Program Basics

• • College of Business
  • Colorado State University
  • 1201 Campus Delivery
  • Ft. Collins, Colorado
  • 80523
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://biz.colostate.edu
  • Program e-mail address: undergradinfo@business.colostate.edu
  • Program phone number: 970-491-5103
  • Status: Public (state-operated)
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1955
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Four Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 22,300
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 1,995
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 87
  • 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: 55 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 77 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • BS/Business Administration

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $6,306.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $22,006.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $1,734.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $348.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $1,188.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $8,622.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,126.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 52 %
  • International: 48 %

• 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: 26 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 80 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 65 %

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

  • Mean: 1163

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

  • Mean: 26

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 99 %
  • Unknown Citizenship: 1 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 2 %
  • Asian American: 2 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 6 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
  • Native American: 1 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 80 %
  • Chose not to report: 5 %
  • Other: 2 %

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

  • Northeast: 2 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
  • South: 2 %
  • Southwest: 88 %
  • Midwest: 2 %
  • West: 4 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • ACT or SAT
• • Interviews are: Not offered

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 2/1/2012
  • Spring 2013 11/1/2012
• • Additional application requirements: See http://admissions.colostate.edu for details.
• • Female applicants: 52 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

  • Secondary school record: Very Important
  • Class rank: Considered
  • Talent/ability: Considered
  • Interview: Not Considered
  • Extracurricular activities: Important
  • Volunteer work: Important
  • Character/personal abilities: Important
  • Application essay: Very Important
  • Work experience: 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 university admissions office
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 40 %
• • 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 offered

• Freshman admission:

  • Does the business program admit freshmen?: Yes
  • 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: Business is competitive. Admission as freshmen based on HS GPA and ACT/SAT.

• Internal transfers:

  • Method for handling internal transfers: Other
  • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 3.0
  • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: Pass Calculus and MIcroEconomics with a B- or better and have at least a 3.0 GPA on at least 15 graded credits

CAMPUS LIFE

• • 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:

  • BS 120

• Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

  • See http://biz.colostate.edu/undergraduateprograms for specific course requirements

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 46
  • Business electives: 35
  • Non-business electives: 80

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 10 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 60 %
  • With more than 50 students: 30 %

• Course enrollment:

  • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 15 %
  • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 15 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 73
  • New electives: Practicum in Supply Chain Management
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2004
  • Total business faculty: 85
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 73 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Stan Slater
  • Tom Ingram
  • Dan Ganster

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Management Information Systems
• • Special programs: Summit Fund - student run investments; Presidential Leadership Program
• • Study abroad programs: Summer Program in Heidelberg; The Hague; Internships in Dublin

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • SHRM
  • APICS Supply Chain
  • Marketing Club
  • Dean's Student Leadership Council
  • Alpha Kappa Psi
  • Finance Club
  • Delta Sigma Pi

FINANCIAL AID

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

• Scholarships

  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 98 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 75 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 25 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 75 %
  • No job offer reported: 25 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 73 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 27 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 982

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • Anadarko Petroleum 3
  • Charles Schwab 4
  • EKS&H Accounting 4
  • Lockheed Martin 4
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers 4
  • Target 3
  • E & J Gallo 2
  • McGladrey and Pullen 2
  • Kohl's 2
  • JP Morgan 2
  • Hitachi Consulting 3
  • Hertz 2
  • GHP Horwath 2
  • Forney Industries 2
  • FDIC 2

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $44,800.00

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

  • US: 100 %

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

  • Northeast: 2 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
  • Midwest: 5 %
  • South: 2 %
  • Southwest: 85 %
  • West: 4 %
• • Career services offered: Meet the Firm nights; seminars in interviewinf, resumes, LinkedIn, networking; networking events with employers in various fields

INTERNSHIPS

• Internship pay

  • Internships that are paid: 65 %
  • Average internship length, in weeks: 12

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 21,215
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 5 %

• Alumni gifts

  • 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

  • Greg Osberg Publisher and CEO, Philadelphia Media Network
  • Brenda Davis Global CIO, Molson-Coors Brewing
  • Kent Anderson President, macys.com

• • -The professors are absolutely phenomenal, the classes offered are very specific and there are many to choose from that match any interest, and the new addition onto the business college is beyond incredible.
    
    -I think the advising staff could be more helpful and polite to the students. I know they are busy people, but so is everyone else. If they could show a little more respect, that would be nice.
    
    -Colorado State University's College of Business makes a whole-hearted attempt at the educational and professional achievement of its undergraduate and graduate students in the competitive job market. The Fort Collins area is full of professionals who enjoy frequent visits to the campus to speak to the business students.
    
    -The program could have a couple more freshman level requirements to get the students into the College of Business itself early instead of not having any business classes until after about 30 credits.
    
    -The COB program is unique at CSU because of the dedication both Professors and students have for both the relationship and the material. Networking is taught from the bottom up, and it is obvious that our Professors are truly striving to help us succeed. It is clearly their goal to prepare us as best as possible for the expectations of the career force. Additionally, it is clear the Professors dedicate a lot of hard work to the research, which they complete in order to continue improving the world around them. Hands on activities, projects, coordination with local businesses to obtain real work experience, participation in student run clubs, strong emphasis on professionalism, team-work and capable writing skills all contribute to the positive unique teaching style at Colorado State University.
    
    -Offer a class on group presentations and studies as opposed to having most coursework in most classes follow a group format. I believe this is the only thing that devalued my degree as it taught students who did not want to learn and participate that it was acceptable as long as they surrounded themselves with students that did. This happened in EVERY group assignment I was ever part of in the College of Business.
    
    -CSU is unique in that the town and surrounding areas is full of entrepreneurs and small businesses. These people and businesses tend to work closely with CSU and the students for projects and internships, after which they may even hire some of them. The business school at CSU does tons of hands on projects that are real and actually used by companies. I feel that through these projects students are able to learn the practicality of course content, whereas when doing case reports, the correct answer isn't always easy to conceptualize.
    
    -Improve your academic advising personnel and process. This was the worst experience I have ever had, getting lied to about an override, taking forever to get appointments and the lack of respect from the advising program members.
    
    -Every class I have been in, including my accounting classes, always have a group project that is very challenging. I think that the skill of working with others both creatively (i.e. marketing groups) and objectively is very important.
    
    -I think they could make the program stronger by not requiring so many non-business electives. I would have much rather used those electives on business classes that I have an interest in.
    
    -Our program is committed to expanding services and curriculum constantly. Through many different organizations, student opinions and ideas are heard and often acted upon. Our accounting faculty are keeping very up to date with all of the changes coming to US GAAP and always coordinate it into class lecture.
    
    -The business program could be stronger by having more evaluations of professors. There are several professors who could learn more from the professors who are more efficient at teaching students.
    
    -Small class sizes make learning more interactive. Access to top-notch products such as Bloomberg terminals make research for projects and simulations more competitive and interesting.