Program Basics

• • Eller College of Management
  • Eller College of Management
  • 1130 E. Helen St.
  • McClelland Hall
  • Tucson, Arizona
  • 85721
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://ugrad.eller.arizona.edu/
  • Program e-mail address: webmaster@eller.arizona.edu
  • Program phone number: 520-621-2505
  • Status: Public (state-operated)
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1913
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Two Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 30,546
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 1,566
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 102
  • Distance undergraduate business: 0
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 80 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 90 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 95 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $8,364.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $24,572.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $1,950.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $651.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $1,024.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $6,668.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,000.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 39 %
  • International: 8 %

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

  • Mean: 22
  • Median: 21

• Percentage of newest entering class:

  • Top 10% of high school class: 33 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 61 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 23 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 23 %

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

  • Mean: 1134
  • Median: 1130

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

  • From: 1030
  • To: 1224

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

  • Mean: 24
  • Median: 24

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 22
  • To: 27

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 92 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 8 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 2 %
  • Asian American: 8 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 15 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 1 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 64 %
  • Chose not to report: 10 %
  • Other: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 2 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
  • South: 1 %
  • Southwest: 71 %
  • Midwest: 4 %
  • West: 21 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • ACT/SAT
• • Interviews are: Not required

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 May 1, 2012
• • Additional application requirements: A Fall 2012 start for a transfer students has an application deadline of June 1, 2012.
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 25,000
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 37 %
• • International applicants: 6 %
• • Female applicants: 39 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

• • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The business program office
  • Total undergraduate business applicants: 1,075
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 85 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 99 %
• • Entrance exam other than the SAT/ACT required for admission to the undergraduate business program?: Yes
  • What exam other than SAT/ACT is required?: Sills Assessment exam covering core competencies in math and financial accounting.
• • Admissions interviews for the undergraduate business program are: Required

• Freshman admission:

  • Does the business program admit freshmen?: Yes
  • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 5 %
  • Are freshman business admits required to complete or obtain minimum GPAs in pre-business courses before taking upper-level courses? Yes
  • Process for freshmen admission?: Complete an application, apart from the university application
  • Additional application requirements for freshman admits: Admitted to the UA Honors College as freshman and complete other academic prerequisites during first two years. Must maintain minimum requirements in order to have priority during admission process.

• Internal transfers:

  • Method for handling internal transfers: Separate application
  • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 2.75

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Alpha Kappa Psi
  • Delta Sigma Pi
  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • American Marketing Association
  • Financial Management Association
• • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: No
  • Are business students grouped together in 'learning communities' in housing and other facilities?: Yes

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

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

  • BSBA 120

• Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

  • http://catalog.arizona.edu/2010-11/

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 200
  • Business electives: 40
  • Non-business electives: 200

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 10 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 40 %
  • With more than 50 students: 50 %

• Course enrollment:

  • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 95 %
  • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 5 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 110
  • New electives: Sport Tourism and Event Management
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2000
  • Total business faculty: 138

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Dan Dhaliwal
  • Stephen Gilliland
  • Paulo Goes

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Entrepreneurship
    • General Management
    • Management Information Systems
    • Sports Business
• • Special programs: ELITE Freshman Program, Global Summer Cohorts (India, Brazil), Global Business Program, Sports Management Certificate, Applied Portfolio Course, Eller Honors Academics, Federation of Eller Student Organizations
• • Work study: Internships, Externships, On-campus Internship Program
• • Study abroad programs: International Internships (London, Madrid, Hong Kong), International Study Tours (Costa Rica Ethics Tour, International Sports Summer Program), Semester long International Study Abroad programs, Global Cohorts
• • Volunteer opportunities: Eller College Philanthropy, Junior Achievement, Students Consulting for Non-Profits, Arizona Refugee Connections, Student Organization Philanthropies

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • Federation of Eller Student Organizations
  • Eller Unity Board
  • Eller Leadership Board
  • Paraprofessional Advisors
  • Professional Development Associates
  • Cohort Advisory Board
  • ELITE Freshman Program
  • Eller Campus Internships

FINANCIAL AID

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

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $12,500,000.00
  • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $12,500,000.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 49 %
  • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 12 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 25 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 75 %

• Loans

  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
• • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $20,000.00

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 88 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 70 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 30 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 20 %
  • No job offer reported: 38 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 42 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 192
  • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 430

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $42,954.00
  • Median base salary : $50,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $4,164.00
  • Median signing bonus: $4,000.00

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

  • Consulting: 9 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 25 %
  • General Management: 16 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Management Information Systems: 5 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 33 %
  • Operations/Production: 4 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 2 %
  • Other: 5 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 5 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 28 %
  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Financial Services: 16 %
  • Government/Education: 7 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 2 %
  • Manufacturing: 4 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 1 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 3 %
  • Technology/Science: 13 %
  • Non-Profit: 1 %
  • Transportation: 3 %
  • Utilities: 1 %
  • Other: 7 %

• 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: 7 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
  • Midwest: 5 %
  • South: 3 %
  • Southwest: 55 %
  • West: 28 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Career services offered: Career Coaching, Career Fairs, Virtual Career Fairs, Professional Development Certificate Program, Workshops, Webinars, Mock Interviews, Campus Interviews, Information Sessions, Career Newsletters, Resume Critiques, On Campus Interviews

INTERNSHIPS

• • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 92
  • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 643

• Internship pay

  • Internships that are paid: 70 %
  • Mean compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $390.00
  • Median compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $360.00
  • Average internship length, in weeks: 16

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 52,000
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 33,000
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 15 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $1,000.00
  • Median Gift: $100.00
  • Did the business program receive a gift of $10 million or more in the last academic year? No

• Prominent alums of the undergrad business program

  • Karl Eller President, The Eller Company
  • Norman McClelland CEO Shamrock Foods
  • Robert Eckert Former Chairman, CEO Mattel

• • -At the Eller College, students are able to do a lot of things that professors typically do. Students get to pick the speakers at convocation, students plan the career fair, students often grade their peers in presentation settings, etc. I feel like I personally have the ability to make changes at the college that I see fit. The Eller College Student council has even visited my class numerous times to listen (literally) to comments and concerns that I have, and I have witnessed solutions to these problems. Classes are small, teachers care, and I never feel like I've run out of resources to improve. I am graduating in the spring with a huge sense of pride and passion for the business school that I have attended, and I plan on giving back to the college to the best of my ability.
    
    -I think there are a few areas, which could be better emphasized. Eller makes a huge impact on Integrity. We all graduate knowing the importance of it. However, my secondary major: operations management is an amazing program with little to no emphasis. Employers often have no idea we even have that program.
    
    -They focus heavily on professionalism and I can sense that I excel in this over my peers that do not go to the same school. We have a lot of case competitions and the school is always connecting you to employers. They also offer a lot out of the classroom such as study tours, organizations, and more. Teachers are extremely devoted and always available.
    
    -I think the administration could work to bring more prestigious companies to recruit from our school. In addition, I think the administration should work harder to get students to participate in internships.
    
    -The cohort system creates a feeling of working together towards a common goal: graduation. I understand that to be the same feeling in a business: a friendly competitiveness while working together to achieve professional success.
    
    -The student to faculty relationship can be difficult with large class sizes. Most of the courses leading up to your major course work are rather large lectures. Smaller courses would be beneficial.
    
    -My school's business program is unique, in that they make it a point in hiring the best professors with extensive experience working in their field of choice. Which allows them to share this experience with us and how what we are learning the classroom can be applied to real world situations.
    
    -I would limit the number of students accepted into the business program. Class sizes can be very large and detract from learning. This would also ensure that truly competent business students would be accepted.
    
    -The faculty as superb and they make sure they do practically anything in their power to make sure that we are well prepared for what awaits us after school - even if it is somewhat uncertain right now. They give us the confidence to know that if we work hard enough, it will happen; and that things won't be this way forever so they are preparing us to be ready when things bounce back.
    
    -Many courses, like upper division accounting and finance classes are required for certain majors, but the classes do not teach to all majors. Most of the professors ignore students who are not in that specific major, and fail to make the connection of how what they are learning can be applied to their major.
    
    -Eller has a diverse blend of students and coursework which helps build teamwork and networking. Students who choose to get involved can find many opportunities for philanthropy, internships, or part-time work. Eller students take a lot of pride in their work and follow Karl Eller's commitment to integrity.
    
    -The business program could be made stronger by the courses being more consistent. You never know if you will get a teacher who will make it impossible to get an A in the class or you will get a teacher who is more realistic in expectations from students and making sure students understand what they are being taught.
    
    -There are many opportunities available to students that help with career development and leadership. Also, many of the professors we have are business people that have experienced the real life applications of the concepts they are teaching.