basics

• • Kogod School of Business
  • Kogod School of Business
  • 4400 Massachusetts Ave
  • Washington, District of Columbia
  • 20016
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://kogod.american.edu
  • Program e-mail address: bizprograms@american.edu
  • Program phone number: 202-885-1931
  • Status: Private
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Four Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 6,783
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 984
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 32
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 90 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 77 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 69 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • BS in Business Administration
  • BS in Accounting
  • BS in Business and Music
  • BS in Business, Language, and Culture

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 45 %
  • International: 24 %

• Mean and median age of full-time business students in the newest entering class:

  • Mean: 19
  • Median: 18

• Percentage of newest entering class:

  • Top 10% of high school class: 41 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 69 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 48 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 22 %

• SAT scores (1600 scale) for the newest entering class of full-time undergraduate business students:

  • Mean: 1202
  • Median: 1220

• Middle 50% range of SAT scores (1600 scale):

  • From: 1110
  • To: 1300

• ACT scores for the newest entering class of full-time undergraduate business students:

  • Mean: 26
  • Median: 26

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 24
  • To: 30

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 76 %
  • Canada: 0 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 24 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 8 %
  • Asian American: 7 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 11 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 5 %
  • Native American: 1 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 60 %
  • Chose not to report: 8 %

• Regional breakdown of U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • Northeast: 39 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 37 %
  • South: 8 %
  • Southwest: 6 %
  • Midwest: 4 %
  • West: 6 %
  • Possessions and territories: 2 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • SAT
  • ACT
• • Interviews are: Not required

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 01/15/2012
  • Spring 2013 10/01/2012
  • Fall 2013 01/15/2013
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 20,368
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 43 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 21 %
• • International applicants: 10 %
• • Female applicants: 45 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

• • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The university admissions office
  • Total undergraduate business applicants: 3,009
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 40 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 18 %
• • Admissions interviews for the undergraduate business program are: Not required

• Freshman admission:

  • Does the business program admit freshmen?: Yes
  • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 85 %

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Undergraduate Business Association
  • Alpha Kappa Psi
  • Financial Management Association
  • Accounting Club
  • Social Media Club

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum number of credit hours required to receive an undergraduate business degree:

  • BS 120

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 35

CURRICULUM

• • Total business faculty: 99
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 48 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Ronald Anderson
  • Donald Williamson
  • Heather Elms
• • Special programs: Washington Initiative, Road Scholars, Global Learning Study Trips, Internships, Consulting Projects

FINANCIAL AID

• • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Central financial aid office at the university
  • Financial aid web site: http://american.edu/financialaid

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $8,607,344.00
  • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $9,088,389.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 45 %
  • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 2 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 58 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 42 %

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 89 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 86 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 14 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 50 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 26 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation : 4 %
  • No job offer reported: 20 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 50 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 26 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation: 4 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 2 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 25
  • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 387

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • KPMG 4
  • Deloitte Consulting LLP 3
  • US Army Corps of Engineers 3
  • Bloomberg LP 2
  • Cambridge Associates 2
  • Citigroup 2
  • CoStar Group 2
  • Ernst & Young 2
  • IBM 2
  • JP Morgan 2
  • Living Social 2
  • Raffa & Associates, P.C. 2

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $47,111.00
  • Median base salary : $45,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $6,571.00
  • Median signing bonus: $7,500.00
  • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $11,204.00
  • Median other guaranteed compensation: $5,815.00

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 5 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 36 %
  • General Management: 10 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Management Information Systems: 5 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 23 %
  • Operations/Production: 11 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 0 %
  • Other: 9 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 12 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 13 %
  • Consulting: 8 %
  • Financial Services: 19 %
  • Government/Education: 12 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 0 %
  • Manufacturing: 1 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 4 %
  • Technology/Science: 9 %
  • Non-Profit: 4 %
  • Transportation: 1 %
  • Utilities: 0 %
  • Other: 11 %

• Job offers accepted by most recent graduates in North America:

  • US: 100 %
  • Canada: 0 %

• Percentage of 2009-10 academic year graduates who accepted jobs in regions of US:

  • Northeast: 16 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 75 %
  • Midwest: 1 %
  • South: 2 %
  • Southwest: 1 %
  • West: 6 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Career services offered: Two elective career courses, individual advising, student peer consultants, required appointments for all business freshmen, yearly required resume review, on- and off-campus recruiting, two job fairs, two industry trips to NYC, six industry days, alumni mock interviews & networking, workshops series, assessments, and online databases

INTERNSHIPS

• • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 13
  • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 404

• Top internship employers (number of students hired):

  • Aflac 3
  • Citigroup 3
  • KPMG LLP 3
  • Morgan Stanley 3
  • UBS Financial Services 3
  • Wells Fargo 3
  • Affinity Lab 2
  • Calvert Foundation 2
  • EJF Real Estate & Services, Inc. 2
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co 2
  • Merrill Lynch 2
  • Ogilvy 2

• Internship pay

  • Internships that are paid: 56 %

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 11,580
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 10,976

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $227.00
  • Median Gift: $25.00

• Prominent alums of the undergrad business program

  • Robert Kogod Former Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of Charles E. Smith Commercial Realty, inc. and Charles E. Smith Residential Realty Inc.
  • Gary Cohn President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, Goldman Sachs Group
  • Jasmine Stringer Business Planning Manager, General Mills

• • -A smaller school in DC that has a student body reputable for their sustainability, service, and civil justice initiatives, the business school develops an extremely well-rounded business professional with a strong sense of business know-how as well as ethics.
    
    -Increasing the variety of courses available would be welcome. Also, the school's advising team is not helpful at all - I only ever relied on my professors for advice, but I think a better advising team would be beneficial to all.
    
    -I think my school's business program is unique because they complement all class work with relevant experience and events. Kogod has lots of events and speakers each week who have lived what we are learning in the classroom. All business schools have great, experienced faculty, Kogod is no different. All of my classes have been taught by people who have worked in their field for a number of years and incorporate their expertise into the classroom.
    
    -AU gave me a great deal of knowledge and skill with little by way of job placement. The Academic Advisers were rarely helpful at best, and basically rude otherwise. The career center focused on my resume, and never gave me insight into job searching beyond that. My networking and own initiative are what I'm using to find a job, not AU.
    
    -Our career center is dedicated to finding students the jobs they are seeking. They will follow up with a student to ensure his/her resume is update or a job opportunity is presented.
    
    -Being a Finance concentration, I wish there were a larger variety of bulge brackets that would come for on-campus recruiting. I understand it's a bit harder because we are a smaller school as well as the fact that we're located in Washington DC.
    
    -The program includes students from all areas of the world, which provides a classroom environment that is comfortably challenging in business ideologies, ethics, and practices. The ability to learn from such worldly experiences grants students a leg up in understanding complexity and decision-making.
    
    -Give more options for required business classes. Mostly everyone has to take the same classes through the first three years of undergrad.
    
    -In my opinion I think that what makes American University's business program so unique is the connection that current undergraduates have with alumni. American and the Alumni Association work closely together so that current students are able to make connections with alumni and build strong working (and lasting) relationships with those individuals.
    
    -Career advisors should require students to meet with them.
    
    -It has a very interesting and surprising mix of personalized attention and the resources and opportunities I would associate with a much bigger university. I got access to professional development and networking events with prestigious firms while still being taught by faculty I felt close to and could work with both academically and professionally (I've discussed my career path with my professors, got career and job tips from them, etc.)
    
    -I think I would love to see even more class offerings especially in the International Business department (my specialization, and the department I know best).
    
    -Classes are small and student to professor ratio is outstanding, career services are excellent, professors are outstanding, TA's NEVER teach classes, sustainability and reducing footprint is important.
    
    -If they pay more attention to student evaluations and bring in some more diverse classes, the school would be stronger. Also a stronger emphasis on developing negotiation skills would be helpful.
    
    -One unique thing that makes Kogod unique is its size and my peers. I get a lot more personal attention from professors and they're easily accessible. I have the opportunity to pop in and just chat with my teachers. In addition, there are many high caliber students here in Kogod. I'm really proud of my class because I have met some brilliant individuals who I enjoy cooperating with.
    
    -There is an extreme sense of pride amongst the student body and it is in a great location that allows for amazing internship and job opportunities. I wouldn't trade this experience for anything.
    
    -The fact that we are located in DC presents a large advantage. The career center takes advantage of this and has a large number and variety of firms come to campus to recruit.