Program Basics

• • Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business
  • Graduate School of Business Administration
  • 441 East Fordham Road
  • Faber Hall
  • Bronx, New York
  • 10458
  • United States of America
  • Program Web site: http://www.fordham.edu/gsb
  • Program e-mail address: enroll@fordham.edu
  • Program phone number: 718-817-1000
  • Status: Private
• • 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: 8,427
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 2,094
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 46
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 91 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 83 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 87 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • BS in Business Administration
  • 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

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $39,235.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $39,235.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $1,057.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $798.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $798.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $14,491.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $942.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 34 %
  • International: 12 %

• 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: 44 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 82 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 29 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 27 %

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

  • Mean: 1256
  • Median: 1260

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

  • From: 1180
  • To: 1330

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

  • Mean: 28
  • Median: 28

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 26
  • To: 30

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 88 %
  • Canada: 0 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 12 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 1 %
  • Asian American: 14 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 11 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 3 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 70 %
  • Chose not to report: 0 %
  • Other: 1 %

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

  • Northeast: 77 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 5 %
  • South: 2 %
  • Southwest: 2 %
  • Midwest: 7 %
  • West: 5 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • SAT
  • ACT
• • Interviews are: Recommended

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 1/16/2012
  • Spring 2013 11/30/2012
• • Additional application requirements: Essay and recommendation letters are required. TOEFL is required for international applicants.
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 33,211
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 43 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 15 %
• • International applicants: 7 %
• • Female applicants: 34 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

  • Secondary school record: Very Important
  • Class rank: Very Important
  • Talent/ability: Important
  • Interview: Important
  • Extracurricular activities: Important
  • Volunteer work: Considered
  • Character/personal abilities: Important
  • Application essay: Important
  • Work experience: Considered
  • 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: 6,391
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 44 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 19 %
• • 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: 92 %
  • 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: 2.5

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • GLOBE
  • Finance Society
  • Marketing Group
  • Alpha Sigma Nu
• • 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

  • Undergraduate students will complete, as part of their 120 credit hour requirement, an arts and science core, a business core, major courses and electives.

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 30
  • Business electives: 29

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 24 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 76 %
  • With more than 50 students: 0 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 86
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2010
  • Total business faculty: 115
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 78 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • James Lothian, PhD
  • Paul McNelis, SJ
  • Iftekhar Hasan, PhD

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Management Information Systems
    • International Business
• • Special programs: GLOBE International Business Program, Undergraduate Learning Research Opportunities (Boyle Society), Faculty Research Assistantship, Matteo Ricci Summer Research Program, CBA Consulting Program, CBA Honors Thesis Program, Dual Degree Programs (BS/MBA, BS/MS), Global Business Honors Program, Scholarship Programs (Internal), Academic Support Programs, Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) Program.
• • Work study: Fordham's business program offers its students a vast number of internship opportunities which can be completed during a semester while students are enrolled at Fordham or during the summer. Many of these internships are in the nation's and 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.
• • 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 & SummerInternship); 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.
• • Volunteer opportunities: 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 activitiesincluding 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.comfor more information about Service Learning at Fordham's GSB.

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • Student Clubs and Honor Societies (i.e. Finance Society, CEO Breakfast Club, Entrepreneurs Club, Economics Club, Fair Trade Association, Omicron Delta, Upsilon, etc.)
  • Academic Competitions (CFA Global Investment Research Challenge, The Fed Challenge, The Barron's Challenge, PricewaterhouseCoopers xTax)
  • Pre-Professional and Career Programs (NYSSA Semi Program, Direct Marketing Association Membership, Career View--Corporate Visitation Program)
  • Internship and Leadership Programs

FINANCIAL AID

• • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Central financial aid office at the university
  • Financial aid web site: http://www.fordham.edu/finaid

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $18,431,576.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 70 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 78 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 22 %

• Loans

  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
• • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $39,539.00

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 74 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 78 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 22 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 59 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 26 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation: 15 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 0 %

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • JP Morgan Chase 19
  • KPMG LLP 11
  • Ernst and Young, LLP 9
  • Normura Securities 7
  • PriceWaterhouse Coopers, LLP 6
  • Deloitte & Touche LLP 4
  • Morgan Stanley 4
  • Societe General 4
  • General Electric 3
  • Goldman Sachs 3
  • UBS Financial Services 3
  • Universal McCann 3
  • Barclay's Bank, PLC 2
  • Merrill Lynch 2
  • Prudential Investment 2

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $56,594.00
  • Median base salary : $55,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $7,879.00
  • Median signing bonus: $10,000.00
  • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $12,833.00
  • Median other guaranteed compensation: $5,000.00

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

  • Consulting: 2 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 59 %
  • General Management: 11 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Management Information Systems: 2 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 18 %
  • Operations/Production: 3 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 0 %
  • Other: 4 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 13 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 4 %
  • Consulting: 7 %
  • Financial Services: 41 %
  • Government/Education: 4 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 2 %
  • Manufacturing: 5 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 14 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 2 %
  • Technology/Science: 3 %
  • Non-Profit: 0 %
  • Transportation: 1 %
  • Utilities: 1 %

• 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: 86 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 3 %
  • Midwest: 1 %
  • South: 3 %
  • Southwest: 5 %
  • West: 2 %

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 19,344
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 16,622
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 24 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $4,766.00
  • Median Gift: $100.00
  • Did the business program receive a gift of $10 million or more in the last academic year? Yes
  • Donor and Amount: Mario Gabelli & Anonymous Donor

• Prominent alums of the undergrad business program

  • Mario Gabelli Chairman and CEO, Gamco
  • Robert Campbell Retired Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Johnson & Johnson
  • General John M. Keane Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director, Keane Advisors; Retired four-star general and former Vice Chief of Staff - US Army

• • -The Gabelli School of Business is located 20 minutes away from New York City. It is not only the most beautiful campus in the city, but the only one that can call itself an actual campus. Aside from its location, the business school is vastly growing with more companies and internship opportunities; Fordham in the next few years will be the top business school in the city. Not only are the job opportunities vast at Fordham, but the networking connections one attains. Overall, the business school has shaped me very well.
    
    -More career-focused information early on. I feel like it wasn't until junior year that I started hearing about things. I also think fewer tests and more semester-long projects would help in career preparation.
    
    -Fordham's Jesuit tradition of striving for "magis," or "more," is prevalent in the Gabelli School of Business. In the classroom, professors push students to challenge themselves and realize their full potential. In the business world, Fordham students are encouraged to pursue top-notch internships and represent themselves professionally and a positive representation of themselves and their school.
    
    -They really need to stop focusing so much on accounting and finance and try to give the other majors more opportunities. We only have one advertising class, and when I took it the teacher focused on theory not practice, so god forbid I wanted to go into that field.
    
    -The plethora of business classes students are required to take really opened my eyes to the different facets of the business world.
    
    -The core required classes for business students needs to be changed. Some of the classes I take I believe to be irrelevant to my understanding of the business world and environment.
    
    -In addition to the commitment to job skill preparation and placement, I would say the greatest uniqueness comes from the devoted faculty who care about the school and the students.
    
    -I feel the business school needs to be more responsive to the ideas and suggestions of faculty and students.
    
    -The Jesuit education allows each student to attain the business knowledge as well as the ethical values needed to survive in an industry such as business. The core curriculum is very diverse which allows the students to be more well-rounded and prepared for different transitions in careers if they have the desire to.
    
    -Less focus on finance and accounting and more attention to other programs. Redefine entrepreneurship program -- too narrow. Advising needs improvement -- too many students assigned to one advisor.
    
    -The program does not get recruited as heavily as other top institutions, but this makes students and administration work harder and I have found that if you are willing to put effort into the program and into networking, you can have any opportunity you want.
    
    -We need to make stronger connections to our older alumni. I have met a lot of wonderful alumni who want to help out undergraduates, but are not sure how to. We should also make stronger ties to certain companies. We need more on-campus recruiting.
    
    -Fordham offers students an amazing opportunity to develop both personally and professionally through the commitment of the administrators, professors, and alumni alike. The classes are challenging and engaging, the professors demand the best from the students, and the administrators are there along the way to offer help and guidance. As a member of Fordham's Student Managed Investment Fund, a group of 24 students have the opportunity to invest $1mm of the university's endowment. It's this type of real-world, hands on experience that makes the Fordham experience unique.