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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Howard University

School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Bachelor of Business Administration
      • Howard University MBA Program
      • Howard University School of Business
      • 2600 Sixth Street N.W.
      • Washington, District of Columbia
      • 20059
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.bschool.howard.edu
      • Program e-mail address: spaschall@howard.edu
      • Program phone number: 202-806-1500
      • Status: Private
      • AACSB accredited: Yes
      • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1970
      • Institution: Four Year
      • Business Program: Four Year

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Total undergraduate: 10,546
      • Full-time undergraduate business: 1,009
      • Part-time undergraduate business: 51
      • Distance undergraduate business: 0
      • College or university freshman retention rate: 87 %

    • Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

      • Within four years of admission to the university: 43 %
      • Within six years of admission to the university: 65 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • BBA Accounting
      • BBA Finance
      • BBA Computer Information Systems
      • BBA Management
      • BBA Marketing
      • BBA Supply Chain Management
      • BBA International Business

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $19,150.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $19,150.00
      • Annual Required Fees: $1,021.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $780.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $780.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $15,341.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $2,509.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 58 %
      • International: 0 %

    • 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: 28 %
      • Top 25% of high school class: 55 %
      • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 15 %
      • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 13 %

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

      • Mean: 1079
      • Median: 1055

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

      • From: 1030
      • To: 1120

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

      • Mean: 24
      • Median: 23

    • Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

      • From: 21
      • To: 26

    • Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

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

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 99 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 1 %

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

      • Northeast: 17 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 26 %
      • South: 25 %
      • Southwest: 7 %
      • Midwest: 17 %
      • West: 7 %
      • Possessions and territories: 1 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

    • Standardized tests required of all applicants:

      • SAT
      • ACT
      • Minimum SAT score on 1600 scale (if applicable) required for admission: 1020, 1020
      • Minimum ACT Score (if applicable) required for admission: 22, 22
      • Minimum High School GPA (if applicable) required for admission: 3.0, 3.0
      • Interviews are: Not required

    • Application deadlines:

      • Fall 2012 2/15/2012
      • Additional application requirements: TOEFL; Statement of Financial Resources; Certified CSC, CXC, GCE,WASC, CGSE or official final secondary school record or university transcript; evaluation by W.E.S (a MUST for ALL)
      • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 9,015
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 54 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 35 %
      • International applicants: 2 %
      • Female applicants: 58 %

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements

      • Secondary school record: Very Important
      • Class rank: Very Important
      • Talent/ability: Very Important
      • Interview: Not Considered
      • Extracurricular activities: Important
      • Volunteer work: Important
      • Character/personal abilities: Very Important
      • Application essay: Important
      • Work experience: Not 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 business program office
      • Total undergraduate business applicants: 1,220
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 56 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 36 %

    • Admission requirement for admission to the undergraduate business program

      • Minimum SAT: 1020, 1020
      • Minimum ACT: 22, 22
      • Minimum high school GPA: 3.0, 3.0
      • 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: 97 %
      • 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: 3.0
      • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: Must complete 30 credit hours. Must receive a C or better in College Algebra II or Pre-Calculus AND Applied Calculus or Calculus I and completed freshman English

  • CAMPUS LIFE

    • Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

      • American Marketing Association
      • Delta Sigma Pi
      • Alpha Kappa Psi
      • Phi Sigma Pi
      • Betta Gamma Sigma
      • 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:

      • BBA 121

  • ACADEMICS

    • Average class size:

      • Required business classes: 40
      • Business electives: 25

    • Percentage of business classes:

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

    • Course enrollment:

      • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 70 %
      • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 30 %

  • CURRICULUM

    • Electives:

      • Available business electives: 36
      • New electives: Social and Internet Marketing
      • Last curriculum overhaul: 2011
      • Total business faculty: 60
      • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 50 %

    • Most prominent faculty:

      • Barron Harvey, Ph.D., Dean
      • Pravat Choudhury, Ph.D., Dept. Chair
      • Philip Fanara, Ph.D., Prof.

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • General Management
        • International Business
      • Other leading area of study: Supply Chain Mgmt., Information Systems, Real Estate
      • Special programs: Twenty-first Century Advantage Program (21CAP) and the Executive Leadership Honors Program
      • Work study: Co-op opportunities with local businesses, Federal and local government, and work-study.
      • Study abroad programs: The School currently has exchange programs with universities in France and The Netherlands and expects to expand the study abroad program to China and India in the immediate future. The exchanges occur most often in the junion year of study.
      • Volunteer opportunities: Through School of Business student clubs, organizations and the Small Business Development Center

    • Extra-curricular activities:

      • Beta Gamma Sigma (Natl Honor Society)
      • Gamma Iota Sigma (Insurance)
      • Natl Soc. for Minorities in Hospitality (NSMH)
      • COBIS Society
      • NABA Club
      • American Marketing Assn.- HU Chapter
      • Delta Sigma Pi (Business)
      • Supply Chain Student Assn.

  • FINANCIAL AID

    • Scholarships

      • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $2,800,000.00
      • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $3,000,000.00
      • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: academic merit
      • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 60 %
      • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 6 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 0 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 100 %

    • Loans

      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No

  • CAREER SERVICES

    • Employment Information

      • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 86 %
      • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 71 %
      • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 29 %

    • Received first job offer:

      • By graduation: 47 %
      • No job offer reported: 53 %

    • Accepted first job offer:

      • By graduation : 33 %
      • No job acceptance reported: 67 %
      • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 93
      • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 171

    • Top employers (number of students hired):

      • Deloitte 6
      • Accenture 3
      • Bank of America 3
      • UBS 3
      • PNC 3
      • Fannie Mae 2
      • KPMB 2
      • Morgan Stanley 2
      • Baxter 2
      • Teach for America 2

    • Compensation

      • Mean base salary: $54,025.00
      • Median base salary : $55,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $5,857.00
      • Median signing bonus: $5,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 40 %
      • General Management: 13 %
      • Management Information Systems: 12 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 12 %
      • Operations/Production: 7 %
      • Logistics/Transportation: 3 %
      • Other: 8 %

    • Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Accounting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products/Retail : 10 %
      • Consulting: 17 %
      • Financial Services: 25 %
      • Government/Education: 15 %
      • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 8 %
      • Manufacturing: 2 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 7 %
      • Sports/Leisure: 2 %
      • Technology/Science: 3 %
      • Other: 1 %

    • 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: 39 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 42 %
      • Midwest: 8 %
      • South: 8 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • West: 3 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Career services offered: Professional development - mock interviews, resume reviews, etc.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 1,609
      • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 9,650
      • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 40 %

    • Alumni gifts

      • Mean Gift: $100.00
      • Median Gift: $100.00
      • 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

      • Norman Jenkins President & CEO/Capstone Development
      • Donald Christian Partner/Pricewaterhouse Coopers
      • Deborah A. Cowan Vice President/NPR

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