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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Ball State University

Miller College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Ball State University
      • Ball State University's MBA Program
      • Miller College of Business
      • WB 147
      • Muncie, Indiana
      • 47306
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.bsu.edu/cob
      • Program e-mail address: business@bsu.edu
      • Program phone number: 7652855329
      • Status: Public (state-operated)
      • AACSB accredited: Yes
      • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1965
      • Institution: Four Year
      • Business Program: Four Year

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Total undergraduate: 18,241
      • Full-time undergraduate business: 2,030
      • Part-time undergraduate business: 108
      • Distance undergraduate business: 52
      • College or university freshman retention rate: 77 %

    • Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

      • Within four years of admission to the university: 35 %
      • Within six years of admission to the university: 58 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • BA/BS Accounting
      • BA/BS Finance
      • BA/BS Risk Management & Insurance
      • BA/BS Information Systems
      • BA/BS Operations Management
      • BA/BS Entrepreneurship
      • BA/BS Marketing

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $6,682.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $20,662.00
      • Annual Required Fees: $2,026.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $257.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $863.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $10,000.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $1,500.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 36 %
      • International: 6 %

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

      • Mean: 21

    • Percentage of newest entering class:

      • Top 10% of high school class: 14 %
      • Top 25% of high school class: 46 %
      • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 15 %
      • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 15 %

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

      • Mean: 1060
      • Median: 1050

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

      • From: 970
      • To: 1130

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

      • Mean: 21
      • Median: 21

    • Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

      • From: 20
      • To: 24

    • Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

      • US: 93 %
      • Canada: 0 %
      • Other Non-US Citizens: 6 %
      • Dual Citizenship: 0%
      • Unknown Citizenship: 1 %

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 6 %
      • Asian American: 1 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 80 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 7 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

    • Standardized tests required of all applicants:

      • SAT or ACT
      • Interviews are: Not required

    • Application deadlines:

      • Fall 2012 3/1/2012
      • Spring 2013 12/1/2012
      • Summer 2013 4/1/2013
      • Additional application requirements: Fulfill the application process for your desired level of study. No TOEFL required for under grads, IEI applicants or government sponsored application. These applicants will be tested at orientation and placed in the appropriate english courses.
      • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 16,631
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 62 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 45 %
      • International applicants: 2 %
      • Female applicants: 36 %

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements

      • Secondary school record: Very Important
      • Class rank: Not Considered
      • Talent/ability: Considered
      • Interview: Not Considered
      • Extracurricular activities: Considered
      • Volunteer work: Considered
      • Character/personal abilities: Considered
      • Application essay: Considered
      • Work experience: Considered
      • SAT/ACT scores: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • High school GPA: Very Important

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

      • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The business program office
      • Total undergraduate business applicants: 725
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 68 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 100 %
      • Entrance exam other than the SAT/ACT required for admission to the undergraduate business program?: No
      • Admissions interviews for the undergraduate business program are: Not required

    • Freshman admission:

      • Does the business program admit freshmen?: No
      • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 0 %
      • Are freshman business admits required to complete or obtain minimum GPAs in pre-business courses before taking upper-level courses? No

    • Internal transfers:

      • Method for handling internal transfers: Declare business major
      • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 2.0
      • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: No

  • CAMPUS LIFE

    • Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

      • Accounting Club
      • Delta Sigma Pi
      • American Marketing Association
      • Beta Gamma Sigma
      • Financial Management Association
      • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: Yes
      • 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:

      • BS 120
      • BA 120

    • Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

      • Writing Comp Exam

  • ACADEMICS

    • Average class size:

      • Required business classes: 33
      • Business electives: 25
      • Non-business electives: 0

    • Percentage of business classes:

      • With 20 or fewer students: 8 %
      • With 21 to 50 students: 92 %
      • With more than 50 students: 2 %

    • Course enrollment:

      • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 90 %
      • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 3 %

  • CURRICULUM

    • Electives:

      • Available business electives: 18
      • Last curriculum overhaul: 2011
      • Total business faculty: 79
      • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 76 %

    • Most prominent faculty:

      • Mark Myring
      • Ramon Avila
      • Terry Zivney

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Human Resource Management
      • Special programs: Honor's Program
      • Study abroad programs: Is required for all of our International Business Majors.
      • Volunteer opportunities: We have 40 coordinated programs each semester.

    • Extra-curricular activities:

      • Speaker Series
      • Ball State "latenite" events

  • FINANCIAL AID

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

    • Scholarships

      • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $3,560,742.00
      • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $3,961,229.00
      • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
      • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 25 %
      • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 5 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 12 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 88 %

    • Loans

      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
      • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $11,131.00

  • CAREER SERVICES

    • Employment Information

      • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 50 %
      • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 50 %
      • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 13
      • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 13

    • Top employers (number of students hired):

      • Deloitte 1
      • Ikon 1
      • Pricewaterhouse Coopers 1
      • Blue and Company 2
      • First Investors 1
      • London Witte Group 1
      • Sexton 2
      • Total Quality Logistics 1
      • Young Entrepreneurs Across America 1
      • Green Pests 6
      • Flex Pac 2
      • University Directories 2
      • Walmart 1

    • Compensation

      • Mean base salary: $44,286.00

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

      • US: 100 %

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

      • Midwest: 100 %
      • Career services offered: Job fairs and on-campus recruiting

  • INTERNSHIPS

      • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 25
      • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 25

    • Top internship employers (number of students hired):

      • BKD 4
      • Enterprise Rent-A-Car 3
      • Indiana Farm Bureau 3
      • Ernst and Young 2
      • Pricewaterhouse Coopers 2
      • Katz, Sapper and Miller 2
      • Deloitte 1
      • Larry Nunn 1
      • London Witte Company 1
      • Nationwide 1
      • Noble Consulting 1
      • Student Development Company 2

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 27,141
      • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 25,778
      • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 14 %

    • Alumni gifts

      • Mean Gift: $311.00
      • Median Gift: $50.00
      • 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

      • John Schnatter founder, chairman, and current CEO of Papa John's International, Inc
      • A. Umit Taftali Member of the Board at Kiraca Holding
      • Jim Davis Owner/Paws Inc - Garfield

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