UNDERGRADUATE Profiles Publish Date 2/26/09

John Carroll University

Boler School of Business

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

Boler School of Business

20700 North Park Blvd.
University Hts. , Ohio 44118-4581

Private Institution

Web site

http://www.jcu.edu/boler

Program e-mail address:

latkins@jcu.edu

Program telephone number:

(216) 397-4391

AACSB accredited:

Yes

Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:

1934

Length of entire institution:

Four Year

Business program length:

Two Year

Degrees offered:

Degree/Program Name:
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.)
Bachelor of Science in Economics (B.S.E.)

PROGRAM COSTS

Annual Tuition (Resident):

$ 27,190

Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)

$ 27,190

Cost per academic credit (resident)

$ 823

Cost per academic credit (non-resident)

$ 823

Required fees

$ 900

Books:

$ 1,200

Room and board:

$ 7,934

ENROLLMENT

Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

353

Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

Distance undergraduate business student enrollment:

Total College enrollment for 2008-09:

3,826

ADMISSIONS

Minimum SAT score for entire college on 1600 scale:

N/A

Minimum ACT score for entire college:

N/A

Minimum high school GPA for entire college:

N/A

Interviews for entire college:

Not required

Additional application requirements for entire college:

For tranfer students: Reference form from current institution and official transcript from all colleges attended. For international students: Either SATI or ACT; TOEFL; Financial Guarantee Statement; and notarized statement verifying country of birth and country of citizenship.

Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:

Semester: 08-31-2009
Deadline: 02-02-2009
Semester: 01-13-2010
Deadline: 01-01-2010

Freshmen admitted into business program:

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

Internal transfers handled by:

Separate application

Minimum requirements for business program:

Entrance exam requirement other than SAT/ACT for business program:

Interview to enter business program:

Not required

Additional application requirements for freshman admits:

N/A

Minimum college GPA for internal business program transfers:

2.0

Additional requirements for internal transfers:

Completion of 3 specific business courses with a 2.0 GPA for those 3 courses.

Total number of full-time applications for entire college:

3,456

International applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

1 %

Female applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

49 %

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

80 %

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

29 %

Relative Importance of Application Elements:

Secondary School Record:

Very Important

Class Rank:

Considered

Talent/Ability:

Important

Interview:

Not Considered

Extracurricular Activities:

Important

Volunteer Work:

Important

Character/Personal Abilities:

Important

Application Essay:

Important

Work Experience:

Considered

SAT/ACT Scores:

Considered

Recommendations:

Considered

High School GPA:

Very Important

Admissions program managed by:

The business program office

Total undergraduate business program applicants, 2008-09:

242

Applicants enrolled in undergrad business program 2008-2009:

100 %

Applicants admitted to undergraduate business program, 2008-09:

94 %

CLASS PROFILE

Class Profile:

Female: 44 %
International : 2 %

Entering students by age:

Mean: 21.1
Median: 21

Citizenship of Entering Students

U.S.: 98 %
Canada: 0 %
Other countries: 0 %
Unknown: 2 %

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 3 %
Asian American: 2 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
Native American: 0 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 84 %
Chose not to report: 6 %
Other: 3 %

Entering students from the following region:

Northeast: 9 %
Mid-Atlantic: 13 %
South: 1 %
Southwest: 0 %
Midwest : 77 %
West: 1 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

Mean: 1102
Median: 1090

SAT middle 50% range on 1600 scale:

From: 1,020
To: 1,180

ACT Scores for full-time entering business students:

Mean: 24
Median: 23

ACT middle 50% range:

From: 21
To: 26

Percent of Students Who Were In:

Top 10% of high school class

25 %

Top 25% of high school class:

64 %

HS GPA of 3.75 or higher

32 %

HS GPA of 3.5 to 3.74:

25 %

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:

$ 4,116,548

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

$ 3,745,774

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:

Academic merit

Scholarship consideration process:

As part of the admissions application

Other scholarship considerations:

N/A

Students receiving institutional scholarships for 2008-09 academic year:

92 %

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

0 %

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

0 %

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

100 %

School offers guaranteed loans:

Yes

Financial aid web site

http://www.jcu.edu/aidjcu

Academics & Lifestyle

PROGRAM BASICS

Business students who graduate within four years:

76 %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:

86 %

Freshman retention rate:

90 %

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BSBA
Hours: 128
Degree: BSE
Hours: 128

Other degree requirements:

2.00 GPA in major, all business courses and overall GPA. Completion of University Liberal Arts Core, Business Core and Major requirements.

ACADEMICS

Average class size in required business courses:

Average class size in business electives:

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 21 %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 79 %
Classes with more than 50 students: 0 %

CURRICULUM

Number of elective courses available in business program:

Electives added current year:

Marketing Creativity and Innovation

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

2007

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Finance

General Management

Marketing

Other

Business Logistics

Special programs for business students:

London Study Abroad and Service Projects

Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:

Yes

A variety of opportunities are available through our Center for Career Services.

Business program offers study abroad opportunities:

Yes

Study abroad program description:

In the London Study Abroad Program, 20-30 students spend spring of their sophomore year in London. There also are other individual opportunities for students to study in other countries during their junior and senior years.

Volunteer work and community service opportunities:

Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:

As a Jesuit University, volunteer work and community service is a fundamental part of the mission of the university. Also, the Ginn Institute, housed in the Boler School of Business, provides funding for non-profit internships.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Accounting Association
Alph Kappa Psi
American Marketing Association (AMA)
Finance Association
Northeast Ohio Software Association (NEOSA)
Society for Human Rwsource Managaement (SHRM)
Student Business Advisory Council (SBAC)
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)

FACULTY

Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 34
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 40
Permanent/tenured professors: 25
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 12
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 4

Prominent faculty:

Dr Edward Tomlinson
Dr Paul Murphy
Dr Walter Simmons

STUDENT LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:

Alpha Kappa Psi
Finance Associaton
Students in Free Enterprise
Accounting Association
American Marketing Association

Freshmen are required to live on campus:

Yes

Business students are grouped in learning communities:

TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network available:

Yes

Technological improvements made in the last three years:

We increased internet connections to 185 Mb Bandwidth. Upgraded several classrooms to utilized wide-screen capability. Upgraded the network facilities serving the BSOB classrooms and faculty offices as well as the network core. Upgraded to Blackboard Enterprise Version. Relocated and upgraded main student computer lab in the RecPlex.

Trading laboratory available:

Alumni Affairs & Careers

ALUMNI

Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:

8,110

Total living alumni:

7,901

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

14 %

Mean alumni gift 2007-08:

$ 1,108

Median alumni gift, 2007-08:

$ 100

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

Prominent alumni:

CAREER SERVICES

Percent of 2008 graduates who provided employment information:

62 %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 81 %
Not Seeking full-time employment in business: 19 %

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

135

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

272

Other activities and services provided for business majors:

academic career courses, internship assistance, individual appointments, resource library, career fair, assessments and online resources

Job offer results, 2008 graduates:

Accepted first job offer by graduation: 72 %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 21 %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 7 %

Top hiring firms:

Ernst & Young
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
KPMG LLP

Key Bank
National City
Edward Jones
Progressive Insurance
Federated Investors
Ron Marhoffer Auto
Lubrizol
Eaton Corp
Avery Dennison
Penske Logistics
Hyland Software

Graduate compensation:

Mean base salary: $ 40
Median base salary: $ 42
Mean signing bonus: $ 3
Median signing bonus: $ 2

Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 3 %
Finance/Accounting: 37 %
General Management: 4 %
Human Resources: 5 %
Management Information Systems: 3 %
Marketing/Sales: 27 %
Operations/Production: 5 %
Logistics/Transportation: 5 %
Other: 11 %

Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Accounting: 21 %
Consumer Products/Retail: 10 %
Consulting Services: 4 %
Financial Services: 23 %
Government/Education: 4 %
Pharma/Biotech/Health: 7 %
Manufacturing: 8 %
Media/Entertainment: 0 %
Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
Real Estate: 0 %
Sports/Leisure: 0 %
Technology/Science: 2 %
Non-Profit: 2 %
Transportation: 1 %
Utilities: 0 %
Other: 18 %

Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 100 %
Canada: 0 %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 2 %
Mid-Atlantic: 4 %
Midwest: 90 %
South: 3 %
Southwest: 1 %
West: 0 %
US Possessions/Territories: 0 %

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

Internship postings on job boards, previous academic year:

257

Top internship recruiters, 2007-08:

Ernst & Young
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu

Sherwin Williams
Lubrizol Corporation
Sirva Relocation
Grant Thorton LLP
Medical Mutual of Ohio
McCormack Advisors International
Ciuni and Panichi
National City
Barnes Wendling
Sodexho
Charles Schwab

Percentage of internships that were paid, previous academic year

98 %

Graduate Comments

John Carroll University�s Boler School of Business management program has been an excellent experience for me in that it has allowed me to gain the business exposure of two semesters overseas (London and China). These experiences made it possible for me to get the international direction I wanted with the solid fundamentals of business management.

I found both my internship and job through professors in the business school. The career center aided but the professors took time out of their own days to help me land interviews.

I feel that the career advice and efforts by the university and its administration has been below average. My opinions may be biased in part due to the downturn in the economy, but finding a job has been and continues to be extremely difficult with no offers thus far (after an entire semester of searching). The faculty has reached out to other businesses and contacts for interviews, but the university as a whole has not brought in highly reputable companies.

The business school at John Carroll is not extremely large, which makes it a great way to connect with teachers and advisors on a daily basis. It�s a very demanding business school that helps prepare you for the real world situations that you will face post graduation.

I think the best part about John Carroll is the connection the school�s reputation has with local and regional employers. The small classes and always available professors help to encourage the learning atmosphere and in turn that better prepares students for the real world. This idea linked with the school�s reputation made applying and securing an internship with a potential full time position much easier than it would have been at other colleges.

The Jesuit education is what makes John Carroll�s Boler School of Business unique. The Jesuits place an emphasis on educating the whole person�academically, morally/ethically, socially, spiritually, etc. I think the liberal arts education and the business program have made me well-rounded and able to compete well in the job market.

John Carroll University is small to begin with, and the Boler School of Business is even smaller. This is helpful because I can have as much attention from my professors as I need. I have never had a professor tell me he was too busy to spend time with me on my school work. Also, the class size is small enough that all my professors know everyone�s name and much more. You are not a number. The Boler School of Business is very challenging, but with the small class size and the help of my professors, it is worth all the effort.

Bad teachers as far as teaching you to do well in class, but they prepare you for the future.

The only problem I have had with John Carroll has been administrative. The professors have been very respectable and helpful and the other students are intelligent, however, most of the administration has consistently been rude and incompetent.