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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

East Carolina University

College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Bachelor of Science Business Administration
      • College of Business Graduate Programs
      • 1000 E 5th Street
      • Bate 3119 College of Business
      • Greenville, North Carolina
      • 27858
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-bus/undergraduateprograms.cfm
      • Program e-mail address: cobadvising@ecu.edu
      • Program phone number: 252-328-5571
      • Status: Public (state-operated)
      • AACSB accredited: Yes
      • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1936
      • Institution: Four Year
      • Business Program: Four Year

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Total undergraduate: 21,663
      • Full-time undergraduate business: 2,533
      • Part-time undergraduate business: 412
      • Distance undergraduate business: 442
      • College or university freshman retention rate: 82 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • BSBA - General Business Admin
      • BSBA - Finance
      • BSBA - Accounting
      • BSBA - Management
      • BSBA - Marketing & Supply Chain Mgmt
      • BSBA - Management Info Systems

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $3,348.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $15,927.00
      • Annual Required Fees: $2,016.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $418.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $1,991.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $8,800.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $1,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 38 %
      • International: 2 %

    • Mean and median age of full-time business students in the newest entering class:

      • Mean: 18
      • Median: 18

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

      • Mean: 1041
      • Median: 1030

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

      • From: 970
      • To: 1100

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

      • Mean: 21

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 14 %
      • Asian American: 4 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 74 %
      • Chose not to report: 3 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

    • Standardized tests required of all applicants:

      • SAT
      • Interviews are: Not required

    • Application deadlines:

      • Fall 2012 3/15/2012
      • Spring 2013 11/1/2012
      • Summer 2013 3/15/2013
      • Fall 2013 3/15/2013
      • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 15,085
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 70 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 40 %
      • International applicants: 1 %
      • Female applicants: 38 %

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements

      • Secondary school record: Considered
      • Class rank: Considered
      • Talent/ability: Considered
      • Interview: Not Considered
      • Extracurricular activities: Considered
      • Volunteer work: Considered
      • Character/personal abilities: Considered
      • Application essay: Not Considered
      • Work experience: Considered
      • SAT/ACT scores: Considered
      • Recommendations: Not Considered
      • High school GPA: Considered

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

      • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The business program office
      • Total undergraduate business applicants: 2,176
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 51 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 51 %
      • 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: 45 %
      • 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:

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

  • CAMPUS LIFE

    • Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

      • Financial Management Association
      • Society for Advancement of Management
      • Association of Information Technology Professionals
      • American Marketing Association
      • Institute for Supply Chain Management
      • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: No
      • Are business students grouped together in 'learning communities' in housing and other facilities?: No

  • ACADEMICS

    • Average class size:

      • Required business classes: 32
      • Business electives: 31

    • Percentage of business classes:

      • With 20 or fewer students: 17 %
      • With 21 to 50 students: 76 %
      • With more than 50 students: 7 %

  • CURRICULUM

    • Electives:

      • Available business electives: 80

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • General Management
      • Study abroad programs: The College of Business Summer Study Abroad program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Students are required to be in good academic standing. The program includes three weeks of instruction on campus or online and two weeks of activities at the designated foreign location.
      • Volunteer opportunities: The university Volunteer and Service Learning Center assists student volunteers and service-learners with finding service sites, facilitate national days of service and service trips, support student led service programs, implement service initiatives, and track service hours performed and reported by students.

    • Extra-curricular activities:

      • Student Commerce Club
      • Student Accounting Society
      • Financial Management Association
      • Society for Advancement of Management
      • American Marketing Association
      • Institute for Supply Chain Management

  • FINANCIAL AID

    • Scholarships

      • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $89,490.00
      • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $114,373.00
      • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
      • Other criteria for scholarship consideration: e enrolled in the College of BusinessHave completed at least 45 hours of college credit with at least 15 hours completed at ECUHave at least a 2.5 grade point averagePlan to enroll in classes at ECU during Fall 2012

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

    • Prominent alums of the undergrad business program

      • Mr. Kelly King CEO, BB&T Corporation
      • Mr. Sam Wornom Co-Founder of The Pantry, Inc.
      • Mr. Howard Rooks Founder of Mount Vernon Realty

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