UNDERGRADUATE Profiles Publish Date 2/26/09

Emory University

Goizueta Business School

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

Goizueta Business School, BBA Program

Emory University
1300 Clifton Road
Atlanta , Georgia 30322

Private Institution

Web site

http://www.goizueta.emory.edu/degree/undergra_prog.html

Program e-mail address:

BBA_programs@bus.emory.edu

Program telephone number:

(404) 727-8106

AACSB accredited:

Yes

Accreditation other than AACSB:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:

1918

Length of entire institution:

Four Year

Business program length:

Two Year

Degrees offered:

Degree/Program Name:
BBA

PROGRAM COSTS

Annual Tuition (Resident):

$ 35,800

Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)

$ 35,800

Cost per academic credit (resident)

$ 1,492

Cost per academic credit (non-resident)

$ 1,492

Required fees

$ 536

Books:

$ 1,000

Room and board:

$ 11,572

ENROLLMENT

Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

622

Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

Distance undergraduate business student enrollment:

Total College enrollment for 2008-09:

12,755

ADMISSIONS

Minimum SAT score for entire college on 1600 scale:

Minimum ACT score for entire college:

Interviews for entire college:

Not offered

Additional application requirements for entire college:

TOEFL, certified English translation of transcripts, certified financial information

Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:

Semester: Fall 2009
Deadline: 02-01-2009
Semester: Fall 2009 (TRANSFER)
Deadline: 06-01-2009

Freshmen admitted into business program:

Percentage of business students admitted as freshmen:

0 %

Are the freshman admits to the business program required to complete pre-business courses before beginning upper-lever courses in the junior year?

Internal transfers handled by:

Separate application

Minimum requirements for business program:

Minimum SAT score: NA
Minimum ACT score: NA
Minimum high school GPA : NA

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

Interview to enter business program:

By invitation only

Additional application requirements for freshman admits:

N/A

Minimum college GPA for internal business program transfers:

Additional requirements for internal transfers:

Completion of Micro and Macro Economics or Business Economics, Calculus II or Business Calculus, Financial Accounting, and Data & Decision Analysis. Complete majority of general education requirements prior to entry. 3.3 GPA and above expected.

Total number of full-time applications for entire college:

17,446

International applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

11 %

Female applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

58 %

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

27 %

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

28 %

Relative Importance of Application Elements:

Secondary School Record:

Very Important

Class Rank:

Considered

Talent/Ability:

Very Important

Interview:

Not Considered

Extracurricular Activities:

Very Important

Volunteer Work:

Considered

Character/Personal Abilities:

Very Important

Application Essay:

Very Important

Work Experience:

Considered

SAT/ACT Scores:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Very Important

High School GPA:

Very Important

Admissions program managed by:

The business program office

Total undergraduate business program applicants, 2008-09:

463

Applicants enrolled in undergrad business program 2008-2009:

98 %

Applicants admitted to undergraduate business program, 2008-09:

67 %

CLASS PROFILE

Class Profile:

Female: 41 %
International : 15 %

Entering students by age:

Mean: 20
Median: 20

Citizenship of Entering Students

U.S.: 85 %
Canada: 0 %
Other countries: 15 %
Unknown: 0 %

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 5 %
Asian American: 19 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
Native American: 1 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 68 %
Chose not to report: 3 %
Other: 0 %

Entering students from the following region:

Northeast: 35 %
Mid-Atlantic: 8 %
South: 33 %
Southwest: 7 %
Midwest : 12 %
West: 5 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

Mean: 1361
Median: 1370

SAT middle 50% range on 1600 scale:

From: 1,308
To: 1,430

Mean: N/A Median: N/A

From: N/A To: N/A

Percent of Students Who Were In:

Top 10% of high school class

80 %

Top 25% of high school class:

95 %

HS GPA of 3.75 or higher

72 %

HS GPA of 3.5 to 3.74:

22 %

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:

$ 5,545,690

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

$ 5,433,238

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:

A combination of need and merit

Scholarship consideration process:

Unique scholarship application

Other scholarship considerations:

For scholarship determinations based on merit, students must be nominated by high school counselors. Factors that are considered are high school GPA, SAT (or ACT) scores, extracurricular activities, community involvement, essays and interviews. The scholarships are honored by Goizueta when the student enters the Business School. Student must maintain a 3.2 GPA to retain merit-based aid.

Students receiving institutional scholarships for 2008-09 academic year:

38 %

Undergraduate business students with full-tuition scholarships 2008-09:

7 %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on merit, 2008-09 year:

67 %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on need, 2008-09:

19 %

School offers guaranteed loans:

Financial aid web site

http://www.emory.edu/FINANCIAL_AID/

Academics & Lifestyle

PROGRAM BASICS

Business students who graduate within four years:

98 %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:

98 %

Freshman retention rate:

95 %

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BBA
Hours: 138

Other degree requirements:

Completion of: Emory general education requirements for BBA students, all prerequisite business classes, all business core classes, at least one business area depth, a minimum of five electives in the business school, a minimum of 70 hours and four semesters of residency in the BBA program.

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: 22 %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 36 %
Classes with more than 50 students: 42 %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:

14 %

Required business courses that had waiting lists, 2007-08:

6 %

CURRICULUM

Number of elective courses available in business program:

Electives added current year:

Social Enterprise
Corporate Strategy and M&A
Honors Finance Seminar
Distressed Investing and Private Equity
BBA Leadership Academy

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

curr

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Consulting

Finance

Marketing

Operations Management

Special programs for business students:

Students may complete a major or minor in the liberal arts, design a cross-functional depth or create a focus integrating business and college fields. We offer business research certification and a leadership academy encompassing assessment, coaching, reflection and experiential learning. Seminars include speakers, skill-based classes, career development workshops and short courses taught by business professionals. Many courses feature fieldwork or projects assisting non-profit agencies.

Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:

Yes

Work study options include research and teaching assistanceships as well as project work in departmental offices. Students may also participate in an internship during the school year that is linked to an on-line discussion forum and supporting coursework .

Business program offers study abroad opportunities:

Yes

Study abroad program description:

Enjoying Goizueta’s relationship with 30 internationally renowned business schools in almost 20 countries from the Pacific Rim to Europe to South America, one third of Goizueta BBA students participate in study abroad experiences. Our learning community is additionally enhanced by the 75 exchange students from our partner schools who join us at Goizueta each year. In addition to academic credit, Goizueta BBA students may explore several opportunities to participate in an internship abroad.

Volunteer work and community service opportunities:

Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:

Volunteer Emory, the office of Outreach and Community Partnerships, and Goizueta Service Organization connect student directly to the community. Consulting and non-profit marketing courses place students on projects for non-profit organizations. Selected students may receive financial and academic support to complete internships in non-profit community organizations. Half of the BBA students report that they volunteer three or more hours weekly.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Alpha Kappa Psi
Alternative Investments Group
Goizueta Communications Club
Goizueta Consulting Club
Goizueta Energy Group Goizueta Marketing Club
Goizueta Investors Goizueta Real EState Club
Goizueta International Network
Goizueta Service Organization

FACULTY

Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 62
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 9
Permanent/tenured professors: 17
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 29
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 12
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 15

Prominent faculty:

Benn Konsynski
Narasimhan Jegadeesh
Anand Swaminathan

STUDENT LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:

Goizueta Investors
Goizueta International Network
Alpha Kappa Psi
Goizueta Marketing Club
Beta Alpha Psi

Freshmen are required to live on campus:

Yes

Business students are grouped in learning communities:

TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network available:

Yes

Technological improvements made in the last three years:

More than $3.6 million was invested in the last three years for B-School technological enhancements. Improvements include: Advanced presentation technology in all public rooms; $1.9 mil investment in AV & network technology; more than 2,700 wired connects in the 2 Goizueta buildings; New broadcast video studio, behavioral research lab, multimedia development center & video capture services. resources for podcasting, wikis, blogs, and "iTunes U" technology. A large plasma television for BBA activities, LCD panels and a flexible technology teaching classroom

Trading laboratory available:

Alumni Affairs & Careers

ALUMNI

Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:

7,102

Total living alumni:

6,503

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

20 %

Mean alumni gift 2007-08:

$ 498

Median alumni gift, 2007-08:

$ 100

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

Prominent alumni:

Name: Charles Jenkins
Title: Chairman of the Board, Publix Super Markets
Name: Steve Levick
Title: Minority Owner, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Name: Steven Schonfeld
Title: President, Schonfeld Securities

CAREER SERVICES

Percent of 2008 graduates who provided employment information:

93 %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 86 %
Not Seeking full-time employment in business: 14 %

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

111

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

632

Other activities and services provided for business majors:

In person and virtual career advising, job and internship postings, on-campus interviews, MBA coaches, alumni mentors, alumni database mining, "Career Leader" assessment, practice interviews, career treks to major cities, company visits, employer panels, workshops on resume writing, interviewing, and job search techniques, mock interviews, career fairs, business research, resume reviews, “Ace the Case” and modeling workshops, career prep series, employer shadowing programs.

Job offer results, 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 89 %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 9 %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
Did not report having received a job offer: 2 %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 89 %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 8 %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1 %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 2 %

Top hiring firms:

PricewaterhouseCoopers
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
Ernst & Young
Lehman Bros.
KPMG LLP
Wells Fargo
Goldman Sachs Group
Bank of America Corp.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Merrill Lynch
Mercer Consulting

Wachovia Securities
Macy's
SunTrust
CIT Group

Graduate compensation:

Mean base salary: $ 52,139
Median base salary: $ 55,000
Mean signing bonus: $ 6,816
Median signing bonus: $ 6,000

Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 12 %
Finance/Accounting: 55 %
General Management: 7 %
Human Resources: 2 %
Management Information Systems: 1 %
Marketing/Sales: 16 %
Operations/Production: 3 %
Logistics/Transportation: 0 %
Other: 4 %

Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Accounting: 12 %
Consumer Products/Retail: 9 %
Consulting Services: 16 %
Financial Services: 38 %
Government/Education: 2 %
Pharma/Biotech/Health: 0 %
Manufacturing: 1 %
Media/Entertainment: 11 %
Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
Real Estate: 3 %
Sports/Leisure: 1 %
Technology/Science: 1 %
Non-Profit: 1 %
Transportation: 1 %
Utilities: 1 %
Other: 3 %

Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 100 %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 39 %
Mid-Atlantic: 3 %
Midwest: 5 %
South: 48 %
Southwest: 2 %
West: 3 %
US Possessions/Territories: 0 %

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

Internship postings on job boards, previous academic year:

537

Top internship recruiters, 2007-08:

Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Lehman Bros.
Mercer Consulting
Ernst & Young
Goldman Sachs Group
Merrill Lynch
Bank of America Corp.

Wachovia Securities
BDO Seidman
Brighthouse LLC
Macy's
Siemans
Turner Broadcasting System

Percentage of internships that were paid, previous academic year

84 %

Mean internship compensation per week:

$ 729

Median internship compensation per week:

$ 650

Average internship, in weeks:

Graduate Comments

I think we are lucky in that we can truly have a personal relationship with our program and the community. While the workload can be heavy, I know I can distinguish myself from other applicants in a job and I am grateful that I was given the opportunity to be at Emory and be accepted in the business school program.

In my opinion, the grading sale is awful. Too much grade emphasis on participation detracts from good learning environment. Some students are competitive rather than collaborative. Students are snobby, act entitled. The program attempts to create a good atmosphere through social events (Kegs on the Quad, Cocktail Hours), but the attitude of Emory students/grading scale stops this from being very successful.

Given the market for finance this year the career center did an outstanding job bringing firms to recruit from campus. The exposure to employers was impressive, considering the reduction in bulge bracket hiring.

I cannot imagine a better environment to create a completely unique educational experience that employers will find so valuable. I am certain that the connections I have made with friends, faculty and mentors will serve me not only for the following five years but much further into my career.

The investment the teachers make in their students is seen through all aspects of campus life at Goizueta. Goizueta's involvement with their students is beyond the typical teacher/student relationship. It's a fostering community that has helped me launch two businesses and maintain a good school to life balance.

I feel that the spread in quality teachers is too large. While I have had some unbelievable professors whose lectures I can repeat word for word because they kept me so engaged, I could not bring myself to go to some of the classes some of the new teachers taught.

I feel that I have been able to do everything I wanted in my undergraduate business career. I was able to major in Finance, complete the CPA track to sit for the exam in the summer in just one year, study abroad in Vienna, and minor in German. My accounting professors have helped me so much with my class schedules and job-search advice.

The business program at Emory is a community. They ensure that you learn to work with those around you and are placed into challenging situations through work loads, exams and presentations. At the end of the day there is always someone at the school willing to lend a helping hand. Yes, we are in a competitive environment at our business school but we are also a community and only want the best for our school.

The grading curve as well as the demanding professors have pushed me to achieve a level of performance during my studies and projects that, as a freshman, I did not think was possible for me. This has made me confident that I will succeed in my role as a strategy consultant after I graduate.

I wish the connections were more widespread so that I could network outside of NY and Atlanta. I am from Dallas and it has been very difficult for me to make inroads back to my hometown.

While I appreciate the value of my undergraduate business education, courses often repeat material thought in other classes. The emphasis on group work is both a benefit and flaw. Although it teaches professionalism and how to interact with colleagues, it also breeds an unnecessarily politicized learning environment.

There are many professors, especially at the higher elective level, that are extremely talented in their area of expertise. The elective professors in Finance, Management, and Business Law are truly spectacular. The academic community is close within the school, so access to professors and connecting with MBAs is a plus.

Goizueta has an amazing BBA programs office. The staff is always cheerful, helpful, and very willing to listen and address student concerns. The career center is extremely proactive in preparing students for interview and with providing us enough opportunities to network. Our international exchange program is fabulous! We have a lot of students come to Goizueta every semester from a host of countries and a lot of Goizueta students that go abroad. This provides for a great classroom as well as social experience as I, personally, have become very close with the internationals and love learning from and meeting all of them.

It has a great balance of fun and hard work. The classes are challenging and competitive. At the same time we know how to have fun and build a community with no classes on Fridays (which is not a free day, for most a lot of work gets done), BBA Kegs, competitions between students and faculty, volunteering. Recruiting and networking are major parts of the Business school and they do a great job of preparing us and providing opportunities.

The fact that it is a two year program, has allowed me to learn not just business but also liberal arts. Also, I loved studying abroad in Barcelona through my business school.