UNDERGRADUATE Profiles Publish Date 2/26/09

Fordham University

School of Business Administration

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

Fordham University - College of Business Administration

441 East Fordham Road
Faber Hall
Bronx , New York 10458

Private Institution

Web site

http://www.fordham.edu/CBA

Program e-mail address:

enroll@fordham.edu

Program telephone number:

(718) 817-1000

AACSB accredited:

Yes

Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:

1920

Length of entire institution:

Four Year

Business program length:

Four Year

Degrees offered:

Degree/Program Name:
BS in Business Administration
BS in Public Accounting
BS in Finance
BS in Marketing
BS in Management of Information and Communications Systems
BS in Applied Accounting and Finance
BS in Accounting Information Systems

PROGRAM COSTS

Annual Tuition (Resident):

$ 34,200

Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)

$ 34,200

Cost per academic credit (resident)

$ 739

Cost per academic credit (non-resident)

$ 739

Required fees

$ 1,057

Books:

$ 840

Room and board:

$ 12,980

ENROLLMENT

Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

2,004

Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

Total College enrollment for 2008-09:

14,666

ADMISSIONS

Minimum SAT score for entire college on 1600 scale:

Minimum ACT score for entire college:

Minimum high school GPA for entire college:

Interviews for entire college:

Recommended

Additional application requirements for entire college:

Essay, recommendation letter. TOEFL required for international students.

Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:

Semester: Fall 2009
Deadline: 01-15-2009
Semester: Spring 2010
Deadline: 12-01-2009

Freshmen admitted into business program:

Yes

Percentage of business students admitted as freshmen:

95 %

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

Yes

Freshmen admitted by:

Indicate interest on university application

Minimum requirements for business program:

Additional application requirements for freshman admits:

N/A

Minimum college GPA for internal business program transfers:

2.5

Additional requirements for internal transfers:

N/A

Total number of full-time applications for entire college:

24,976

International applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

4 %

Female applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

59 %

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

46 %

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

17 %

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 program managed by:

The university admissions office

Total undergraduate business program applicants, 2008-09:

5,634

Applicants enrolled in undergrad business program 2008-2009:

26 %

Applicants admitted to undergraduate business program, 2008-09:

42 %

CLASS PROFILE

Class Profile:

Female: 34 %
International : 5 %

Entering students by age:

Mean: 18.52
Median: 18.47

Citizenship of Entering Students

U.S.: 95 %
Other countries: 5 %

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 3.5 %
Asian American: 12 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 13 %
Native American: 0.2 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 58 %
Chose not to report: 11 %
Other: 2.6 %

Entering students from the following region:

Northeast: 82 %
Mid-Atlantic: 6.3 %
South: 3 %
Southwest: 1.4 %
Midwest : 2.3 %
West: 4.7 %
Possessions and territories: 0.2 %

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

Mean: 1230
Median: 1230

SAT middle 50% range on 1600 scale:

From: 1,160
To: 1,300

ACT Scores for full-time entering business students:

Mean: 27
Median: 27

ACT middle 50% range:

From: 25
To: 29

Percent of Students Who Were In:

Top 10% of high school class

39 %

Top 25% of high school class:

77 %

HS GPA of 3.75 or higher

35 %

HS GPA of 3.5 to 3.74:

28 %

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:

$ 13,652,442

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

$ 15,086,141

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:

A combination of need and merit

Scholarship consideration process:

All candidates are considered for scholarships

Other scholarship considerations:

N/A

Students receiving institutional scholarships for 2008-09 academic year:

69 %

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

4 %

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

74 %

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

26 %

School offers guaranteed loans:

Financial aid web site

http://www.fordham.edu/finaid

Academics & Lifestyle

PROGRAM BASICS

Business students who graduate within four years:

76 %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:

82 %

Freshman retention rate:

96 %

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:

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 in required business courses:

27.6

Average class size in business electives:

25.4

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 32 %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 66 %
Classes with more than 50 students: 2 %

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

37 %

CURRICULUM

Number of elective courses available in business program:

Electives added current year:

International Business Law
Business of Sports Media
Money and the Meaning of Life
Personal Leadership
Fixed Income Analysis

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

2000

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Finance

International Business

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Special programs for business students:

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, Scholarships Programs (Internal), Academic Support Programs, Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) Program.

Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:

Yes

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.

Business program offers study abroad opportunities:

Yes

Study abroad program description:

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.

Volunteer work and community service opportunities:

Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:

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 CBA.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Student Clubs and Honor Societies (ie 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
Academic Support Programs
For more information please visit wwwfordhamedu/cba/specialprograms

FACULTY

Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 97
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 69
Permanent/tenured professors: 37
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 33
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 0
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 1
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 3.5

Prominent faculty:

Everette Dennis
James Lothian
Paul McNelis SJ

STUDENT LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:

Beta Alpha Psi
GLOBE (International Business) Club
Finance Society
Marketing Group
Alpha Sigma Nu

Freshmen are required to live on campus:

Business students are grouped in learning communities:

Yes

TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network available:

Yes

Technological improvements made in the last three years:

Recent technological improvements include: three new videoconferencing setups, four new video screen for stock info and business news updates, CBA study hall, upgrades to one-third of PCs, 105 new or updated Smart Classrooms university-wide, expanded computer lab, access to Reuters and Thompson1, and a new Trading Room.

Trading laboratory available:

Yes

Alumni Affairs & Careers

ALUMNI

Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:

17,789

Total living alumni:

15,591

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

21 %

Mean alumni gift 2007-08:

$ 1,053

Median alumni gift, 2007-08:

$ 100

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

Prominent alumni:

Name: Mario Gabelli
Title: Chairman, GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Name: Robert J. O'Shea
Title: CEO, Silver Point Capital
Name: Stephen J. McGuinness
Title: Managing Director, Equities Division, Goldman Sachs & Co.

CAREER SERVICES

Percent of 2008 graduates who provided employment information:

54 %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 94 %
Not Seeking full-time employment in business: 6 %

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

275

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

1,391

Other activities and services provided for business majors:

Career Services empowers students and alumni/ae in their career development, by capitalizing on our Metro New York businesses base. Services include one-on-one and workshop series counseling, advising, coaching, resume, interviewing, networking and professionalism training, employer relations initiatives and diversity initiatives. Programming includes career fairs- general and specialized- networking events, mentoring, speaker series, and on-campus recruiting. Career Services works in collaboration with deans of the undergraduate business college to deliver targeted services as needed.

Job offer results, 2008 graduates:

Accepted first job offer by graduation: 62 %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 15 %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 15 %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 8 %

Top hiring firms:

Ernst & Young
KPMG LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Merrill Lynch
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
Citigroup Inc.
Morgan Stanley
Goldman Sachs Group

Anchin, Block & Anchin
BBDO
Northwestern Mutual
McGladrey
Smart Business Advisory
Footlocker

Graduate compensation:

Mean base salary: $ 53,601
Median base salary: $ 55,000
Mean signing bonus: $ 5,696
Median signing bonus: $ 4,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $ 5,604
Median other guaranteed compensation: $ 4,000

Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 0.6 %
Finance/Accounting: 63 %
General Management: 4.8 %
Management Information Systems: 1.8 %
Marketing/Sales: 11 %
Other: 19 %

Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Accounting: 42 %
Consumer Products/Retail: 1.6 %
Consulting Services: 5.8 %
Financial Services: 30 %
Government/Education: 5.3 %
Pharma/Biotech/Health: 1.1 %
Manufacturing: 1.1 %
Media/Entertainment: 4.2 %
Sports/Leisure: 0.5 %
Technology/Science: 1.1 %
Non-Profit: 1.1 %
Utilities: 0.6 %
Other: 5.8 %

Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 100 %
Canada: 0 %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 100 %

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

238

Internship postings on job boards, previous academic year:

1017

Top internship recruiters, 2007-08:

Merrill Lynch
Ernst & Young
PricewaterhouseCoopers
KPMG LLP
UBS
Morgan Stanley
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Bank of America Corp.
Citigroup Inc.

AG Edwards
Northwestern Mutual
First Investors
Bank of NY Mellon
Smith Barney

Average internship, in weeks:

Graduate Comments

Fordham offers great study abroad programs and is putting more of an emphasis on the importance of learning and experiencing different cultures. Great efforts are being made to create relationships with international schools. My study abroad experience was the most important of my college career.

The career services department is horrendous. Not only are they ineffective, they are unresponsive to the student's concerns. They definitely operate through an "out of sight, out of mind" philosophy and even when you are fully in sight they still do their best to ignore your concerns. They are effectively useless. Every internship I've had in these four years has been up to me to get, as will my job upon graduation.

We have an amazing group of professors, all of whom are available all the time for help. The quality and range of speakers they bring are of the highest caliber and really enhance the learning. The business school is run very efficiently by the deans and staff, which it makes the experience quite hassle-free.

Fordham may not be the most competitive school in NY but it does a great job at balancing competition between students and enjoying each others company. I feel like at the higher end schools, it�s all about competition and not about having a rewarding experience.

Teacher Quality- some of our business professors are good, and a few shine, but most of them do not take the time to understand student's concerns/questions about the class. I remember students asking a question about certain formulas we were using in class to only have the professor completely talk about something unnecessary. I think the reason is some of the Professors do not know the English language fully and they struggle to understand our questions, while they regurgitate what's in the book.

Fordham offers its business students the ability to use the things taught in the classroom at very competitive internships and jobs in New York City; this is very unique to most other universities.

Overall, I feel the business school has provided me with the resources and tools I need to be successful in the work environment. Fordham's successful Alumni prove how great our business program is and they continually show their support by coming back to visit Fordham and share knowledge and experiences.

Career Services is a Complete Waste of Resources! (When I told an employee there to submit my resume to a recruiter, they forgot, and I had to search for the recruiters email so I could submit it myself) Another time I asked to contact a recruiter regarding if positions were still available, she never did it, and I later spoke to the recruiter myself to confirm it.

The Jesuit tradition of Fordham, which includes a focus on learning, service, and camaraderie, is incorporated into the business program as well as the core-curriculum. That is what makes us unique. We are THE Jesuit school in that students here obtain a solid liberal arts foundation for which the business program can grow upon.

Fordham class sizes are very small, so professors actually know the student's names and take interest in our development. Fordham's location sets it apt from other schools; the campus is only 25 minutes away from the biggest names in accounting, finance, media, marketing.

It is a small classroom setting that allows a student to speak to the teacher one on one. There is more of a relationship between student and teacher, rather than a TA and teacher. Here, I feel that a teacher can get to know who you are and how hard you try in class.

I admire CBA because the staff is very approachable and helpful. The Deans and Professors really want their students to succeed in school and in the business world. I also enjoyed taking courses in the liberal arts college for my minor in English. With an accessible liberal arts college and a professional focused business school, I was able to balance my talents and interests.

The Jesuit and Catholic background makes it unique because you not only observe things as a business minded individual, but as a human being with morals and values. The ethical and moral lessons learned at Fordham from the business program as well as the undergraduate program make it unique.

The business school at Fordham is unique because of its "homey" and comfortable atmosphere. Students all come together as one regardless of background differences and do not focus on competing with each other but working with each other. Also, the small class sizes allow students and the professors to interact positively and effectively.

They teach you skills beyond what you learn in the classroom. From business etiquette to networking skills, they tell us everything we need to learn about the business world.