Program Basics

• • Case Western Reserve U. - Weatherhead School of Management
  • Weatherhead School of Management
  • Peter B. Lewis Building
  • 10900 Euclid Avenue
  • Cleveland, Ohio
  • 44106-7235
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://weatherhead.case.edu
  • Program e-mail address: weatherheadug@case.edu
  • Program phone number: 216.368.2052
  • Status: Private
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1930
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Four Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 4,100
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 275
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 5
  • Distance undergraduate business: 0
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 92 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 80 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 85 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • B.S. - ACCOUNTING
  • B.S. - MANAGEMENT: Finance
  • B.S. - MANAGEMENT: Marketing
  • B.S. - MANAGEMENT: Dean's Approved Concentration

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $38,760.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $38,760.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $360.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $1,615.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $1,615.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $12,000.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,200.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 40 %
  • International: 20 %

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

  • Mean: 18
  • Median: 18

• Percentage of newest entering class:

  • Top 10% of high school class: 60 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 75 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 65 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 20 %

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

  • Mean: 1280
  • Median: 1310

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

  • From: 1220
  • To: 1420

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

  • Mean: 28
  • Median: 28

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 26
  • To: 30

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 80 %
  • Canada: 0 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 20 %
  • Dual Citizenship: 0%
  • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 3 %
  • Asian American: 25 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 3 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 55 %
  • Chose not to report: 10 %
  • Other: 2 %

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

  • Northeast: 15 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 15 %
  • South: 5 %
  • Southwest: 5 %
  • Midwest: 55 %
  • West: 5 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • SAT -or- ACT
• • Interviews are: Not required

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 1/15/2012
  • Spring 2013 10/15/2012
• • Additional application requirements: All applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit an original score report, valid at the time of application, for the TOEFL or for another applicable language exam as proof of English language proficiency.
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 13,550
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 51 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 14 %
• • International applicants: 18 %
• • Female applicants: 40 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

  • Secondary school record: Very Important
  • Class rank: Very Important
  • Talent/ability: Important
  • Interview: Important
  • Extracurricular activities: Very Important
  • Volunteer work: Important
  • Character/personal abilities: Important
  • Application essay: Important
  • Work experience: Important
  • 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 university admissions office
  • Total undergraduate business applicants: 1,350
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 45 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 10 %
• • 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
  • Are freshman business admits required to complete or obtain minimum GPAs in pre-business courses before taking upper-level courses? No
  • Additional application requirements for freshman admits: CWRU admits a highly qualified class via single-door admission; admitted students can choose any major. 1st-yr students may take intro business classes, and many students take core business classes (e.g., Finance, Marketing) as early as 2nd-yr.

• Internal transfers:

  • Method for handling internal transfers: Declare business major

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Alpha Kappa Psi
  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • CWRU Capital investment club
  • Case Consulting Club
  • Weatherhead Economics Society
• • 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:

  • B.S. 122

• Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

  • Our SAGES (Seminar Approach to General Education & Scholarship) curriculum requires an approved Capstone. Most business majors satisfy the Capstone via Action Learning, a semester-long consulting experience w/ a real company or non-profit.

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 33
  • Business electives: 25

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 15 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 80 %
  • With more than 50 students: 5 %

• Course enrollment:

  • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 5 %
  • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 10 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 20
  • New electives: Contemporary Business: Connecting Principles to Performance
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2003
  • Total business faculty: 45
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 75 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Gary J. Previts
  • Richard Boyatzis
  • Richard Osborne

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Economics
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Marketing
• • Special programs: Internships, practica, and cooperative education; international study including semester, full academic year, and summer programs; the Wolstein Society recognizes outstanding undergraduates who represent the spirit of enterprise as demonstrated by leadership, scholarship, community service, and professional will; ACTION LEARNING, a 6-credit, semester-long consulting experience during which teams develop real solutions for corporate and non-profit clients (i.e., NOT a simulation).
• • Work study: Undergraduates in the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University may participate in the University's Co-op and Practicum programs, securing positions in industry w/ Fortune 500 firms, Big 4 Accounting firms as well as local and regional firms, and with other organizations as early as sophomore year.
• • Study abroad programs: Students may study at numerous institutions across the globe, from Western Europe to China. Exchange agreements exist with institutions in Madrid, Spain; Frankfurt, Germany; Montpelier and Rouen, France; Lancaster, England; Sydney, Australia; Tongji, China (but students aren't limited to these destinations). Students have also recently spent a year at London School of Economics. Programs include semester, full academic year, and summer sessions.
• • Volunteer opportunities: Business students actively engage in community service with student associations within the Weatherhead School and across the University, e.g.: tutoring and educational programming (e.g., financial literacy, tax return assistance), mentoring, Habitat for Humanity, etc.

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • Alpha Kappa Psi (national professional business fraternity)
  • Beta Alpha Psi (national Accounting honorary society)
  • CWRU Capital investment club
  • Case Consulting Club
  • Economics Society
  • Wolstein Society (senior honorary society)

FINANCIAL AID

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

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $2,500,000.00
  • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $2,500,000.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: academic merit
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 50 %
  • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 0 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 0 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 100 %

• Loans

  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
• • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $39,000.00

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 82 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 69 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 31 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 60 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 19 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation : 5 %
  • No job offer reported: 16 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 58 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 21 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation: 5 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 16 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 70
  • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 250

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • PNC 6
  • KeyBank 3
  • Plante & Moran 3
  • Cisco 2
  • Deloitte Consulting 2
  • Epic Systems Corp 2
  • General Electric 2
  • Grant Thornton LLP 2
  • Google 1
  • Ernst & Young 1
  • Lubrizol 1
  • Microsoft 1
  • Nestle 1
  • Rosetta 1
  • Thomson Reuters 1

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $48,750.00
  • Median base salary : $47,500.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $5,227.00
  • Median signing bonus: $5,000.00
  • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $6,111.00
  • Median other guaranteed compensation: $5,000.00

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

  • Consulting: 15 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 49 %
  • General Management: 4 %
  • Human Resources: 5 %
  • Management Information Systems: 9 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 11 %
  • Operations/Production: 0 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 0 %
  • Other: 7 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 11 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 5 %
  • Consulting: 11 %
  • Financial Services: 27 %
  • Government/Education: 7 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 5 %
  • Manufacturing: 7 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 4 %
  • Real Estate: 0 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 2 %
  • Technology/Science: 15 %
  • Non-Profit: 4 %
  • Transportation: 0 %
  • Utilities: 0 %
  • Other: 0 %

• 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: 10 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 14 %
  • Midwest: 62 %
  • South: 2 %
  • Southwest: 2 %
  • West: 10 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Career services offered: Career fairs, on-campus interviews, Meet the Accountants Breakfast, MGMT 250, workshops, company information sessions, alumni networking events, employer/faculty classroom collaboration

INTERNSHIPS

• • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 65
  • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 175

• Top internship employers (number of students hired):

  • Ameriprise Financial 2
  • Swagelok 2
  • AkzoNobel 1
  • Bayer 1
  • Boehringer Ingelheim 1
  • Cohen and Company 1
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland 1
  • Howard Wershbale 1
  • Meaden & Moore 1
  • MetroHealth 1
  • Plante Moran 1
  • PNC 1
  • Progressive Insurance 1
  • Rosetta 1
  • Thomson Reuters 1

• Internship pay

  • Internships that are paid: 75 %
  • Mean compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $577.00
  • Median compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $540.00
  • Average internship length, in weeks: 12

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 4,900
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 4,000
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 15 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $1,500,000.00
  • 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

  • John C. Dannemiller Pres & COO, Leaseway Transportation
  • Louis Levy Vice-Chair, KMPG
  • Alfred Rappaport Professor and author, Northwestern U.

• • -Weatherhead has a very strong focus on career preparation - not just facts that pertain to the field, but also how to get a job and how to keep it.
    
    -We need a stronger marketing campaign. Weatherhead continues to fly under the radar despite providing one of the best undergraduate business educations in the world.
    
    -The professors are some of the best in the world. The accounting department has legendary academics like Gary Previts and Tim Fogarty as well as honed professional like Leon Blazey and Dave Jones; both former Big Five partners. Similarly, the finance professors such as Scott Fine and Sam Thomas continuously win teaching and research awards and the sustainability, entrepreneurship, and healthcare finance departments are some of the best in the world.
    
    -We have a career fair just for the business school in addition to the university career fair, which are very helpful, but it would be nice to see more companies specifically recruiting for business majors at these career fairs.
    
    -We have a very diverse student population with students from several different countries. We also have a terrific faculty with most of them having or seeking their PhD and having significant work experience to add to the value of class discussion. We also have a terrific building that creates a terrific learning environment.
    
    -The courses that related more directly to my professional goals were higher-level courses, which I could not take until my junior and senior years. I feel too much time is spent building a foundation of knowledge in all business topics. While this foundation is important, the time it takes to build it may dissuade some student from pursuing business degrees as, in their freshman and sophomore years, they might feel that they do not get the opportunity to take enough courses in their field of interest.
    
    -One of our themes for the graduate programs is sustainability and it is interesting to see that the theme is also carried over to the undergraduate program as well. Sustainability is present all over campus even in other schools/departments and the university does a great job of weaving the theme into class every day.
    
    -There are a lot of international students in the accounting program, thus business classes and they struggle with the English language, this makes it difficult to work in groups and get to know your classmates.
    
    -CWRU's business program highly emphasizes the importance of teamwork. Almost all of the courses offered in the Weatherhead school require students to partner with others. In addition, the seminars offered to upperclassmen allow students to delve into some of the special topics in business today.
    
    -I think more can be done to teach effective use of technology and how computers can be used to solve real life problems.
    
    -The teachers teach us with the actual live cases. They use not only the famous (yet old) business cases, but also new cases that might be less well known, yet impressive and recent. Many teachers bring cases that happens in this town or cases that can be applied to this town. So the lectures include textbooks and text book-like-cases AND actual recent cases that happen around. Learning materials are applied to the actual life.
    
    More business firms need to be recruiting on campus for the quality of our business school. Hopefully this will improve as our business school gains more recognition, but the primary recruiters here are still engineering firms. There also is a lot of group work that we have to do which can be difficult at times given the language barriers of many of the Asian students we have on campus.