Program Basics

• • C. T. Bauer College of Business
  • C. T. Bauer College of Business
  • 334 Melcher Hall
  • Room 262
  • Houston, Texas
  • 77204-6021
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.bauer.uh.edu/undergraduate/
  • Program e-mail address: bba@uh.edu
  • Program phone number: 713-743-4900
  • Status: Public (state-operated)
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1934
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Four Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 30,452
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 1,801
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 535
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 81 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 24 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 59 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • BBA

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $6,171.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $11,873.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $3,040.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $230.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $543.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $7,384.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,404.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 38 %
  • International: 6 %

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

  • Mean: 19
  • Median: 18

• Percentage of newest entering class:

  • Top 10% of high school class: 37 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 68 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 52 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 19 %

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

  • Mean: 1244
  • Median: 1240

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

  • From: 1190
  • To: 1290

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

  • Mean: 27
  • Median: 27

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 25
  • To: 30

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 94 %
  • Canada: 0 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 6 %
  • Dual Citizenship: 0%
  • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 9 %
  • Asian American: 30 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 22 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 39 %
  • Chose not to report: 0 %
  • Other: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 0 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
  • South: 0 %
  • Southwest: 98 %
  • Midwest: 1 %
  • West: 0 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • SAT
  • ACT
• • Minimum SAT score on 1600 scale (if applicable) required for admission: 1000, 1200
  • Minimum ACT Score (if applicable) required for admission: 21, 28
  • Interviews are: Not offered

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 4/1/2012
  • Spring 2013 12/1/2012
  • Summer 2013 4/1/2013
• • Additional application requirements: Freshman in top 15% of high school class, freshman between 16-25% with 1000 SAT or 21 ACT, or between 26-50% with 1100 SAT or 24 ACT. Transfers with 15-59 semester hours and a 2.5 GPA or 30 hours and 2.0 GPA.
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 22,392
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 72 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 50 %
• • International applicants: 5 %
• • Female applicants: 38 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

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

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

• • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The university admissions office
  • Total undergraduate business applicants: 2,032
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 49 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 68 %

• Admission requirement for admission to the undergraduate business program

  • Minimum SAT: 1000, 1200
  • Minimum ACT: 21, 28
• • 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 offered

• Freshman admission:

  • Does the business program admit freshmen?: Yes
  • 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
  • Additional application requirements for freshman admits: First-time-in-college Freshman students will automatically be admitted to the Bauer College as a prebusiness major if they graduate in the top 20% of their high school graduating class with a minimum of 1200 SAT I or ACT of 26, OR rank in the top 50% of their high school class and have a minimum of 1250 SAT I or ACT of 28.

• Internal transfers:

  • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 3.0
  • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: Transfer applicants to the Bauer College who have earned between 15 and 59 semester hours must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Accounting Society
  • APICS (The Association for Operations Management)
  • Asian Business Student Association
  • Hispanic Business Student Association
  • MISSO (Management Information System Student Organization)
• • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: No

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum number of credit hours required to receive an undergraduate business degree:

  • BBA 120

• Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

  • Have a degree plan, complete 30 semester hours at UH, 9 semester hours of advanced work in one’s major at UH and the last 30 semester hours must be taken at UH. Have a 2.0 GPA at UH, a 2.0 GPA in your major & minor(s), a 2.0 core GPA at UH.

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 141
  • Business electives: 39

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 23 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 47 %
  • With more than 50 students: 30 %

• Course enrollment:

  • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 44 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 126
• • Total business faculty: 139
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 40 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Praveen Kumar
  • Craig Pirrong
  • Tyler Priest

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Management Information Systems
• • Special programs: Entrepreneurship, Bauer Business Honors Program, Global Energy Management, Program for Excellence in Selling (PES), Professional Program in Accountancy (PPA), Supply Chain Management, Risk Management and Insurance, Non-Profit Leadership Alliance Certificate, Ted Bauer Leadership Program
• • Work study: The Federal College Work Study Program, State of Texas College Work Study Program
• • Study abroad programs: The India and Southeast Asia study abroad programs are designed to allow students to experience these cultures and learn about the opportunities, challenges, problems, and solutions associated with the Global Expansion of business. There are many additional study abroad opportunities for students through various consortiums
• • Volunteer opportunities: There are currently 19 Bauer College of Business student organizations where students can engage in community service and volunteer opportunities. Joining one of the Bauer College of Business student organizations provides a student with leadership and professional development opportunities, social activities and lifelong friendships! Students also have the option of completing the Ted Bauer Leadership Certificate Program. This certificate helps students develop the skills required of the next generation of business leaders, and prepares students to become leaders in the real world of business.

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • Finance Association
  • Accounting Society
  • Hispanic Business Student Association
  • Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization
  • The Energy Association
  • American Marketing Association
  • APICS-Association for Operations Management
  • MISSO – Management Information Systems Student Organization

FINANCIAL AID

• • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Central financial aid office at the university

• Scholarships

  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 88 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 12 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 37 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 1 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation : 0 %
  • No job offer reported: 62 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 37 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 1 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 62 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 59
  • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 316

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $47,014.00
  • Median base salary : $48,000.00

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

  • Consulting: 6 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 27 %
  • General Management: 8 %
  • Human Resources: 2 %
  • Management Information Systems: 7 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 11 %
  • Operations/Production: 6 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 4 %
  • Other: 30 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 10 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 0 %
  • Consulting: 9 %
  • Financial Services: 12 %
  • Government/Education: 2 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 0 %
  • Manufacturing: 3 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 21 %
  • Real Estate: 0 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 0 %
  • Technology/Science: 0 %
  • Non-Profit: 1 %
  • Transportation: 0 %
  • Utilities: 1 %
  • Other: 40 %

• 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: 1 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
  • Midwest: 0 %
  • South: 2 %
  • Southwest: 96 %
  • West: 1 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Career services offered: Business career fairs, Bauer Gateway job postings (business majors only), Bauer internship program, individual career counseling, recruiting and networking events, career development programs, resume assistance programs such as Resume ER.

INTERNSHIPS

• • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 46
  • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 172

• Internship pay

  • Internships that are paid: 66 %
  • Mean compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $396.00
  • Median compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $240.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 35,469
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 32,638
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 4 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $435.00
  • Median Gift: $52.00
  • Did the business program receive a gift of $10 million or more in the last academic year? No

• • -The effort by the career center is awesome. I'm not saying I took advantage of all the things they have provided for students but it is definitely there and I am made aware of it continuously. I have a lot of friends in other schools who don't quite have the career resources we do and I can see a huge difference in their confidence for starting a worthwhile career after college.
    
    -There are a lot of classes in the curriculum that are just absolutely worthless, or should be optional at the very least. I really got the sense, in a lot of my classes, that the school forced me into these classes that gave me absolutely NO skills to squeeze some more money out of me. I feel like these classes wore me out in my first few years to the point where I'm now too exhausted to put in the effort in my actual major-relevant classes.
    
    -The university is growing rapidly. The business school has had the ability to grow and develop with that. From the time i started to now that I’m finished, complacency has never plagued the school at all.
    
    -I think smaller classrooms would be better. I have had several classes with 300+ students in them, and it can make it more challenging to learn or pay attention in class when you have that many students in 1 classroom.
    
    -The student population is very diverse at UH. I have friends from Asia, India, and Africa, as well as many other places in the world. I believe getting to know these people and their cultures will definitely help me if I ever have to work, or work with people over seas.
    
    -The program could be more selective on the T.A's that they hire. The T.A's do not teach the classes but they are sometimes involved in grading and preparing assignments. I have come across many unprofessional and illiterate T.A's who's major or background of study is completely unrelated to the subject matter of that course.
    
    -We are in the city with jobs. Having a business school in Houston is great for the students because it gives you a chance to connect with companies while still attending school. Many students work with major companies during the school year, which is not available to students attending schools in smaller cities. Also, our school has a unique focus on the oil industry available which has remained one of the stronger markets through the economic downturn. Our supply chain program is also very close-knit, lead through our strong APICS student organization and Dr. Victor Wayhan. This provides many opportunities for networking and support as a student finishes his/her degree.
    
    -If would be great if one of our senior year classes were an actual internship with a premiere company (whether in the Houston area or abroad). This was the case when I graduated from Houston Community College with my associates degree in computer science. The school provide each senior with a paid internship.
    
    -What makes my school's business program unique is that it is not a program, but rather several independent programs focused on giving students the training to graduate and become successful professionals.
    
    -While the international business classes seem like a good idea, more often than not they cover pretty much the same information as required core classes do.
    
    -The Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston does an outstanding job connecting students with recruiters from a diverse range of companies and organizations. The college also works diligently to make sure students are well prepared for career fairs and interviews.
    
    -Some classes could use other teaching techniques besides required course books, such as real world case studies and so on.
    
    -The program gets students in touch with recruiters of accounting firms. We were able to get up close and personal with them and I have even become friends with the recruiters. Also, the business school teaches us effective interviewing techniques, resume writing seminars, and professors give a great deal of insight on what life after graduation in accounting is like.