University at Buffalo

PROGRAM BASICS

University at Buffalo School of Management

204 Alfiero Center
Buffalo , New York 14260

Public Institution

Web site

http://mgt.buffalo.edu

Program e-mail address:

mgt-undergrad@buffalo.edu

Program telephone number:

(716) 645-3206

AACSB accredited:

Yes

Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:

1923

Length of entire institution:

Four Year

Business program length:

Four Year

Degrees offered:

Degree/Program Name:
BS/Business Administration

PROGRAM COSTS

Annual Tuition (Resident):

$  4,970

Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)

$  12,870

Cost per academic credit (resident)

$  207

Cost per academic credit (non-resident)

$  536

Required fees

$  2,333

Books:

$  1,184

Room and board:

$  9,552

ENROLLMENT

Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

3,320

Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

92

Distance undergraduate business student enrollment:

0

Total College enrollment for 2008-09:

28,192

ADMISSIONS

Interviews for entire college:

Not required

Additional application requirements for entire college:

International applicants are required to submit a TOEFL score.

Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:

Semester: Fall 2009
Deadline: Rolling Admission
Semester: Winter 2009
Deadline: NA
Semester: Spring 2010
Deadline: Rolling Admission
Semester: Summer 2010
Deadline: NA

Freshmen admitted into business program:

Yes

Percentage of business students admitted as freshmen:

45  %

Are the freshman admits to the business program required to complete pre-business courses before beginning upper-lever courses in the junior year?

Yes

Freshmen admitted by:

Indicate interest on university application

Minimum requirements for business program:

Entrance exam requirement other than SAT/ACT for business program:

No

Interview to enter business program:

Not required

Additional application requirements for freshman admits:

N/A

Minimum college GPA for internal business program transfers:

2.0

Additional requirements for internal transfers:

Completion of the business prerequisite courses at a minimum GPA of 2.5.

Total number of full-time applications for entire college:

26,234

International applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

9  %

Female applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

48  %

Selectivity--applicants admitted to undergraduate business program, 2008-09:

52  %

Yield -- applicants enrolled in undergraduate business program, 2008-09:

36  %

Relative Importance of Application Elements:

Secondary School Record:

Very Important

Class Rank:

Very Important

Talent/Ability:

Very Important

Interview:

Not Considered

Extracurricular Activities:

Considered

Volunteer Work:

Considered

Application Essay:

Considered

Work Experience:

Not Considered

SAT/ACT Scores:

Important

Recommendations:

Considered

High School GPA:

Very Important

Admissions program managed by:

The university admissions office

Total undergraduate business program applicants, 2008-09:

4,831

Applicants enrolled in undergrad business program 2008-2009:

43  %

Applicants admitted to undergraduate business program, 2008-09:

48  %

CLASS PROFILE

Class Profile:

Female: 35  %
International : 22  %

Entering students by age:

Mean: 18.6
Median: 18

Citizenship of Entering Students

U.S.: 76  %
Canada: 2  %
Other countries: 22  %

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 3  %
Asian American: 20  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 2.2  %
Native American: .25  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 58  %
Chose not to report: .5  %
Other: 16  %

Entering students from the following region:

Northeast: 98  %
Mid-Atlantic: .66  %
Midwest : .33  %
West: .33  %

SAT Scores for full-time entering business students on 1600 scale:

Mean: 1138
Median: 1140

SAT middle 50% range on 1600 scale:

From:  1,070
To:  1,200

Mean: N/A Median: N/A

From: N/A To: N/A

Percent of Students Who Were In:

Top 10% of high school class

8  %

Top 25% of high school class:

35  %

FINANCIAL AID

Financial aid handled by:

Central financial aid office at the university

Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students in previous academic year:

$  1,187,176

Institutional scholarship money to be distributed to undergraduate business students in current academic year:

$  1,200,000

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:

A combination of need and merit

Scholarship consideration process:

All candidates are considered for scholarships

Other scholarship considerations:

N/A

Students receiving institutional scholarships for 2008-09 academic year:

15  %

Undergraduate business students with full-tuition scholarships 2008-09:

1  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on merit, 2008-09 year:

8  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on need, 2008-09:

92  %

School offers guaranteed loans:

No

Financial aid web site

http://src.buffalo.edu/financialaid

PROGRAM BASICS

Freshman retention rate:

87  %

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:

Completion of the University's General Education and Writing Skills requirements.

ACADEMICS

Average class size in required business courses:

43

Average class size in business electives:

42

Average class size in non-business electives required for admission to business program:

33

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 4  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 59  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 37  %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:

35  %

Required business courses that had waiting lists, 2007-08:

1  %

CURRICULUM

Number of elective courses available in business program:

46

Electives added current year:

Supply Chain and Logistics Management
Service Operations Management
Computer Forensics
M&A Strategy
Applied Business Programming

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:

2004

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Finance

Human Resource Management

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Special programs for business students:

Study abroad is possible and taken advantage of worldwide, with a particularly attractive summer program in Singapore.

Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:

Yes

Our program offers extraordinary credit-bearing internship opportunities. About 25% of our undergraduate business students complete an internship, many of which are for pay as well as credit.

Business program offers study abroad opportunities:

Yes

Study abroad program description:

The University has an extensive portfolio of study abroad programs in which business students may participate. Our participation rates are five times greater than the national average.

Volunteer work and community service opportunities:

Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:

There are numerous opportunities through Student Life and through the School of Management Student Clubs (there are 15 student clubs in the School of Management) to be engaged in community service. The School of Management hosts a popular annual community service fair.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Alpha Kappa Psi
American Marketing Association
Beta Alpha Psi
Delta Sigma Pi
Financial Management Association
Pi Sigma Epsilon
Society for Human Resource Management
Management Information Systems Association

FACULTY

Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 65
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 25
Permanent/tenured professors: 26
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 12
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 0
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 5
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 11

Prominent faculty:

Isaac Ehrlich
Arun Jain
Jerry Newman

STUDENT LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:

Delta Sigma Pi
Beta Alpha Psi
Alpha Kappa Psi

Freshmen are required to live on campus:

No

Business students are grouped in learning communities:

Yes

TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network available:

Yes

Technological improvements made in the last three years:

We purchased and installed 31 new computers, with flat panel monitors, in the student computer lab over the past 2 years. They are all running the latest version of the Microsoft Office as well as curriculum specific software. Over the past year, we upgraded the ceiling projectors in the three of the teaching classrooms for better and brighter presentation of information for the students. In addition, the computers in seven teaching classroom podiums were upgraded to ensure functionality for the faculty when teaching. The equipment in one technology classroom podium was upgraded to improve ease-of-use. In 2006, we built a new technology classroom which is multi-functional. The classroom supports the traditional courses which require a technology equipped classroom. The classroom has been designed to digitally capture lectures which are made available to the students via a streaming media server(s). The students can either watch the lecture on-line or download and watch it at a more convenient time. Lastly, the room is capable of supporting video conferencing. The school launched a new Web site during the summer of 2008. The Web site was developed utilizing a Web content management system which makes maintenance of content much easier. The site was designed to provide audience-based navigation and well as the traditional navigation which will serve our audiences more efficiently. A new Voice over IP telephone system was installed for the administrative staff which should provide better support to the students and faculty. The School of Management became a member of the Microsoft MSDN Academic Alliance program which provides our students access to several Microsoft products, at no charge, to download, install, and become proficient in. The students are allowed to maintain the licenses while they are being used for instructional purposes.

Trading laboratory available:

No

ALUMNI

Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:

23,858

Total living alumni:

13,301

Percent of alumni who gave, 2007-08 academic year:

12  %

Mean alumni gift 2007-08:

$  491

Median alumni gift, 2007-08:

$  50

Single donation in excess of $10 million in 2007-08?

No

Prominent alumni:

Name: Millard Drexler
Title: Chairman and CEO of J.Crew
Name: Robert W. Black
Title: President, Developing & Emerging Markets, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Name: D. David Gasiewicz
Title: Senior Principal Architect, Microsoft Corporation

CAREER SERVICES

Percent of 2008 graduates who provided employment information:

73  %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 87  %
Not Seeking full-time employment in business: 13  %

Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:

90

Companies that posted full-time job offers/positions on school job boards, previous academic year:

203

Other activities and services provided for business majors:

Career Counseling, Career Fairs, Networking Events (in Buffalo & New York City), Undergraduate career course, Job Search workshops (both Web & live), Career exploration workshops, Alumni Mentor Program, Resume/Cover Letter critiques, Open office hours, Credit-Bearing Internship Program, Assessment Tools, Practice Interview Program

Job offer results, 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 43  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 6  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 49  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 42  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 7  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 49  %

Top hiring firms:

KPMG LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
Citigroup Inc.
Ernst & Young
Target Corp.
Barclays Bank PLC
International Bus. Machines

Freed Maxick & Battaglia
First Investors
Marks, Paneth, & Shron LLP
Tronconi Segarra & Associates
Eisner
Lockheed Martin
M&T Bank

Graduate compensation:

Mean base salary: $  45,641
Median base salary: $  44,000
Mean signing bonus: $  4,066
Median signing bonus: $  3,000

Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 0  %
Finance/Accounting: 69  %
General Management: 12  %
Human Resources: 2  %
Management Information Systems: 2  %
Marketing/Sales: 13  %
Operations/Production: 1  %
Logistics/Transportation: 0  %
Other: 1  %

Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Accounting: 40  %
Consumer Products/Retail: 14  %
Consulting Services: 3  %
Financial Services: 23  %
Government/Education: 2  %
Pharma/Biotech/Health: 2  %
Manufacturing: 3  %
Media/Entertainment: 1  %
Petroleum/Energy: 1  %
Real Estate: 3  %
Sports/Leisure: 1  %
Technology/Science: 5  %
Non-Profit: 0  %
Transportation: 1  %
Utilities: 1  %
Other: 0  %

Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 99  %
Canada: 1  %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 93  %
Mid-Atlantic: 3  %
Midwest: 2  %
South: 1  %
Southwest: 0  %
West: 1  %
US Possessions/Territories: 0  %

Number of companies recruiting interns on-campus, 2007-08 academic year:

31

Internship postings on job boards, previous academic year:

241

Top internship recruiters, 2007-08:

Merrill Lynch
PricewaterhouseCoopers
KPMG LLP
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
Target Corp.

AXA Advisors
First Investors
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Smith Barney
Apex Management Group
Employer Services Corporation
Environmental Compliance Inc.
Fisher-Price
Ingram Micro
U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission

Average internship, in weeks:

15