UNDERGRADUATE Profiles Publish Date 2/26/09

University of Connecticut

School of Business Administration

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

University of Connecticut School of Business

2100 Hillside Road
Unit 1041
Storrs , Connecticut 06269-1041

Public Institution

Web site

http://www.business.uconn.edu

Program e-mail address:

undergrad@business.uconn.edu

Program telephone number:

(860) 486-2315

AACSB accredited:

Yes

Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:

1941

Length of entire institution:

Four Year

Business program length:

Four Year

Degrees offered:

Degree/Program Name:
BS Business
BS Management and Engineering for Manufacturing

PROGRAM COSTS

Annual Tuition (Resident):

$ 7,200

Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)

$ 21,912

Cost per academic credit (resident)

$ 300

Cost per academic credit (non-resident)

$ 913

Required fees

$ 2,138

Books:

$ 800

Room and board:

$ 9,300

ENROLLMENT

Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

1,801

Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

Distance undergraduate business student enrollment:

192

Total College enrollment for 2008-09:

29,383

ADMISSIONS

Minimum SAT score for entire college on 1600 scale:

1160

Minimum ACT score for entire college:

Minimum high school GPA for entire college:

3.3

Interviews for entire college:

Not offered

Additional application requirements for entire college:

TOEFL, certified translations of transcripts in languages other than English, proof of immigration status. Transcripts of all post-secondary coursework. Financial statement for admitted international students requiring and F-1 visa.

Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:

Semester: Fall 2009
Deadline: February 1, 2009
Semester: Spring 2010
Deadline: October 1, 2009

Freshmen admitted into business program:

Yes

Percentage of business students admitted as freshmen:

59 %

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

Internal transfers handled by:

Separate application

Minimum requirements for business program:

Minimum SAT score: 1200
Minimum ACT score: 27
Minimum high school GPA : 3.3

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

Interview to enter business program:

Not offered

Additional application requirements for freshman admits:

Generally, students admitted as freshmen are within the top 25% of their graduating class, 3.3 or higher GPA, higher level math and science courses and have an average SAT score of 1226.

Minimum college GPA for internal business program transfers:

3.3

Additional requirements for internal transfers:

Must have earned 30 credits and have completed or be enrolled in seven critical courses at the time of application - Freshmen English, 2 Math courses (Algebra, Calculus), Statistics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Principles of Financial Accounting.

Total number of full-time applications for entire college:

21,058

International applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

2 %

Female applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

54 %

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

55 %

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

26 %

Relative Importance of Application Elements:

Secondary School Record:

Very Important

Class Rank:

Very Important

Talent/Ability:

Very Important

Interview:

Not Considered

Extracurricular Activities:

Important

Volunteer Work:

Important

Character/Personal Abilities:

Important

Application Essay:

Important

Work Experience:

Considered

SAT/ACT Scores:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Considered

High School GPA:

Very Important

Admissions program managed by:

The university admissions office

Total undergraduate business program applicants, 2008-09:

4,293

Applicants enrolled in undergrad business program 2008-2009:

26 %

Applicants admitted to undergraduate business program, 2008-09:

33 %

CLASS PROFILE

Class Profile:

Female: 35 %
International : 2 %

Entering students by age:

Mean: 18
Median: 18

Citizenship of Entering Students

U.S.: 98 %
Canada: .5 %
Other countries: 1.5 %
Unknown: 0 %

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 3 %
Asian American: 9 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
Native American: 0 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 69 %
Chose not to report: 15 %
Other: 0 %

Entering students from the following region:

Northeast: 92 %
Mid-Atlantic: 4.5 %
South: .5 %
Southwest: 1 %
Midwest : 1 %
West: 1 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

Mean: 1234
Median: 1230

SAT middle 50% range on 1600 scale:

From: 1,160
To: 1,310

ACT Scores for full-time entering business students:

Mean: 26
Median: 27

ACT middle 50% range:

From: 24
To: 28

Percent of Students Who Were In:

Top 10% of high school class

25 %

Top 25% of high school class:

56 %

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:

$ 1,776,479

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

$ 2,208,846

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:

A combination of need and merit

Scholarship consideration process:

As part of the admissions application

Other scholarship considerations:

N/A

School offers guaranteed loans:

Financial aid web site

http://www.financialaid.uconn.edu

Academics & Lifestyle

PROGRAM BASICS

Freshman retention rate:

89 %

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:

Students must have foreign language competency at the intermediate level.

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: 34 %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 65 %
Classes with more than 50 students: 2 %

CURRICULUM

Number of elective courses available in business program:

Electives added current year:

Managing Entrepreneurially
Opportunity Generation
Venture Planning
Venture Consulting

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

2005

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Finance

General Management

Marketing

Technology

Special programs for business students:

We offer several experiential learning opportunities which coupled with the classroom creates a multi-dimensional environment that significantly leverages the learning process, specifically in entrepreneurship, international business and professional selling. The Student Managed Fund allows select students to work as investment managers of $2 million.

Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:

Yes

The University offers a co-op program available to all students. Business students are able to work full-time for a semester or a year and retain their student status. The full-time co-op internships are usually paid and often times leads to a job offer.

Business program offers study abroad opportunities:

Yes

Study abroad program description:

We have programs in Italy, Ireland, France, Singapore, England, Guatemala and the Netherlands. Programs are available in summer, by semester or for a full year. CIBER offers study abroad scholarships for students.

Volunteer work and community service opportunities:

Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:

The School has several student societies dedicated to volunteer and community service activities. In addition, the departments' student societies often coordinate community service activities.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Academic department student-run societies
School-sponsored special events for students

FACULTY

Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 107
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 41
Permanent/tenured professors: 47
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 21
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 4
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 34
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 37

Prominent faculty:

P Christopher Earley
Michael Willenborg
John Mathieu

STUDENT LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:

Beta Alpha Psi
Finance Society
Student Entrepreneurial Organization
Multicultural Society

Freshmen are required to live on campus:

Business students are grouped in learning communities:

TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network available:

Yes

Technological improvements made in the last three years:

The university installed a second bus for increased distance learning opportunities. The school installed storage area network (SAN) for email and user folder storage increasing speed and reliability of the servers.

Trading laboratory available:

Yes

COMMENTS

We would like to be able to report high student data percentages in decimals (example 92.4%) but the survey does not allow that amount of characters in the boxes.

Alumni Affairs & Careers

ALUMNI

Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:

21,315

Total living alumni:

20,596

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

13 %

Mean alumni gift 2007-08:

$ 100

Median alumni gift, 2007-08:

$ 198

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

Prominent alumni:

Name: Paul W. Spelz, '81
Title: President, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Name: Mark E. Freitas, '81
Title: President & COO, Frank Crystal & Co., Inc.
Name: Timothy K. Friar, '80
Title: CEO, CT Chapter, Make a Wish Foudation

CAREER SERVICES

Percent of 2008 graduates who provided employment information:

52 %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 93 %
Not Seeking full-time employment in business: 7 %

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

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

Other activities and services provided for business majors:

*Career consulting: resume/cover letter reviews, interview guidance. *Career search development education seminars, employer led panel discussions. *Required career development course. *Job search online access: job databases, global company databases, free access to fee-based career development websites. *Career development literature and library.

Job offer results, 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 74 %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 7 %
Did not report having received a job offer: 19 %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 74 %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 7 %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 19 %

Top hiring firms:

PricewaterhouseCoopers
KPMG LLP
Ernst & Young
General Electric
UBS Investment Bank
International Bus. Machines

Deloitte & Touche
United Technologies Corporation
Blum Shaprio
Travelers
Liberty Mutual
The Hartford
AXA Advisors
Hanover Insurance
UHY Advisors

Graduate compensation:

Mean base salary: $ 49,985
Median base salary: $ 51,500
Mean signing bonus: $ 4,620
Median signing bonus: $ 3,500

Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 2 %
Finance/Accounting: 75 %
General Management: 2 %
Human Resources: 0 %
Management Information Systems: 3 %
Marketing/Sales: 10 %
Operations/Production: 8 %
Logistics/Transportation: 0 %
Other: 0 %

Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Accounting: 76 %
Consumer Products/Retail: 0 %
Consulting Services: 5 %
Financial Services: 5 %
Government/Education: 0 %
Pharma/Biotech/Health: 0 %
Manufacturing: 0 %
Media/Entertainment: 2 %
Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
Real Estate: 0 %
Sports/Leisure: 2 %
Technology/Science: 10 %
Non-Profit: 0 %
Transportation: 0 %
Utilities: 0 %
Other: 0 %

Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 100 %
Canada: 0 %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 97 %
Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
Midwest: 1 %
South: 0 %
Southwest: 0 %
West: 1 %
US Possessions/Territories: 0 %

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

Internship postings on job boards, previous academic year:

Top internship recruiters, 2007-08:

KPMG LLP
General Electric
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Ernst & Young
Aetna
UBS Investment Bank
Cigna

Deloitte & Touche
ING
Northwestern Mutual
Avis Budget
United Properties
Bethel Health Care Center
The Hartford

Percentage of internships that were paid, previous academic year

98 %

Mean internship compensation per week:

$ 760

Median internship compensation per week:

$ 760

Average internship, in weeks:

Graduate Comments

The whole state of Connecticut sees the UConn business school as extremely reputable. Any company doing interviews on campus holds a certain amount of positions specifically for students from UConn, especially in accounting. There are career fairs and so many other resources for students to attend that I don't know if I would have had the same opportunities had I attended school elsewhere.

The laptop program is really nice. Everyone has the same computer and the technology department is quick to make repairs or give you a spare while yours in being prepared. I feel like I'm in an elite group when I tell people I'm in the business school. Everyone knows how difficult it is to be accepted, and it makes me feel special to be able to say I'm a part of it.

The program has great people. People care about your success and they are passionate about what they do. When I hear professors discuss past employment and hear about their experiences, I am confident I am learning from the best. The accounting department, especially, goes above and beyond to prepare you for a career and helps you become a better professional.

The University of Connecticut is trying to teach experiential learning in several of the classes I have taken. They have an amazing entrepreneurship program, and they are beginning to develop the International Business Program in more detail. � The individual advising is horrible, but the undergraduate business office makes up for it with weekly newsletters to keep students involved. They only bring in Connecticut firms, which hurts the out-of-state student, but they do a good job at bringing in strong companies. Some of the core classes are on the duller side, but classes within the major have been stimulating and enjoyable. The strongest part of the School of Business is their ability to prepare you for the real world�via speakers, networking opportunities, placement programs, and on-campus organizations.

I have found the quality of teaching at the UConn Business School to far surpass anything I could have imagined. The adjunct teachers all have great knowledge from experience within their respective fields. I think that the incorporated teaching that comes from these types of people is more hands-on rather than reciting a text book, and engages the students to want to lean and progress.

UConn has great connections with insurance companies in the Hartford area along with a wide array of other companies. The quality of professors and keynote speakers is very high.

I like how every business student, regardless of major, has to take a lot of the same core business classes. This gives a well rounded, multidisciplinary business background that helps when job hunting.

My specific business program, Real Estate and Urban Economics, is very unique. The real estate center at the University offers students many opportunities to meet with industry leaders in New York, Boston, and Hartford. Furthermore, we have met with industry organizations, such as the International Council of Shopping Centers, and have had many "lunch and learns" with CEOs and leaders in the real estate industry.

I am so happy that I chose the University of Connecticut to pursue my undergraduate education. I always knew that I would major in a business related field, which is the main reason why I initially chose UCONN. The school of business itself is beautiful; the class rooms are state-of-the-art and it is a comforting place to be. The professors are wonderful as well. The quality of education here is unmatched, in my opinion.

It's basically a cookie cutter business program. They crank out kids with business degree and go through the motions of bringing in employees from corporations to conduct interviews to set people up with jobs. It's a very well organized system, but really no room to excel within the system. I'm more relying on my previous leadership experience from the school I transferred from than the school of business to get me the job I desire.

The business program at the University of Connecticut has been outstanding meeting up to my expectations and then some. I will absolutely land an excellent job due to my hard work and the preparation the business school at UConn has given me.

I think the focus on getting students jobs after graduation puts blinders on the students and faculty. We don't think outside the box because the idea is to get us to fit in at existing firms, rather than to critically evaluate existing firms or create new ones. This is why the only companies seriously recruiting here are behemoth insurance companies and financial services firms.

There are endless opportunities and the school of business is very supportive of any independent initiatives a student may have. They will always try to best accommodate everyone. The school recently started a Business Student Leadership Council where students gather with administration to discuss how, from the student's perspective, the school may improve, which they then take into consideration and put into action. This is a school with vast resources and I only see it continuing to improve upon itself in the years to come.

I think my only stipulation with the greatness of the business program, is that when it comes to internships and job search, the school focuses on the top students in the business school. All too often myself, and peers, who are in the middle of our class, are complaining how the companies visiting the college are out of reach. It seems there is a lot of effort put into getting the top students into big 4 firms and other impressive ones, and little help for the students who probably need it most. I wish there were more companies visiting that met the needs of all business students.

I am very dissatisfied with the School of Business Laptop leasing program. I feel that there is absolutely no need for it and the laptops that we get are out of date and have programs that are readily available in any current laptops. I feel that this is a program not for any benefit to the students, but rather to the administration only.

I feel our school is unique because we are taught by such high-quality professors from various different departments within the business school. All of the professors have an impressive background and share that with their students. I feel they really do convey over to us what we need to know to be successful in our respective careers. I know this as I have interned and learned this first hand. UConn demands respect, and from what I have seen in the professional environment around Connecticut, the business program is held in very high esteem. I feel the staff in the Accounting department especially go above and beyond in helping the students find internships and jobs. They work very hard and yet are still there for the students on a personal note. I have nothing but confidence that I will have a great career upon graduation.