Program Basics

• • Carl H. Lindner College of Business
  • Carl H. Lindner College of Business
  • 102 Carl H. Lindner Hall
  • Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 45221-0020
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.business.uc.edu
  • Program e-mail address: business.ug@uc.edu
  • Program phone number: 513-556-7030
  • Status: Public (state-operated)
• • AACSB accredited: Yes

• Accreditation other than AACSB:

  • The Higher Learning Commission
  • Carnegie Commission "Very High"
  • North Central Association of Colleges & Schools
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1906
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Four Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 31,999
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 2,584
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 317
  • Distance undergraduate business: 0
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 83 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 70 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 30 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • Bachelor of Business Administration
  • Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management
  • Bachelor of Arts in Economics
  • BBA-MS Accounting
  • BBA-MS Information Systems
  • BBA-MS Marketing
  • BBA-MS Business Analytics

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $8,805.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $23,328.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $2,514.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $290.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $693.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $9,585.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,308.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 30 %
  • International: 8 %

• 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: 15 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 36 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 22 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 21 %

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

  • Mean: 1140
  • Median: 1120

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

  • From: 1050
  • To: 1200

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

  • Mean: 24
  • Median: 24

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 22
  • To: 24

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 92 %
  • Canada: 1 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 7 %
  • Dual Citizenship: 0 %
  • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 5 %
  • Asian American: 2 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 1 %
  • Native American: 1 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 80 %
  • Chose not to report: 7 %
  • Other: 2 %

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

  • Northeast: 1 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
  • South: 5 %
  • Southwest: 1 %
  • Midwest: 91 %
  • West: 1 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • ACT
  • SAT
• • Minimum SAT score on 1600 scale (if applicable) required for admission: 980, 980
  • Minimum ACT Score (if applicable) required for admission: 21, 21
  • Minimum High School GPA (if applicable) required for admission: 2.7, 2.7
  • Interviews are: Not required

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 7/15/2012
  • Spring 2013 11/15/2012
  • Summer 2013 4/15/2013
• • Additional application requirements: Class rank (if available) top 60%; minimum college prep courses from high school *units)- 4 English, 2 Math, 2 Science, 2 Social Science, 2 Foreign Language, 1 Fine Art, and TOEFL >= 74
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 20,207
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 69 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 44 %
• • International applicants: 8 %
• • Female applicants: 30 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

  • Secondary school record: Very Important
  • Class rank: Considered
  • Talent/ability: Considered
  • Interview: Not Considered
  • Extracurricular activities: Considered
  • Volunteer work: Considered
  • Character/personal abilities: Considered
  • Application essay: Considered
  • Work experience: Not 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: 4,123
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 60 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 80 %

• Admission requirement for admission to the undergraduate business program

  • Minimum SAT: 980, 980
  • Minimum ACT: 21, 21
  • Minimum high school GPA: 2.7, 2.7
• • Entrance exam other than the SAT/ACT required for admission to the undergraduate business program?: No
  • What exam other than SAT/ACT is required?: Not Applicable
• • Admissions interviews for the undergraduate business program are: Not required

• Freshman admission:

  • Does the business program admit freshmen?: Yes
  • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 52 %
  • Are freshman business admits required to complete or obtain minimum GPAs in pre-business courses before taking upper-level courses? No
  • Process for freshmen admission?: Indicate interest on university application
  • Additional application requirements for freshman admits: Math test Component score of ACT/SAT >= 21/500; 3+ high school units of math

• 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: Must have documented proficiency in College Algebra/Finite Math and Business Calculus. Must be in good standing at most recent college. Must have completed 24+ semester hours or must meet both freshman & transfer requirements

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Delta Sigma Pi
  • Business Student Government
  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • Alpha Kappa Psi
  • Business Student Ambassadors
• • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: No
  • 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:

  • BBA 185
  • BSIM 194
  • BA 180

• Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

  • BA Econ 180 minimum

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 51
  • Business electives: 34
  • Non-business electives: 56

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 23 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 49 %
  • With more than 50 students: 28 %

• Course enrollment:

  • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 0 %
  • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 0 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 84
  • New electives: Take the Challenge Sustainability Development
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2007
  • Total business faculty: 107
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 38 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Michael Magazine
  • Frank Kardes
  • Hui Guo

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Operations Management
  • Other leading area of study: Business Analytics, International Business, Entrepreneurship, Real Estate
• • Special programs: Carl H Lindner Honors-PLUS Program, Marvin P Kolodzik Business Scholars (honors programs, highly selective, additional credits, leadership, international, community service elements). Minors exist for each major.
• • Work study: Culmination of 1.5 years of full-time work experience (coop & internship) domestically and/or internationally correlated to major area of study. College finds jobs/positions - students are not asked to find a job.
• • Study abroad programs: Comprehensive & extensive international study, co-op/internship, & cultural experiences in Europe, Asia, South America (12+ academic trips offered annually).
• • Volunteer opportunities: Community service/volunteer dept exists as resource for all students. Majority (90%) of scholarship recipients must complete 30+ hours annually.

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • Professional Organizations / Clubs
  • University Organizations / Clubs
  • Services Organizations / Clubs
  • Political Organizations / Clubs
  • Religious Organizations / Clubs
  • Student Government
  • Intramural Athletics
  • Division I NCAA Athletics

FINANCIAL AID

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

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $3,000,000.00
  • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $3,000,000.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: academic merit
  • Other criteria for scholarship consideration: Extensive weight is given to non-academic profile of students in business - leadership potential, communication/interpersonal skills through college interviews.
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 15 %
  • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 5 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 5 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 95 %

• Loans

  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
  • Maximum amount a student can borrow per year regardless of nationality?: $0.00
• • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $23,150.00

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 70 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 76 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 24 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 60 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 24 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation : 0 %
  • No job offer reported: 15 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 60 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 24 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 15 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 470
  • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 190

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • Ernst & Young 7
  • General Electric 6
  • Grant Thornton 6
  • Fifth-Third Bank 5
  • Procter & Gamble Co 5
  • Kroger 5
  • Fidelity Investments 5
  • Delta Airlines 4
  • Duke Energy 4
  • PNCBank 4
  • US Bank 4
  • Cincinnati Bell 3
  • Cintas Corp 3
  • JPMorganChase 3
  • TQL 3

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $42,168.00
  • Median base salary : $43,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $4,987.00
  • Median signing bonus: $5,000.00
  • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $0.00
  • Median other guaranteed compensation: $0.00

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

  • Consulting: 5 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 28 %
  • General Management: 0 %
  • Human Resources: 0 %
  • Management Information Systems: 12 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 15 %
  • Operations/Production: 10 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 7 %
  • Other: 23 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 15 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 11 %
  • Consulting: 5 %
  • Financial Services: 15 %
  • Government/Education: 3 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 5 %
  • Manufacturing: 10 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 1 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 3 %
  • Technology/Science: 6 %
  • Non-Profit: 4 %
  • Transportation: 7 %
  • Utilities: 2 %
  • Other: 7 %

• 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: 1 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
  • Midwest: 80 %
  • South: 16 %
  • Southwest: 2 %
  • West: 1 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Career services offered: Grad School info, job search advice, on-campus interviews, career information, career testing/assessment, salary trends, interview preparation, mock interviews, job fair/event information, cover letter assistance, resume critiques, facetime networking events for students & employers, 1:1 career advising, workshops

INTERNSHIPS

• • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 75
  • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 75

• Top internship employers (number of students hired):

  • GE Aviation 5
  • Great American Insurance Group 4
  • Delta Airlines 4
  • Chiquita Brands International 4
  • Meritor Inc 3
  • General Cable 3
  • Cincinnati Bell 3
  • LPK 3
  • Kroger 3
  • University of Cincinnati 2
  • Great Cincinnati Waterworks 2
  • CH2M Hill 2
  • Cincinnati Childrens Hospital 1
  • Fifth-Third Bank 1
  • SAP America 1

• Internship pay

  • Internships that are paid: 100 %
  • Mean compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $16.00
  • Median compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $15.00
  • Average internship length, in weeks: 10

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 30,146
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 27,625
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 16 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $731.00
  • Median Gift: $50.00
  • Did the business program receive a gift of $10 million or more in the last academic year? No
  • Donor and Amount: N/A

• Prominent alums of the undergrad business program

  • Oscar Robertson NCAA/NBA Hall of Fame Member, Founder, OR Solutions
  • Carl H Lindner III CEO, President, Director of American Financial Group, Inc
  • Myron Ullmann Chairman & CEO, JCPenny Co, Inc.

• • -Cincinnati's business program is unique in two ways. First of all, the school of business is a strong supporter and encourager of students participating in the co-op (cooperative education) program. This program (the first in the country) is an excellent way to gain real-world experience and build one's resume. Secondly, the college of business encourages students to be self-motivated. The school does not require co-op, nor mandates visits with students’ counselors. For those students who choose to avail themselves of these resources, however, the sky is the limit.
    
    -I think the bar could be raised in all the classes to push students to be better, rather than a more "no child left behind" mentality. I think switching to semesters will definitely make that easier to accomplish.
    
    -I think UC is unique because it's realistic. The school doesn't hide behind its name or its alumni. It just delivers. UC has given me the proper tools to be successful in all facets of business: from etiquette classes to corporate strategy. The college has provided me with the ability to work for three major companies; Nielsen, The Hershey Company, Procter & Gamble...all before the age of 23. Lastly, UC has given me great range to explore the world and become a better student of business and of life. Through the college's international business program, I had the opportunity to tour 11 European countries on a UC sponsored trip, and study abroad in China for four months during my senior year. These experiences have made every part of my UC education worthwhile. I will always feel indebted to the college of the wonderful opportunities it has blessed me with at such a young age.
    
    -While the advisers are all individually helpful, there could definitely be a little more emphasis placed on building relationships between them and students. Standardize testing procedures for similarly structured classes or different sections of the same class. Too much of the testing format for similar classes depends on the professor themselves. This can create significant variance between peer grades.
    
    -Small class sizes really allow students to gain a broader understanding of subjects because of less peer pressure and a greater ability to ask questions when in doubt.
    
    -If there was an increase in real world application and examples early on in the curriculum, I believe that would lay a better fundamental understanding of business practices as a whole thus allowing future specific learning to be more conceptually grasped.
    
    -In my case, the scholarship program I was involved in through my business school was the key to all success I have had. They really took me as an individual and helped build me into I am today- developing my talents and passions further and helping me find a job I truly am excited about.
    
    -I think that the International Business program could offer more actual classes as opposed to study abroad programs. The study abroad programs are phenomenal, I am currently studying in Ireland. However, for those who are unable to study abroad, obtaining a degree in International Business is next to impossible.
    
    -My school does a great job at bringing in professors with work experience. They also do a great job at bringing in large companies so we are exposed to employers early on. This helps build our networking skills. College teaches us how to problem solve and how to network. They do a great job at both.
    
    -I believe that the approach that leadership programs such as the Kolodzik Busines Scholars and the Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS program should focus on bringing our philosophy and experiences to the rest of the college. Although our programs are small, the college could benefit directly from promoting the successes of students in these programs.
    
    -The Honors-PLUS program (a specialized 25 person group within the College of Business) helps develop individuals in an academic, corporate, and extracurricular setting. It is truly unparalleled.
    
    -Honors students at the University are given excellent opportunities and resources. I think in particular an effort to engage 'traditional' students particularly through business oriented extra curriculars would allow UC to further leverage its large student body.
    
    -The professors are absolutely outstanding. TA's don't do the teaching, which I think is a crucial element. The curriculum stretches the students and helps them to grow in an academic and professional way. The projects we are required to complete are difficult and help to prepare us for the real world.