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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Creighton University

College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • AACSB accredited: Yes
      • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1920
      • Institution: Four Year
      • Business Program: Four Year

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Total undergraduate: 4,153
      • Full-time undergraduate business: 649
      • Part-time undergraduate business: 7
      • Distance undergraduate business: 0
      • College or university freshman retention rate: 88 %

    • Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

      • Within four years of admission to the university: 65 %
      • Within six years of admission to the university: 75 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • BSBA

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $30,484.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $30,484.00
      • Annual Required Fees: $1,410.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $952.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $952.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $9,238.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $1,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 40 %
      • International: 3 %

    • 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: 39 %
      • Top 25% of high school class: 65 %
      • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 46 %
      • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 23 %

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

      • Mean: 27
      • Median: 27

    • Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

      • From: 30
      • To: 24

    • Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

      • US: 97 %
      • Canada: 0 %
      • Other Non-US Citizens: 3 %
      • Dual Citizenship: 0%
      • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 2 %
      • Asian American: 4 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 4 %
      • Native American: 1 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 80 %
      • Chose not to report: 1 %
      • Other: 4 %

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

      • Northeast: 1 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
      • South: 2 %
      • Southwest: 17 %
      • Midwest: 72 %
      • West: 7 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

    • Standardized tests required of all applicants:

      • ACT or SAT
      • Interviews are: Not required

    • Application deadlines:

      • Fall 2012 3/1/2012
      • Spring 2013 12/1/2012
      • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 5,104
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 78 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 25 %
      • International applicants: 2 %
      • Female applicants: 40 %

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements

      • Secondary school record: Very Important
      • Class rank: Very Important
      • Talent/ability: Important
      • Interview: Considered
      • Extracurricular activities: Very Important
      • Volunteer work: Important
      • Character/personal abilities: Very Important
      • Application essay: Important
      • Work experience: Considered
      • SAT/ACT scores: Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • High school GPA: Important

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

      • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The university admissions office
      • Total undergraduate business applicants: 896
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 77 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 23 %
      • 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?: Yes
      • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 93 %
      • 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

    • Internal transfers:

      • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 2.0

  • CAMPUS LIFE

    • Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

      • ATW Leadership Program
      • Alpha Kappa Psi
      • Business Administration Congress
      • Beta Alpha Psi
      • Financial Management Association
      • 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:

      • BSBA 128

    • Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

      • 2.0 Overall GPA and 2.0 Major GPA

  • ACADEMICS

    • Average class size:

      • Required business classes: 26
      • Business electives: 19

    • Percentage of business classes:

      • With 20 or fewer students: 37 %
      • With 21 to 50 students: 63 %
      • With more than 50 students: 0 %

    • Course enrollment:

      • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 58 %
      • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 0 %

  • CURRICULUM

    • Electives:

      • Available business electives: 70
      • New electives: Retirement Planning
      • Total business faculty: 54
      • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 50 %

    • Most prominent faculty:

      • Ernie Goss
      • Tom Purcell
      • Ravi Nath

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Economics
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • General Management
      • Special programs: PreHealth Sciences/Business Program, 3/3 PreLaw Program, Four Year Leadership Development Program, Dean's Honor Roll for Social Responsibility
      • Work study: Internship for credit program. About 80% of students do at least one internship.
      • Study abroad programs: The College of Business has a China course and participates in a semester abroad program in the Dominican Republic. There are numerous other study abroad programs available at the University level.
      • Volunteer opportunities: Students do tax returns for native americans and for the poor and elderly. Students participate in Community Assistance Teams that allow them to apply their skills helping local nonprofits with business needs. Students do a wide variety of other service work on their own or with student organizations.

    • Extra-curricular activities:

      • AMA
      • FMA
      • Beta Alpha Psi
      • ATW Leadership Program
      • Alpha Kappa Psi
      • Omicron Delta Epsilon
      • Beta Gamma Sigma
      • Business Administration Congress

  • FINANCIAL AID

    • Scholarships

      • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $6,246,109.00
      • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $7,019,962.00
      • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
      • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 79 %
      • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 3 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 24 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 76 %

    • Loans

      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
      • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $35,304.00

  • CAREER SERVICES

    • Employment Information

      • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 93 %
      • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 88 %
      • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 12 %

    • Received first job offer:

      • By graduation: 70 %
      • After graduation, but within 3 months: 18 %
      • More than 3 months after graduation : 5 %
      • No job offer reported: 7 %

    • Accepted first job offer:

      • By graduation : 70 %
      • After graduation, but within 3 months: 18 %
      • More than 3 months after graduation: 5 %
      • No job acceptance reported: 7 %
      • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 235
      • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 1,259

    • Top employers (number of students hired):

      • Cerner 7
      • Union Pacific 6
      • ConAgra Foods 6
      • Deloitte 5
      • KPMG 5
      • McGladrey 5
      • GE 2
      • Pricewaterhouse Coopers 2
      • Wells Fargo 2
      • Werner Enterprises 2
      • Cargill 1
      • Raytheon 1
      • Nike 1
      • Gallup 1
      • Black and Veatch 1

    • Compensation

      • Mean base salary: $46,200.00
      • Median base salary : $47,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $5,000.00
      • Median signing bonus: $5,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 12 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 47 %
      • General Management: 5 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Management Information Systems: 10 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 16 %
      • Operations/Production: 2 %
      • Logistics/Transportation: 3 %
      • Other: 2 %

    • Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Accounting: 18 %
      • Consumer Products/Retail : 10 %
      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 27 %
      • Government/Education: 3 %
      • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 8 %
      • Manufacturing: 2 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 6 %
      • Real Estate: 2 %
      • Sports/Leisure: 0 %
      • Technology/Science: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 2 %
      • Transportation: 10 %
      • 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: 3 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
      • Midwest: 84 %
      • South: 1 %
      • Southwest: 6 %
      • West: 5 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Career services offered: Resume writing, interview prep, practice interviews, business career assessments (CareerLeader), job search assistance, career networking events, business etiquette seminars, internship programs, career fairs, and on-campus interviews.

  • INTERNSHIPS

      • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 162
      • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 880

    • Top internship employers (number of students hired):

      • ConAgra Foods 20
      • Union Pacific 17
      • KPMG 6
      • TS Ameritrade 6
      • Target 4
      • BKD 4
      • McGladrey 4
      • Tenaska 3
      • Gavilon 3
      • Raytheon 3
      • PricewaterhouseCoopers 2
      • Wells Fargo 2
      • First National Bank of Omaha 2
      • Mutual of Omaha 2
      • Nike 2

    • Internship pay

      • Internships that are paid: 85 %
      • Mean compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $500.00
      • Median compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $600.00
      • Average internship length, in weeks: 10

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 8,611

    • 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

      • Joe Ricketts Founder, TD Ameritrade
      • Jayme Martin VP&GM Americas Division, Nike
      • Ron Gartlan CEO, Godfathers Pizza

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