Program Basics

• • John M. and Mary Jo Boler School of Business
  • John M. and Mary Jo Boler School of Business
  • 20700 North Park Blvd.
  • University Hts., Ohio
  • 44118-4581
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.jcu.edu/boler
  • Program e-mail address: latkins@jcu.edu
  • Program phone number: 216-397-4391
  • Status: Private
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1934
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Two Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 2,997
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 329
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 5
  • Distance undergraduate business: 0
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 89 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 89 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 100 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • BS in Business Administration
  • BS in Economics

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $30,660.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $30,660.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $1,050.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $935.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $935.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $9,150.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,000.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 42 %
  • 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:

  • Top 10% of high school class: 26 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 51 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 28 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 18 %

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

  • Mean: 1079
  • Median: 1090

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

  • From: 990
  • To: 1155

• 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: 97 %
  • Canada: 0 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 1 %
  • Dual Citizenship: 1%
  • Unknown Citizenship: 1 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 1 %
  • Asian American: 0 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 96 %
  • Chose not to report: 0 %
  • Other: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 11 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 13 %
  • South: 2 %
  • Southwest: 0 %
  • Midwest: 73 %
  • West: 1 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • SAT - I or ACT (with writing recommended)
• • Interviews are: Not required

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 02-01-2012
• • Additional application requirements: International - TDEFl or IELTS results; eventually a completed Financial Guarantee Statement and a notarized statement verifying country of birth and citizenship will be required before student visa forms will be issued.
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 3,319
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 83 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 27 %
• • International applicants: 2 %
• • Female applicants: 42 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

  • Secondary school record: Very Important
  • Class rank: Considered
  • Talent/ability: Important
  • Interview: Considered
  • Extracurricular activities: Important
  • Volunteer work: Important
  • Character/personal abilities: Important
  • Application essay: Considered
  • Work experience: Considered
  • SAT/ACT scores: 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: 149
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 82 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 100 %
• • 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?: No
  • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 0 %
  • Are freshman business admits required to complete or obtain minimum GPAs in pre-business courses before taking upper-level courses? No

• Internal transfers:

  • Method for handling internal transfers: Separate application
  • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 2.0
  • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: Completion of 4 specific courses with a 2.0 GPA for these 4 courses.

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Finance Association
  • Accounting Association
  • Alpha Kappa Psi
  • American Marketing Association (AMA)
  • Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: Yes
  • Are business students grouped together in 'learning communities' in housing and other facilities?: No

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

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

  • BSBA 128
  • BSE 128

• Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

  • 2.0 GPA in major, all business courses & overall GPA. Completion of Univeristy liberal arts core, business core & major requirements.

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 27
  • Business electives: 23
  • Non-business electives: 27

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 19 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 81 %
  • With more than 50 students: 0 %

• Course enrollment:

  • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 2 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 30
  • New electives: Honduras Past, Present and Future
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2007
  • Total business faculty: 60
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 50 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Dr. LeRoy Brooks
  • Dr. Albert Nagy
  • Dr. Paul Murphy

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • General Management
    • Other
  • Other leading area of study: Business Logistics
• • Special programs: London Study Abroad, Boler Honduras Project, Other Study Abroad Opportunities and Service Projects
• • Work study: A variety of opportunities are available through our Center for Career Services.
• • Study abroad programs: In the London Study Abroad Program, 20-30 students spend spring semester of their sophomore year in London. Also, there are other individual opportunities for students to study in other countries during their junior & senior years.
• • Volunteer opportunities: As a Jesuit University, volunteer work and community service is a functional part of the mission of our university. Also, the Ginn Institute, housed in the Boler School of Business, provides funding for non-profit business internships.

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • Accounting Association
  • Alpha Kappa Psi
  • American Marketing Association (AMA)
  • Economics Association
  • Finance Association
  • Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  • Student Business Advisory Council (SBAC)
  • Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)

FINANCIAL AID

• • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Central financial aid office at the university
  • Financial aid web site: http://www.jcu.edu/aidjcu

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $6,077,704.00
  • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $4,204,636.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 89 %
  • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 0 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 34 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 43 %

• Loans

  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: Yes
  • Maximum amount a student can borrow per year regardless of nationality?: $7,500.00
• • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $29,911.00

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 63 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 70 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 30 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 79 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 9 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation: 11 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 1 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 135
  • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 145

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • Pricewaterhouse Coopers 7
  • Ernst & Young, LLP 3
  • Grant Thornton 3
  • Avery Dennision Corporation 2
  • Doner Advertising 2
  • JP Morgan Chase 2
  • Key Bank 2
  • Parker Hannifin 2
  • Sherwin Williams 2
  • Target Corporation 2
  • Cleveland Clinic 1
  • Deloitte 1
  • Lubrizol Corporation 1
  • PNC Bank 1
  • Progressive Insurance 1

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $41,602.00
  • Median base salary : $43,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $3,850.00
  • Median signing bonus: $3,000.00

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

  • Consulting: 0 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 55 %
  • General Management: 12 %
  • Human Resources: 2 %
  • Management Information Systems: 1 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 20 %
  • Operations/Production: 2 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 2 %
  • Other: 6 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 25 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 11 %
  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Financial Services: 23 %
  • Government/Education: 0 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 1 %
  • Manufacturing: 5 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  • Real Estate: 0 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 3 %
  • Technology/Science: 3 %
  • Non-Profit: 0 %
  • Transportation: 5 %
  • Utilities: 0 %
  • Other: 15 %

• 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: 6 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
  • Midwest: 89 %
  • South: 1 %
  • Southwest: 3 %
  • West: 0 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Career services offered: Career Education Courses; Academic Internships; On-Campus Interviews; Career Fairs; Student/Alumni Online Networking Groups; Networking Events with Employers

INTERNSHIPS

• • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 205

• Top internship employers (number of students hired):

  • Pricewaterhouse Coopers 5
  • Sherwin Williams 5
  • Cleveland Clinic 4
  • Dwellworks, LLC 4
  • Ernst & Young, LLP 3
  • Grant Thornton 3
  • Merrill Lynch 3
  • Northwestern Mutual 3
  • Parker Hannifin 3
  • Bowden Manufacturing 2
  • Burke, Rosen & Assoc. 2
  • Crowe Horwath, LLP 2
  • Lubrizol Corporation 2
  • Malony & Novotny, LLP 2
  • Target Corporation 2

• Internship pay

  • Internships that are paid: 80 %
  • Mean compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $495.00
  • Median compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $440.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 8,791
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 8,508
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 17 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $1,131.00
  • 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

  • Mr. Richard J. Kramer President & CEO/Goodyear Tire
  • Mr. John Boler Chairman & founder/The Boler Company

• • -Many of the business courses offered put students in real life examples, properly preparing us to do well in the work force. In almost every class, I have worked with clients and real life organizations.
    
    -The small size fosters communication between teachers and students as well as teamwork among students. Also, the vigorous curriculum prepares students for the real world.
    
    -The career center needs a lot of work. Bringing in more employers and diversifying the types of employers looking to recruit would better assist students in finding something that works for them.
    
    -The small class sizes and the willingness of professors to interact with students outside of class make John Carroll's business program unique.
    
    -John Carroll is a small university. Although the business school has a good reputation in the mid-west region within close proximity to the school, the program would be made stronger with improved name recognition.
    
    -Although it is small, John Carroll has a lot of connections with graduates in the Northeast Ohio area and many of the professors have a lot of experience with well-known and established companies.
    
    -Although we have bright professors who teach, their methods and ways of getting the message across aren't always the most effective. I realize its hard to judge the manner of teaching when interviewing a potential professor, but perhaps the university could take more heart to the professor and course reviews that we are able to fill out.
    
    -The business program makes it mandatory for all students to take classes outside of their own field on interest. These classes are supposed to make us rounded individuals that can take in other aspect of society and apply it to business.
    
    -If John Carroll would offer more minors it would make the program better.
    
    -Small university, exceptionally strong accounting program. The university greatly values the accountancy program and places virtually all of it's emphasis on it.
    
    -We would have to increase the enrollment to diversify the programs offered. As John Carroll is a smaller school they cannot support particularly specialized courses due to lack of interest from a significant amount of students.
    
    -It is well known for the difficulty. Also many alums work at surrounding firms and help new graduates get a job.
    
    -It would be nice if the Deans were more proactive about getting to know the students in the Business School.
    
    -The small school atmosphere provides for a close-knit community and brotherhood among students. Overall, the professors are extremely helpful and always willing to give guidance in things unrelated to business. Everyone from the secretaries to the professors have been great.
    
    -I think John Carroll needs to advertise the strength and prestige of our business school much better. (this means outside the mid-east region of Ohio, Penn, and New York). The goal should be to turn the Boler School of Business into a staple, something that everyone knows about and turns to. It has this potential, the objective should be to better exploit this opportunity going forward.
    
    -The amount of career preparation that goes into learning the curriculum prepares each student on an individual level through both academics and professionals.