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Fordham University

Gabelli School of Business

Quick Stats

  • Avg. SAT Score
    1261
  • Annual Tuition
    $41,000
    $ $ $ $ $
  • Program Enrollment
    2,024
  • University Selectivity
    43%
  • University Yield
    13%
  • Job Offers
    91%
  • Average Salary
    $57,060
  • Top Industry
    Financial Services
  • School Status
    Private
  • Accreditation
    AACSB Accredited
  • B-School Founded
    1920
  • Program Length
    Four Year
Contact Information
441 East Fordham Road
Hughes Hall
Bronx, New York 10458, United States
Website

Gabelli School of Business

The Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University prepares students for global leadership roles in business — not just any job — by combining an intensive, practice-oriented business curriculum with a distinguishing foundation in the liberal arts. Fordham’s New York City location allows students to hold internships year-round at the world’s largest multinational firms. No matter what students choose as their business focus, they are challenged to think in line with Fordham’s Jesuit tradition about how business can move beyond profit to truly advance society.

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Our proximity to the financial capital of the world contributes greatly to the caliber of our business program. We are taught by professors who have come from real world positions in great financial companies, and they are often still working in the field. We are able to attend a multitude of networking events both on and off campus because business professionals have easy access to our campus and we have easy access to New York City. We are easily able to commute to work in the city and are encouraged to intern throughout the school year, possible because of our location.

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Admissions

Admissions Selectivity
43% Fordham University 58% Average Across All Schools
Most Important Admissions Factors
  1. SAT/ACT scores
  2. Secondary school record
  3. Talent/ability
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Total Applications
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
35522% 35,522
43% 43
13% 13
43% School Selectivity
13% School Yield
Demographics of Applicants
  • Male Applicants
  • Female Applicants
  • International Applicants
  • U.S. Applicants
Application Deadlines
Jan 16
Fall 2013
Nov 30
Spring 2014
Required Tests
  • SAT
  • ACT
  • Are Interviews Required? Recommended
Additional Requirements:

Essay and recommendation letters are required. TOEFL is required for international applicants.
Total Applications to Program
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
7584% 7,584
33% 33
18% 18
33% Program Selectivity
18% Program Yield
Program Requirements
  • Admissions managed by Business Program
  • Are interviews required? Not required
Required Tests

Transfer Requirements
  • How internal transfers are handled Separate application
  • Min college GPA for transfers 2.5
  • Other transfer requirements
Freshman Requirements
  • Freshman admissions Yes
  • Percent of admitted applicants who are freshmen 94
  • Min GPA required in pre-business courses Yes
  • How freshmen are admitted Indicate interest on university application
Other Requirements for freshman

Careers

Financial Services 58%
Top Industry
  • Media/Entertainment 12%
  • Other 6%
  • Manufacturing 5%
JP Morgan 16
Top Employer
  • Ernst and Young 10
  • KPMG 10
  • Pricewaterhouse Coopers 9
Job offers within 3 months after graduation
91% Gabelli School of Business 75% Average Across All Schools
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Job Offers Received and Accepted
  • This School
  • All Schools
By Graduation
75% 75
59% 59.267238095238085
75% Receive Offers
57% 57
56% 55.65923664122137
57% Accept Offers
After graduation, but within 3 months
16% 16
16% 16.189999999999998
16% Receive Offers
23% 23
17% 17.25698275862069
23% Accept Offers
More than 3 Months after graduation
2% 2
10% 10.193835616438358
2% Receive Offers
6% 6
13% 12.771399999999998
6% Accept Offers
82% Graduates seeking full-time employment
18% Graduates not seeking employment
70% Percentage of graduates for whom employment information is available
Salaries and Percentages of Job Accepting Graduates
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Consulting
4% 4
Data not provided
Finance/Accounting
44% 44
Data not provided
General Management
6% 6
Data not provided
Human Resources
1% 1
Data not provided
Management Information Systems
1% 1
Data not provided
Marketing/Sales
10% 10
Data not provided
Operations/Production
15% 15
Data not provided
Logistics/Transportation
2% 2
Data not provided
Other
18% 18
Data not provided
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Accounting
2% 2
Data not provided
Consumer Products/Retail
8% 8
Data not provided
Consulting
1% 1
Data not provided
Financial Services
58% 58
Data not provided
Manufacturing
5% 5
Data not provided
Media/Entertainment
12% 12
Data not provided
Non-Profit
1% 1
Data not provided
Real Estate
1% 1
Data not provided
Sports/Leisure
1% 1
Data not provided
Technology/Science
6% 6
Data not provided
Transportation
1% 1
Data not provided
Other
6% 6
Data not provided
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
U.S. Northeast
90% 90
Data not provided
U.S. Mid-Atlantic
3% 3
Data not provided
U.S. South
1% 1
Data not provided
U.S. Midwest
2% 2
Data not provided
U.S. West
3% 3
Data not provided
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Average Signing Bonus for Most Recent Graduates
Internship Employers / Interns Hired
Internship Services
  • Companies that recruit interns on campus
  • Companies that posted internships on school message board
  • Average intern length in weeks
  • Percentage of internships that are paid
Career Services
  • Number of companies that recruited students on campus 48
  • Number of companies that posted full-time jobs on school message boards 1,422
Other activities and career services provided to undergraduate business students:
University Career Services offers a database of internships and job postings as well as job fairs. In addition, Gabelli’s Personal and Professional Development group offers a four-year program of job-search workshops, discernment exercises and assessment, executive panels and lectures, and advice tailored to specific business sectors and career tracks. Students have executive mentors, graduate student mentors, and group and personalized sessions with specialists in several business fields.

Cost

Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$58,406
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $41,000
  • Fees $1,057
  • Expenses $16,349
Non-Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$58,406
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $41,000
  • Fees $1,057
  • Expenses $16,349
70% Percent of Institutional Grants or Scholarships 1% Percent of Full-tuition Institutional Grants or Scholarships
Basis for Grants or Scholarships
  • Need 77%
  • Merit 23%
More Information
Financial Aid
  • Financial Aid Management No
  • Website http://www.fordham.edu/finaid
Scholarships
$20,063,004
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students last year
Loans
  • Loan Guarantee Policy No
  • Max Loan Guarantee Per Year

Academics

Average Class Size
  • Gabelli School of Business
  • All Schools
Core Business Classes
34% 31
50% 46
Elective Business Classes
52% 30
50% 29
Required Classes with a Waiting List
Gabelli School of Business 12 Average Across All Schools
* On the First Day of Enrollment
Top Areas of Study
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • International Business
  • Management Information Systems
  • Marketing
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Business Program Classes
17% Less than 20 Students 0% More than 50 Students
83% 21 to 50 students
30 Average number of students in non-business required electives
New Electives
  • Program length Four Year
  • Last change to curriculum 2010
Degrees Offered / Credits Required
  • BS in Business Administration 120
  • BS in Public Accounting
  • BS in Finance
  • BS in Marketing
  • BS in Management of Information Systems
  • BS in Applied Accounting and Finance
  • BS in Accounting Information Systems
Faculty
  • All Faculty
  • Tenured
112% 112
79% 79
Prominent Faculty
  • James Lothian

    Finance & Business Economics

  • Paul McNelis, SJ

    Finance & Business Economics

  • Iftekar Hasan

    International Business & Finance
  • Are work study or co-ops available? Yes
  • Description of work study / co-ops:

    Fordham offers its students a vast number of internship opportunities which can be completed during a semester or during the summer. Many of these internships are in the world's most prestigious corporations, located in the capital of global commerce, New York City. Top investment houses, accounting firms, marketing agencies, banks, designers, record labels, technology firms, and a vast array of corporations take on our students as interns.

  • Is study abroad available? Yes
  • Description of study abroad programs:

    Fordham's business students have opportunities to study abroad in the following locations: London (Summer & Semester Study Program); University College Dublin (Semester Aboard & Summer Internship); Barcelona (IQS Ramon Llull Semester Abroad); Rio De Janeiro (PUC Rio Semester Abroad); The Beijing Center (Semester Abroad); plus over 50 approved schools, programs and countries. Furthermore, there are a number of Intensive Study Tour Programs.
  • Is community service or volunteering available? Yes
  • Description of community service/volunteering:

    Fordham strives to foster and support activities that contribute to the greater good of our local, national, and global community through various volunteer and community service activities including our Service Learning and International Service Learning Programs, Global Outreach, Big Brothers and Big Sisters Organization, just to name a few. Please visit www.cbaservice.com for more information about Service Learning at Fordham's GSB.

Students

60% Students in Top 10% of High School Class 38% Students with High School GPA over 3.75
1330 75th Percentile Score on SAT 30 75th Percentile Score on ACT
Student Body Breakdown
  • International Students
  • U.S. Students
  • Male Students
  • Female Students
Ethnicity of Students
White
70% 70
Asian American
19% 19
Hispanic
9% 9
* Percentages are for U.S. citizens in most recent entering class; only top three responses shown.
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U.S. Regional Breakdown
4%
3%
79%
3%
2%
8%
Student Citizenship
U.S.
89% 89
Other Non-U.S. Citizenship
8% 8
Dual Citizenship
3% 3
Canada
0% 0
18 Average age of full-time students
88% Freshman retention rate
Graduation Rate
  • 4 Years
  • 6 Years
81% 81
84% 84

Alumni

Alumni Donors
Total Living Alumni 17,196
Alumni Donations
$140 Average Gift Largest Gift
Most Prominent Alumni
  • Mario Gabelli

    Chairman and CEO, Gamco

  • Robert Campbell

    Retired Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Johnson & Johnson

  • General John Keane

    Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director, Keane Advisors; Retired 4-star General and former Vice Chief of Staff - US Army