Program Basics

• • Terry College of Business
  • Terry College of Business
  • 301A Brooks Hall
  • Athens, Georgia
  • 30602
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.terry.uga.edu/
  • Program e-mail address: ngarrett@uga.edu
  • Program phone number: 706-542-5725
  • Status: Public (state-operated)
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1912
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Two Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 25,947
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 2,340
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 94 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 93 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 98 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • BBA/Bachelor of Business Administration

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $7,282.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $25,492.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $2,190.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $8,708.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,078.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 37 %
  • International: 1 %

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

  • Mean: 21
  • Median: 21

• Percentage of newest entering class:

  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 69 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 22 %

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

  • Mean: 1272
  • Median: 1280

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

  • From: 1200
  • To: 1350

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

  • Mean: 30
  • Median: 29

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 27
  • To: 31

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 99 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 1 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 5 %
  • Asian American: 9 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 1 %
  • Native American: 3 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 77 %
  • Chose not to report: 2 %

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

  • Northeast: .2
  • Mid-Atlantic: 1.2
  • South: 95.2
  • Southwest: 2.8
  • Midwest: .3
  • West: .2
  • Possessions and territories: .1

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • SAT or ACT
• • Interviews are: Not offered

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 1/17/2012
  • Spring 2013 9/1/2012
  • Summer 2013 1/15/2013
  • Fall 2013 1/15/2013
• • Additional application requirements: Internatgional/non-English speaking students: https://www.admissions.uga.edu/article/admission-information-for-international-students.html; Transfer students: https://www.admissions.uga.edu/article/transfer-application-information.html
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 17,989
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 62 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 49 %
• • Female applicants: 37 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

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

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

• • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The business program office
  • Total undergraduate business applicants: 1,525
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 95 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 99 %
• • Entrance exam other than the SAT/ACT required for admission to the undergraduate business program?: Yes
  • What exam other than SAT/ACT is required?: ETS® Proficiency Profile test; Accounting Test is required for all accounting applicants
• • Admissions interviews for the undergraduate business program are: Not offered

• Freshman admission:

  • Does the business program admit freshmen?: Yes
  • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 14 %
  • 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?: Complete an application, apart from the university application
  • Additional application requirements for freshman admits: Must be admitted to UGA Honors College or have completed Terry Business Academy

• Internal transfers:

  • Method for handling internal transfers: Separate application
  • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 2.6
  • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: completion of 60 hours of defined coursework; statement of purpose for major(s) selected

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • Delta Sigma Pi
  • Insurance Society
  • Society for Management Info Systems
  • Gamma Iota Sigma
• • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: Yes
  • 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:

  • BBA 121

• Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

  • "C" or better in all major courses; meet minimum grade point average as required by UGA

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 56
  • Business electives: 40

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 12 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 66 %
  • With more than 50 students: 22 %

• Course enrollment:

  • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 75 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 52
  • New electives: Mergers and Acquisitions
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2010
  • Total business faculty: 136
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 64 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Dr. Jason A. Colquitt
  • Dr. Daniel C. Feldman
  • Dr. Jeffry M. Netter

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Real Estate
    • Insurance
  • Other leading area of study: Risk Management
• • Special programs: Leadership Scholars is a comprehensive leadership development prgm. for Terry students. The Undergraduate Leadership Certificate Prgm. is an academic, social, & servant leadership prgm. designed to enhance students’ leadership capabilities. The Music Business Certificate Prgm. is designed to develop business leaders for the music industry. The Deer Run Fellows prgm. is a selective leadership initiative designed to give students a unique chance to learn about real-world challenges.
• • Work study: Accounting students can participate in a spring semester company internship for a minimum of eight weeks, and following the internship return to take a special half-semester course.
• • Study abroad programs: Over 25% of Terry students study abroad. The college has exchange programs with universities on every continent and runs popular study abroad programs each summer in England, China, and Eastern Europe. UGA also has residential campuses in Oxford, Costa Rica, and Cortona. All study abroad programs include visits to local business organizations and major historical and cultural sites.
• • Volunteer opportunities: Through Volunteer UGA, A campus volunteer center designed to connect UGA students with the many opportunities for community service in the Athens community, and other student organizations.

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • Alpha Kappa Psi; Alpha Kappa Psi; AMA Company
  • Banking and Finance Society; Beta Alpha Psi; Corsair Society
  • Delta Sigma Pi; Economics Society; Gamma Iota Sigma; Gamma Phi Delta Sorority
  • International Business Society; Insurance Society; Management Society
  • Multicultural Business Student Association; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Pi Sigma Epsilon
  • Professional Entertainment & Sports Association; Real Estate Society; Students in Free Enterprise
  • Student Managed Investment Club Fund; Society of Management Information System
  • Terry Toastmasters; Women in Business; Pre-Business Club

FINANCIAL AID

• • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Central financial aid office at the university
  • Financial aid web site: http://osfa.uga.edu/index.html

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $13,750,164.00
  • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $9,139,993.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 71 %
  • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 67 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 1 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 99 %

• Loans

  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
• • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $15,716.00

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 85 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 77 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 23 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 62 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 24 %
  • No job offer reported: 14 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 44 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 20 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 36 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 671
  • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 2,107

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers 19
  • KPMG 17
  • Deloitte 14
  • Ernst & Young 14
  • SunTrust 13
  • Capgemini 12
  • RaceTrac 8
  • Altria 7
  • Target 7
  • UGA 7
  • Chick-fil-A 6
  • The Coca-Cola Company 6
  • Macy’s 6
  • Teach for America 6
  • Kimberly-Clark 5

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $46,250.00
  • Median base salary : $45,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $4,815.00
  • Median signing bonus: $3,500.00
  • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $9,336.00
  • Median other guaranteed compensation: $5,000.00

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

  • Consulting: 14 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 27 %
  • General Management: 7 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Management Information Systems: 2 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 27 %
  • Operations/Production: 6 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 3 %
  • Other: 13 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 10 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 13 %
  • Consulting: 12 %
  • Financial Services: 16 %
  • Government/Education: 3 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 4 %
  • Manufacturing: 3 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
  • Real Estate: 7 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 2 %
  • Technology/Science: 7 %
  • Non-Profit: 1 %
  • Transportation: 3 %
  • Other: 14 %

• Job offers accepted by most recent graduates in North America:

  • US: 100 %

• Percentage of 2009-10 academic year graduates who accepted jobs in regions of US:

  • Northeast: 3.3
  • Mid-Atlantic: 1.1
  • Midwest: 3.3
  • South: 91.2
  • West: 1.1
• • Career services offered: UGA’s Career Center is a career planning & employment center. It provides services & materials in the areas of career development, graduate school prep, & experiential education & employer relations. The Terry College offers b-students the chance to explore opportunities outside the classroom. TCB provides networking programs & other opportunities to grow students’ personal networks and connects students with alumni. TCB also assists with professional internship opportunities.

INTERNSHIPS

• • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 425
  • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 944

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 54,336
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 49,187
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 14 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $1,797.00
  • Median Gift: $470.00
  • Did the business program receive a gift of $10 million or more in the last academic year? No

• Prominent alums of the undergrad business program

  • Daniel P. Amos Cjairman and CEO, Aflac Incorporated
  • Virginia C. Drosos Group President –Global Beauty, Skin, Cosmetics & Personal Care, P&G
  • M. Douglas Ivester President, Deer Run Investments, LLC; Retired Chairman of the Board and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company

• • -The Terry College of Business is unique in that it attempts to prepare students for their professional careers in all aspects of their life: academic courses, networking opportunities, extracurricular activities, career center resources, and more.
    
    -My school's business program could be stronger if there were more direction in choices of business electives. I knew the mandatory business classes I needed to take but when there was room for flexibility it would have been nice to know optional electives that related more to my degree.
    
    -Terry offers unique programs that allow students to study in class and with businesses around the world. My study abroad program was able to visit foreign businesses behind the scenes, and I learned things I never dreamed were possible.
    
    -Allow more flexibility in selection of intro classes - ex. I strongly disliked my mandatory intro to marketing, management, and business statistics courses b/c they were too watered down and seemed pointless
    
    -The Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia is very challenging, but gives every sub major the opportunity to learn essential tools for succeeding in the business world. Through the use of speakers and professors own experiences, Terry College of Business has given students everything they need to grow professionally and continue broadening their knowledge of the business world.
    
    -I think the program could use more out-of-the-classroom experiences, such as activities and events that would allow us to network and make more connections.
    
    -They take a personal interest in each student and are always providing them with advice and information about upcoming employment opportunities at the University in order to ensure that we are successful post-graduation.
    
    -The businesses classes that do not pertain to the students’ specific major should be separated from those students that are interested in the course. I.E. If I am not interested in applying to be an accounting major then I should not take the same pre-requisite accounting class as a student who is interested in becoming an accounting major.
    
    -The professors are very interactive and helpful. They want you to be successful so they teach difficult subject matter, but in a fair way. Also, there is no shortage of speakers from companies and businesses to help you network and figure out what you want to do with your future.
    
    -I think any program could be made stronger by requiring fewer arts and science electives and more business related electives to graduate. That way you learn more things that actually relate to what you will be doing in your career.
    
    -The accounting program is so vigorous that many people fail to gain acceptance or complete it. With that being said, it pays off. Our school has a high pass rate on the CPA exam. Employers are also highly aware of the program and want to hire us!
    
    -The school needs to expand job opportunities outside of the southeast. I do not want to work in the southeast and it has been a huge struggle for me making connections elsewhere. The job fairs are packed with companies that only hire for the southeast region and this is very frustrating to me, considering Atlanta is the only city I would even possibly consider working in in this region.
    
    -They don't overwhelm the students with busywork, but, rather, offer opportunities to learn through doing and through networking. If you are willing to put in the effort to go the extra mile, then you will be amazingly successful
    
    -Make us work harder. The average student can get by without doing too much work (~C grade). Those kids should not graduate, because they give the rest of the students a bad name when they can't perform in the real world.
    
    -One very unique aspect of the Terry College of Business is the school's proximity to and deep connection with the Atlanta area. There are ALWAYS recruiters from great companies around campus who are eager to pick from the talented pool of students that Terry is educating. That fact alone is very comforting, especially during hard economic times.
    
    -Instead of focusing on grades for admission into the business college, encourage extracurricular activities and leadership positions. I spent my first year and a half obsessed with getting a 4.0 so I could get into Terry and didn't get seriously involved in organizations that would help me network and build skills until the end of my sophomore year/beginning of junior year. Junior year is when you start talking to recruiters and that's when you need leadership positions on your resume, but if all you've been focusing on for two years is your grades so you can be admitted into Terry, you have zero.
    
    -Terry makes everything real. They bring in speakers to tell you how it is in the real world, they encourage you to network with people who are working in your field, and they make it very easy to make connections with alumni who help you get prepared for the "real world."