UNDERGRADUATE Profiles Publish Date 2/26/09

Brigham Young University

Marriott School of Management

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

Undergraduate Program

460 Tanner Building
Provo , Utah 84602

Private Institution

Web site

http://marriottschool.byu.edu

Program e-mail address:

management@byu.edu

Program telephone number:

(801) 422-4285

AACSB accredited:

Yes

Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:

1919

Length of entire institution:

Four Year

Business program length:

Two Year

Degrees offered:

Degree/Program Name:
BS Management
BS Information Systems
BS Accountancy

PROGRAM COSTS

Annual Tuition (Resident):

$ 4,080

Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)

$ 8,160

Cost per academic credit (resident)

$ 209

Cost per academic credit (non-resident)

$ 418

Required fees

$ 30

Books:

$ 1,000

Room and board:

$ 6,550

ENROLLMENT

Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

1,783

Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

Distance undergraduate business student enrollment:

Total College enrollment for 2008-09:

34,244

ADMISSIONS

Interviews for entire college:

Required

Additional application requirements for entire college:

TOEFL for international students, Ecclesiastical endorsement

Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:

Semester: Spring 2009
Deadline: 02-01-2009
Semester: Summer 2009
Deadline: 02-01-2009
Semester: Fall 2009
Deadline: 02-01-2009
Semester: Winter 2009
Deadline: 10-01-2009

Freshmen admitted into business program:

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

Internal transfers handled by:

Separate application

Minimum requirements for business program:

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

Interview to enter business program:

Not offered

Additional application requirements for freshman admits:

N/A

Additional requirements for internal transfers:

Average GPA must be above 3.0 for pre-management courses

Total number of full-time applications for entire college:

10,081

International applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

4 %

Female applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

57 %

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

69 %

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

78 %

Relative Importance of Application Elements:

Secondary School Record:

Very Important

Class Rank:

Not Considered

Talent/Ability:

Considered

Interview:

Very Important

Extracurricular Activities:

Important

Volunteer Work:

Important

Character/Personal Abilities:

Very Important

Application Essay:

Important

Work Experience:

Considered

SAT/ACT Scores:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Very Important

High School GPA:

Very Important

Admissions program managed by:

The business program office

Total undergraduate business program applicants, 2008-09:

1,310

Applicants enrolled in undergrad business program 2008-2009:

92 %

Applicants admitted to undergraduate business program, 2008-09:

62 %

CLASS PROFILE

Class Profile:

Female: 21 %
International : 10 %

Entering students by age:

Mean: 23
Median: 23

Citizenship of Entering Students

U.S.: 90 %
Canada: 1 %
Other countries: 9 %
Unknown: 0 %

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 1 %
Asian American: 3 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
Native American: 1 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 93 %
Chose not to report: 0 %
Other: 0 %

Entering students from the following region:

Northeast: 1 %
Mid-Atlantic: 3 %
South: 4 %
Southwest: 15 %
Midwest : 5 %
West: 72 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

Mean: 1231
Median: 1230

SAT middle 50% range on 1600 scale:

From: 1,140
To: 1,310

ACT Scores for full-time entering business students:

Mean: 27
Median: 27

ACT middle 50% range:

From: 24
To: 29

FINANCIAL AID

Financial aid handled by:

Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school

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

$ 1,387,952

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

$ 1,735,705

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:

A combination of need and merit

Scholarship consideration process:

Unique scholarship application

Other scholarship considerations:

N/A

Students receiving institutional scholarships for 2008-09 academic year:

35 %

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

10 %

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

20 %

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

70 %

School offers guaranteed loans:

Financial aid web site

http://marriottschool.byu.edu/aid

Academics & Lifestyle

PROGRAM BASICS

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:

N/A

ACADEMICS

Average class size in required business courses:

Average class size in business electives:

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

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 16 %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 69 %
Classes with more than 50 students: 15 %

CURRICULUM

Number of elective courses available in business program:

Electives added current year:

Strategic Implementation
OBHR Pre-doctoral seminar
CFA Prep; Kickstart Seed Fund
Bloomberg; Spreadsheet Automation and Model
NGO Management

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

2007

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Special programs for business students:

Field Studies, Study Abroad, Student Entrepreneur of the Year Competition, Annual Business Plan Competition, etc.

Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:

Business program offers study abroad opportunities:

Yes

Study abroad program description:

The Global Management Center offers several business study abroad programs. These short-term study abroad programs last from ten days to six weeks and may include business visits in as many as five countries. The business study abroad programs cover geographical areas in Europe and Asia.

Volunteer work and community service opportunities:

Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:

Business students have access to BYU’s Center for Service and Learning, which provides over 45 different service programs run by BYU students. These include several all-volunteer BYU tutoring programs, which work with local schools to build the community. These programs see thousands of participating volunteers each year. Beyond tutoring, the center’s website pulls from any non-profit program in Provo, creating hundreds of opportunities to volunteer on campus and within the community.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

See marriottschoolbyuedu/clubs

FACULTY

Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 95
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 49
Permanent/tenured professors: 47
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 0

Prominent faculty:

Jeffery H Dyer
David A Whetton
Steven M Glover

STUDENT LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:

Marriott Undergraduate Student Association
Association for Systems Management
Beta Alpha Psi
Investment Banking Club
Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization

Freshmen are required to live on campus:

Business students are grouped in learning communities:

Yes

TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network available:

Yes

Technological improvements made in the last three years:

A new, 76,000-square-foot addition to the existing building has been built. The new building adds about 50 percent more space and includes tiered case rooms, flat classrooms, team study areas, open study areas, MBA program offices, faculty offices, conference rooms, and a New York-style deli. Beyond that, the school has replaced computer hardware and software for faculty and students, updated various operating systems, improved teaching technology in classrooms, and added new videoconferencing capabilities.

Trading laboratory available:

Yes

COMMENTS

Please note that we do not offer in-state and out-of-state tuition, rather LDS church member and non-member tuition. A significant portion of the cost of operating the university is paid from the tithes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Therefore, students and families of students who are tithe-paying members of the Church have already made a contribution to the operation of the university. Because others will not have made this contribution, they are charged a higher tuition, a practice similar in principle to that of state universities charging higher tuition to nonresidents.

Alumni Affairs & Careers

ALUMNI

Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:

33,662

Total living alumni:

31,810

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

21 %

Mean alumni gift 2007-08:

$ 1,735

Median alumni gift, 2007-08:

$ 60

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

Prominent alumni:

CAREER SERVICES

Percent of 2008 graduates who provided employment information:

91 %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 83 %
Not Seeking full-time employment in business: 17 %

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

162

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

397

Other activities and services provided for business majors:

N/A

Job offer results, 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 94 %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 6 %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
Did not report having received a job offer: 0 %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 87 %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 2 %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 11 %

Top hiring firms:

Ernst & Young
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
KPMG LLP
Other
Other
Goldman Sachs Group
Wells Fargo
Other
Other
Other
Other
Credit Suisse Group
Other
Cisco

Grant Thornton LLP
Accenture (Andersen Consulting)
Fidelity Investments
Omniture
Boeing Company
Protiviti
Texas Wasatch Group

Graduate compensation:

Mean base salary: $ 48,995
Median base salary: $ 50,000
Mean signing bonus: $ 3,103
Median signing bonus: $ 2,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $ 4,141
Median other guaranteed compensation: $ 3,750

Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 13 %
Finance/Accounting: 49 %
General Management: 9 %
Human Resources: 1 %
Management Information Systems: 0 %
Marketing/Sales: 13 %
Operations/Production: 8 %
Logistics/Transportation: 0 %
Other: 7 %

Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Accounting: 0 %
Consumer Products/Retail: 11 %
Consulting Services: 20 %
Financial Services: 30 %
Government/Education: 3 %
Pharma/Biotech/Health: 3 %
Manufacturing: 5 %
Media/Entertainment: 1 %
Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
Real Estate: 3 %
Sports/Leisure: 0 %
Technology/Science: 8 %
Non-Profit: 0 %
Transportation: 0 %
Utilities: 0 %
Other: 14 %

Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 7 %
Mid-Atlantic: 4 %
Midwest: 7 %
South: 4 %
Southwest: 15 %
West: 63 %
US Possessions/Territories: 0 %

Top internship recruiters, 2007-08:

Graduate Comments

The undergraduate program is really starting to pick up. We have recently received some great new leaders who have tons of industry knowledge and lots of contacts, especially in the Investment Banking Industry. BYU is placing more and more in that industry every year.

It has been a good experience overall, I do wish that I would have taken more advantage of the resources that the school has to find an internship before graduation, but that is my own fault. I would have liked more diversity in the job fairs, I wasn't quit satisfied with the companies that came. More real life case work would have been beneficial, I always learned more when we did those assignments. The school is great and has a bright future ahead, I hope to be in a position when I am older where I can contribute back to the Marriott School of Management and continue its strong tradition.

I am absolutely amazed at the number of job offers that me and my classmates have received, I was a bit worried about graduating in this economic downturn but most of us have landed great jobs 9 months before we even graduate.

I think that the Accounting program isn't reaching its full potential because they do not present all available job options to students. Law school was never mentioned, and Banking and Consulting rarely were, yet the program prepares you well for all three areas. BYU as a whole could be improved by telling students about different career options in an organized fashion early in their education.

I had an amazing experience in the Marriott School. I never thought it would be possible to have 5 internships, including one on Wall Street and one at the US Treasury, by the time I graduate. My classes prepared me well enough to have multiple job offers before I even got into my senior year. By combing the education I received with the connections I made with alumni, I couldn't have been better positioned to start a career in finance.

I am in the second graduating class of the new Organizational Behavior/Human Resources emphasis. Although the quality of the OB classes has improved even in the time since I started taking them a year ago, they are still in the process of working up to the caliber of the other business tracks. At this point, the OB classes are not quite as challenging or valuable as my other management courses have been. Because of this, my ratings are slightly lower than they would be otherwise.

From choice advisors, to qualified professors, to motivated students, the support system of the Marriott School of Management is second to none. I have received all the help needed to achieve in and out of the classroom from faculty, staff, and students. There is a motivational spirit that drives everyone to want to succeed while helping others succeed. All my questions about resume, cover letter, networking, internship, full-time employment, recruiting, post-graduate opportunities, interview skills, business etiquette, academic performance, and many other issues have been well answered. Everyone involved in the Marriott School of Management programs strive to constantly be of best assistance.

The ethical quality of students and faculty. Because the values at BYU are deeply rooted in underlying religious beliefs, concerns of ethics, honesty, and morality rarely become issues. People are expected to be good and generally are without supervision. This frees us up to worry about other things, like learning and performing. And while there is a healthy spirit of competition, most students and faculty generally care about each other and strive for the greater good of all, instead of selfish pursuits of superiority.

I feel that the most unique aspect of the Marriott School of Business is the heavy emphasis on ethics in business. I attribute this to the school's religious affiliation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Given the current economic climate, I feel that business leaders with strong moral and ethical character will make the biggest difference in improving the world economy.

I feel that our business program is a step above normal business programs. We have excellent professors who come to teach with lots of valuable experience. Also, we have created a name for ourselves to the point where big name companies and organization come to our school to meet, interview, and recruit undergrads - something they would normally do only for an MBA program. It has a lot to do with our school and the type of students that are accepted into the program.

The Strategy program - a new program at BYU that prepares students for consulting jobs. The program is amazing, the teachers are very impressive and the skills that I have learned have been very useful and entertaining. I also think that the caliber of professors is extremely high at the school over all. Teachers are dedicated to the school and making the program successful.

The Quality of the students. All are very mature, very professional and intelligent with experiences beyond their years. I also like the social atmosphere and the high standards of the students and faculty in regards to morals, ethics, and conduct.

Although the students aren't really diverse, per se, we have had unique experiences in serving for our church. Many of the business students have served international 2-year missions for our church and therefore are fluent in another language. Thus, BYU's business program offers many opportunities to learn about global management.

Most of the professors have real word business experience and are only teaching because they love the subject. All of my major classes have had 30 people or less and the professors are almost always available to help out with assignments. The Marriott School also hosts a ton of events to give students real world experience- Business Plan Competition, Entrepreneur Competition, Social Venture Competition,L�Oreal Brandstorm, round tables with professionals, tours of local businesses, guest speakers in class, professional lectures, etc.