Program Basics

• • University of Connecticut, School of Business
  • School of Business
  • 2100 Hillside Road
  • Storrs, Connecticut
  • 06269
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.business.uconn.edu/cms
  • Program e-mail address: undergrad@business.uconn.edu
  • Program phone number: (860) 486-2315
  • Status: Public (state-operated)
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1941
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Four Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 22,472
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 1,632
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 22
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 92 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • BS in Business
  • BS in Management and Engineering for Manufacturing

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $8,256.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $25,152.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $2,414.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $318.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $968.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $11,050.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $850.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 37 %
  • International: 13 %

• 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: 36 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 87 %

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

  • Mean: 1223
  • Median: 1230

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

  • From: 1180
  • To: 1290

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

  • Mean: 27
  • Median: 27

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 25
  • To: 29

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 87 %
  • Canada: 0 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 13 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 5 %
  • Asian American: 7 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 10 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
  • Native American: 1 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 67 %
  • Chose not to report: 8 %

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

  • Northeast: 94 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
  • South: 1 %
  • Southwest: 0 %
  • Midwest: 1 %
  • West: 1 %
  • Possessions and territories: 1 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • SAT or ACT
• • Interviews are: Not offered

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 2/1/2012
  • Spring 2013 10/1/2012
• • Additional application requirements: International Students- TOEFL; Certified transcripts in English; Proof of immigration status; Transcripts of all post-secondary work; Financial statement for international students requiring and F-1 visa. Transfer application due dates vary by school.
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 29,740
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 49 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 29 %
• • International applicants: 5 %
• • Female applicants: 37 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

  • Secondary school record: Very Important
  • Class rank: Important
  • Talent/ability: Important
  • Interview: Not Considered
  • Extracurricular activities: Important
  • Volunteer work: Considered
  • Character/personal abilities: Important
  • Application essay: Very 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: 5,997
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 31 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 34 %
• • 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
  • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 56 %
  • Are freshman business admits required to complete or obtain minimum GPAs in pre-business courses before taking upper-level courses? Yes
  • Process for freshmen admission?: Indicate interest on university application

• Internal transfers:

  • Method for handling internal transfers: Separate application
  • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 3.3
  • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: English; Economics; Math; Statistics; Financial Accounting with at least a grade of C; and additional general education courses.

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Real Estate Society, UConn
  • Finance Society
  • Delta Sigma Pi
  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • Multicultural Business Society
• • 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:

  • BS 120

• Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

  • Foreign language at intermediate level; Intensive writing courses; History; Philosophy; Communication; Economics; Math; Statistics; Psychology; Laboratory Science; Anthropology; Geography; Electives; major courses.

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 34
  • Business electives: 32
  • Non-business electives: 37

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 20 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 76 %
  • With more than 50 students: 4 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 50
  • New electives: Taxation of Business Entities
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2001
  • Total business faculty: 72
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 67 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • John Mathieu
  • Michael Willenborg
  • William Ross, Jr.

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Health Care Administration
• • Special programs: Experiential Learning: Student Managed Fund; Financial Accelerator; Sustainable Community Outreach and Public Engagement (SCOPE) Accelerator; Innovation Accelerator; Stamford Learning Accelerator. Study Abroad. Cooperative Education. Domestic and international Internships.
• • Work study: The university offers co-op program available to all students. Business students are able to work full-time for a semester or year and retain their student status.
• • Study abroad programs: Opportunities range from 1 week to a full year in general or business curriculum: Universitas 21; Grenoble Ecole de Management; UConn Social Entrepreneurship in Guatemala; University College Dublin, Ireland Business Program; Paderno Del Grappa Business Program in Italy; UConn Business in Florence, Italy; National University of Singapore; University of Warwick, England; and numerous others.
• • Volunteer opportunities: The School of Business has several student organizations dedicated to volunteer and community service activities. The university has an office dedicated to providing opportunities for students to engage in these experiences.

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • Organizations in all majors
  • Social Business fraternities
  • Academic business fraternities
  • Business Career Center sponsored events
  • Learning Accelerators
  • Office of Diversity Initiatives sponsored events
  • Center for International Business Education and Research
  • Professional development certificate series

FINANCIAL AID

• • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Central financial aid office at the university
  • Financial aid web site: http://www.financialaid.uconn.edu/index.php/Main_Page

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $5,558,218.00
  • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $4,759,428.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 36 %

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 65 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 84 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 16 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 65 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 11 %
  • No job offer reported: 24 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 64 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 11 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 25 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 134
  • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 287

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers 29
  • Deloitte 21
  • KPMG 13
  • Ernst & Young 12
  • Travelers 9
  • General Electric 8
  • United Technologies 8
  • BlumShapiro 5
  • Liberty Mutual 5
  • RBS 5
  • J.H.Cohn 4
  • Altria 4
  • EMC² 3
  • The Hartford 3
  • Prudential 3

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $52,465.00
  • Median base salary : $54,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $4,660.00
  • Median signing bonus: $4,750.00

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

  • Consulting: 2 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 67 %
  • General Management: 5 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Management Information Systems: 5 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 12 %
  • Operations/Production: 5 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 0 %
  • Other: 3 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 38 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 6 %
  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Financial Services: 23 %
  • Government/Education: 1 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 2 %
  • Manufacturing: 3 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 1 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 1 %
  • Technology/Science: 11 %
  • Non-Profit: 0 %
  • Transportation: 1 %
  • Utilities: 1 %
  • Other: 3 %

• 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: 95 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 3 %
  • Midwest: 1 %
  • South: 1 %
  • Southwest: 0 %
  • West: 0 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Career services offered: Student career coaching: marketing plan, resume, business writing, job postings, mock interviews, job offer analysis; Certificate of Professional Development offered; Weekly E-Newsletter; website resources, dedicated space for video/phone interviews; 360 students enrolled in career class. Employer portfolio style partnership for placement: outreach; networking opportunities; resume books; on-campus interviews; infosessions /speaker series, branding opportunities, case competition support.

INTERNSHIPS

• • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 48
  • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 160

• Top internship employers (number of students hired):

  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers 36
  • KPMG 18
  • Deloitte 16
  • Ernst & Young 12
  • General Electric 4
  • Northeast Utilities 4
  • Aetna 4
  • Grant Thornton 3
  • J.H.Cohn 2
  • Merrill Lynch 2
  • UBS 2
  • Travelers 2
  • United Technologies 2
  • Target 2
  • BlumShapiro 2

• Internship pay

  • Internships that are paid: 100 %
  • Mean compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $808.00
  • Median compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $816.00
  • Average internship length, in weeks: 11

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 25,986
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 24,580
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 10 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $127.00
  • 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

  • Keith R. Fox ’80 CEO and President, The Fox Family Foundation and former VP, Worldwide Corporate Marketing for Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • Clinton G. Gartin ’77 Vice Chairman, Investment Banking Division, Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.
  • Daniel D. Toscano ’87 Co-Head of Global Leveraged & Acquisition Finance, Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

• • -The University of Connecticut's business program is unique because each and every class demands you put in 110%. No matter what professors you had the business school ensures that it's students are prepared for the business world after college by requiring us to take classes to go over resumes, cover letters, social networking, business writing and etiquette and working in a variety of teams. Also the business school allows professors to really adjust the course to however they please as long as the effectively teach and help students. Within our school we are pushed to work to our fullest potential and not have everything handed to us. This makes our students so different than students from other schools because we have not been handed information and instead are expected and held accountable to working hard, quickly and efficiently.
    
    -I think this biggest disappointment about the business school is that we are not allowed to double major within The School of Business. In addition, certain concentrations such as entrepreneurship and international business are only offered to Management Majors. The other problem I have with the school is that they offer many study abroad programs for business majors but they don't have the necessary guidance to help students find the best program for their major or their personal interests. I was told as a 4th semester sophomore that I wouldn't be able to study abroad for a semester because I was an Accounting Major and couldn't fit all of my requirements into my schedule to graduate on time. This was entirely incorrect, but I found out too late, and only because I did a lot of research on my own.
    
    -In my opinion what make my school's business program unique is the quality of my fellow students. In every class I have taken the students around me are so intelligent that It has pushed me to keep up with them.
    
    -Classes and grading could be made more competitive. Overall the GPA averages among UConn business school students are higher than many other majors at UConn. I feel this is due to the relatively ease of getting A's and B's in the business school. On the other hand, only students with very good GPA's from previous UConn courses are admitted into the business school, which could account for the reason why the GPA average is so high in the business courses themselves.
    
    -Speaking in terms of our accounting program I think our business school is second to none. The internship/job placement for accounting majors is off the charts. The school of business at UConn does a phenomenal job in preparing students for their future careers in the business world by the required course work. Our business program is intense, but extremely fair. Professors are always willing to work with students to make sure they are getting the concepts, this includes out of class time. The atmosphere at the school of business is what definitely makes our school unique. It is not cut-throat, but rather an atmosphere that challenges the students to better themselves and reach their potential.
    
    -As an Accounting major I enjoyed great support in finding an internship and eventually a full time job. However, some other majors have not had the same success rate as the Accounting department.
    
    -We learn from real professionals in their fields. All of my professors have experience working in the business world. Therefore, they not only teach us the related subjects but also what to expect after graduation.
    
    -There are various programs that each train people well for their particular career goals. All the majors stem from the basic business courses that are required among all business school students. The advisors and professors are very approachable and willing to make time for students. The facilities are very nice as well. It is also a competitive program to get into, so there is some prestige and respect for business students because people know most graduates come out with a secure career and are well off later in life.
    
    -The business school does an incredible job with preparing students for the real world. Rather than a traditionally lecture, the classes are engaging and hands-on. Also, almost all courses in the business program include group projects and presentations to increase experience working in teams and allow for growth.
    
    -If the academic coursework could include more projects that force students to interpret real market data to illustrate the theoretical concepts, it would allow students to gain a deeper understanding of their academics.
    
    -The University of Connecticut School of Business allows each student to make an individual connection to Professors, Faculty, Staff, future employers and students. There is a unique advantage to attending this program because all of the resources are available and it is the student's responsibility to use these resources to their advantages. Everything is here for you and the duty lies on the students. Everyone is willing to help.
    
    -I think that the quality of professors could certainly be improved. There have been more than a few cases where I have had international professors who are difficult to understand or professors who simply aren't effective at presenting information in an interesting way to student.
    
    -The business program is very competitive. We have many opportunities to network and further educate ourselves about the job market. The program successfully enhances innovative thinking and leadership skills.
    
    -The school should make more learning application opportunities available, especially case competitions. These competitions are a great chance for students to apply what they learned in class and from books to a real life situation.
    
    -I really think our internship program for accounting majors is outstanding because the school brings all of the major accounting firms to the school countless times a year to give students the opportunity to interact and network with industry professionals. I feel like they practically hold our hands throughout the process of getting an internship and full-time job, as long as you are responsive to all of the emails and notices they send out.