Program Basics

• • College of Business Administration
  • Bowling Green State University
  • 1001 East Wooster Street
  • Bowling Green, Ohio
  • 43403
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.business.bgsu.edu/cba/index.html
  • Program e-mail address: business@bgsu.edu
  • Program phone number: 419-372-2747
  • Status: Public (state-operated)
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1936
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Two Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 21,546
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 527
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 72 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 37 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 59 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • BS/Business Administration
  • BS/Economics

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $10,044.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $17,352.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $1,414.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $418.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $723.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $4,670.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,200.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 37 %
  • International: 11 %

• 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: 15 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 53 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 27 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 19 %

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

  • Mean: 1088
  • Median: 1100

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

  • From: 995
  • To: 1190

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

  • Mean: 24
  • Median: 23

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 21
  • To: 26

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 96 %
  • Canada: 0 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 4 %
  • Dual Citizenship: 0%
  • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 5 %
  • Asian American: 1 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 86 %
  • Chose not to report: 6 %
  • Other: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 2 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
  • South: 2 %
  • Southwest: 0 %
  • Midwest: 95 %
  • West: 0 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • ACT preferred
  • SAT accepted
• • Minimum SAT score on 1600 scale (if applicable) required for admission: 870
  • Minimum ACT Score (if applicable) required for admission: 18
  • Interviews are: Not required

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 2/1/2012
  • Spring 2013 12/15/2012
  • Summer 2013 5/15/2013
  • Fall 2013 2/1/2013
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 16,068
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 75 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 32 %
• • International applicants: 1 %
• • Female applicants: 37 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

  • Secondary school record: Very Important
  • Class rank: Considered
  • Talent/ability: Considered
  • Interview: Not Considered
  • Extracurricular activities: Not Considered
  • Volunteer work: Not Considered
  • Character/personal abilities: Not Considered
  • Application essay: Not Considered
  • Work experience: Not Considered
  • SAT/ACT scores: Very Important
  • Recommendations: Important
  • 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: 296
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 85 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 85 %

• Admission requirement for admission to the undergraduate business program

  • Minimum SAT: 870
  • Minimum ACT: 18
• • 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

• Internal transfers:

  • Method for handling internal transfers: Separate application
  • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 2.5
  • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: Successful completion of at least 12 BGSU credit hours that count toward BSBA degree and minimum 2.5 BGSU cumulative GPA and current enrollment or completion with a letter grade of C or better in Calulus (MATH 1260 or 1310, or both 1340 and 1350)

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

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

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

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

  • BSBA 122
  • BSEC 122

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 37
  • Business electives: 34

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 9 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 87 %
  • With more than 50 students: 4 %

• Course enrollment:

  • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 62 %
  • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 9 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • New electives: STAT 4440 Data Mining in Business Analytics
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2009
  • Total business faculty: 87
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 63 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Dr. Timothy Fuerst
  • Dr. Janet Hartley
  • Dr. Andreas Nicolaou

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Other
  • Other leading area of study: Individualized Business
• • Special programs: Dean's Lecture Series, Sebo Lecture Series, Career Marketing Plan (as part of MKT 3010 course)
• • Work study: Opportunities are available to all students in all specializations.
• • Study abroad programs: The CBA has a summer exchange program with AUDENCIA Nantes- Ecole de Management in France. There is also a dual degree exchange program with Ecole de Management Strasbourg, France where students earn a degree from BGSU as well as a BA in European Management from EMS Strasbourg. Also available to students are study abroad programs with Hong Kong Baptist University, University of Aberdeen, Scotland and University of Macau, China.
• • Volunteer opportunities: The University promotes service learning through the Office of Service Learning. Several courses at the University and within the CBA have service projects as part of the curriculum. Service Learning is promoted through CBA student organizations as well.

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • American Marketing Association; Beta Alpha Psi
  • Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization
  • Delta Sigma Pi; Economics Club
  • Financial Management Society
  • International Business Association; Net Impact
  • Omicron Delta Epsilon; Society for Human Resource Management
  • Students of Information Systems; Supply Chain Management Association

FINANCIAL AID

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

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $4,589,111.00
  • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $4,617,699.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 57 %
  • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 17 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 9 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 91 %

• Loans

  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
• • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $29,610.00

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 41 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 90 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 10 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 30 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 36 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation : 13 %
  • No job offer reported: 21 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 27 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 37 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation: 14 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 22 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 111
  • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 399

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • Marathon Petroleum Company 6
  • Sherwin Williams 6
  • Parker Hannifin 5
  • CACI, Inc. 3
  • Rolls Royce 3
  • Werner Enterprises 3
  • BASF 2
  • Cintas Corporation 2
  • Goodrich Company 2
  • Goodyear 2
  • Honda of America 2
  • John Deere 2
  • Owens Corning 2
  • Progressive Insurance 2
  • Target 2

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $44,437.00
  • Median base salary : $46,500.00

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

  • Consulting: 2 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 35 %
  • General Management: 4 %
  • Human Resources: 3 %
  • Management Information Systems: 3 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 22 %
  • Operations/Production: 19 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 5 %
  • Other: 8 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 16 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 11 %
  • Consulting: 5 %
  • Financial Services: 9 %
  • Government/Education: 1 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 3 %
  • Manufacturing: 22 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 5 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 0 %
  • Technology/Science: 4 %
  • Non-Profit: 1 %
  • Transportation: 8 %
  • Utilities: 1 %
  • Other: 11 %

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

  • US: 98 %
  • Canada: 2 %

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

  • Northeast: 1 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 4 %
  • Midwest: 84 %
  • South: 8 %
  • Southwest: 3 %
  • West: 1 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Career services offered: Career resource library, resume critiques, job fairs, Work-Net (On-line recruiting database), individual career consulting appointments, career center website: hire.bgsu.edu

INTERNSHIPS

• • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 106
  • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 484

• Top internship employers (number of students hired):

  • Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC 7
  • Marathon Petroleum Company LP 6
  • Dana Holding Corporation 3
  • Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. 3
  • The Right Thing, Inc. 3
  • BGSU ITS 2
  • CACI International Inc. 2
  • Cold Stone Creamery 2
  • John Deere 2
  • Penske Truck Leasing 2
  • Speedway Super America LLC 2
  • Spilman, Hills and Heidebrink, Ltd. 2
  • Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. 2
  • Ernst and Young LLP 1
  • O-I Owens Illinois 1

• Internship pay

  • Internships that are paid: 92 %
  • Mean compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $484.00
  • Median compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $534.00
  • Average internship length, in weeks: 10

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 28,618
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 27,248
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 8 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $379.00
  • Median Gift: $75.00
  • 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

  • Mr. William Ingram CEO, White Castle Systems
  • Mr. David May President- North America, S.C. Johnson Company
  • Ms. Mary Minnick Partner, Lion Capital LLP: Past President- Marketing Strategy and Innovation, Coca Cola Company

• • -Our school has amazing teachers with real world experience that makes classes more then just informational. They are dedicated to making you into a professional and are proud to send you out as a BG graduate!
    
    -The services the business school provides along with the opportunities to meet and learn from business professionals are frequent and well organized and advertised.
    
    -Business professors go above and beyond to make sure that students understand business concepts. They also implement many real life scenarios that can help when understanding course material.
    
    -As a freshman, I’d maybe have liked more advice and guidance. I feel I met with advisors more as an upper classman than a lower classman.
    
    -I feel like the professors are up to speed with the real world. Most of them spent an good portion of their careers in the industry sector, giving them real-life experience. Each of the professors then take their experience and integrate it with the class material to help the students see how what we learn is used in the real world.
    
    -The major thing that could be changed throughout the business program is the ability of some teachers to keep students engaged. They should sit done and review the performance of teachers’ ability to teach and not just the amount of articles that are published. I think this is a problem with teachers in other universities too.
    
    -The Business program has a strong emphasis on marketing each student’s own personal "brand." They really help students network by setting up job fairs in both the fall and spring semesters. The bigger of the two, the fall job fair, has over 150 employers on a regular basis.
    
    -The College of Business needs to update its Marketing Department. It is very behind the times with the marketing techniques they teach, almost to the point of hurting future marketing students.
    
    -I believe we have a great "close knit" community feel at BGSU; the professors care. The dean takes time out of his day to sit down and buy the students pizza and ask how he can improve our educational experience, and then actually makes our suggestions happen.
    
    -The business program is very involved with its students. There are case competitions that students go to, professional development meetings, plant tours, and student outings. It is a nice way to get to network with your classmates and professionals.
    
    -Some of the factually especially outside the accounting/finance group are not nearly as strong of teachers. Especially some of the foreign teachers. If you cannot communicate effective your message you should not be allowed to teach, even if you know what your talking about you need to be able to get me to understand what you are talking about.
    
    -My school has "The hub" on the second floor of the business building. It is a lounge for students to come and spend time between classes. Most classes are on the first floor, and professors have offices on the second and third. Students and professors are always passing through this lounge and it presents a great way to socialize, and much interaction is always happening between students, and with professors.