UNDERGRADUATE Profiles Publish Date 2/26/09

Marquette University

College of Business Administration

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

College of Business Administration

Straz Hall / Marquette University
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee , Wisconsin WI 53201-1881

Private Institution

Web site

http://www.busadm.mu.edu

Program e-mail address:

biz@marquette.edu

Program telephone number:

(414) 288-7142

AACSB accredited:

Yes

Accreditation other than AACSB:

CFA Program Partner

Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:

1910

Length of entire institution:

Four Year

Business program length:

Four Year

Degrees offered:

Degree/Program Name:
BSBA (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration)

PROGRAM COSTS

Annual Tuition (Resident):

$ 27,720

Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)

$ 27,720

Cost per academic credit (non-resident)

$ 810

Required fees

$ 408

Books:

$ 900

Room and board:

$ 8,930

ENROLLMENT

Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

1,565

Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

Distance undergraduate business student enrollment:

Total College enrollment for 2008-09:

11,633

ADMISSIONS

Interviews for entire college:

Not required

Additional application requirements for entire college:

International applicants are required to apply through the Office of International Education and show evidence of academic ability, personal ability, strong English language ability and sufficient financial ability.

Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:

Semester: fall 2009
Deadline: 12-01-2008

Freshmen admitted into business program:

Yes

Percentage of business students admitted as freshmen:

93 %

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

Freshmen admitted by:

Indicate interest on university application

Minimum requirements for business program:

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

Interview to enter business program:

Not offered

Additional application requirements for freshman admits:

N/A

Minimum college GPA for internal business program transfers:

2.0

Additional requirements for internal transfers:

N/A

Total number of full-time applications for entire college:

15,828

International applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

2 %

Female applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

54 %

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

65 %

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

21 %

Relative Importance of Application Elements:

Secondary School Record:

Very Important

Class Rank:

Considered

Talent/Ability:

Important

Interview:

Not Considered

Extracurricular Activities:

Considered

Volunteer Work:

Considered

Character/Personal Abilities:

Considered

Application Essay:

Important

Work Experience:

Not Considered

SAT/ACT Scores:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Important

High School GPA:

Important

Admissions program managed by:

The university admissions office

Total undergraduate business program applicants, 2008-09:

2,987

Applicants enrolled in undergrad business program 2008-2009:

25 %

Applicants admitted to undergraduate business program, 2008-09:

49 %

CLASS PROFILE

Class Profile:

Female: 36 %
International : 2 %

Entering students by age:

Mean: 18
Median: 18

Citizenship of Entering Students

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

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 2 %
Asian American: 2 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
Native American: 0 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 91 %
Chose not to report: 1 %
Other: 0 %

Entering students from the following region:

Northeast: 6 %
Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
South: 0 %
Southwest: 1 %
Midwest : 89 %
West: 2 %
Possessions and territories: 1 %

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

Mean: 1158
Median: 1160

SAT middle 50% range on 1600 scale:

From: 1,055
To: 1,250

ACT Scores for full-time entering business students:

Mean: 27
Median: 27

ACT middle 50% range:

From: 25
To: 29

Percent of Students Who Were In:

Top 10% of high school class

31 %

Top 25% of high school class:

61 %

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:

$ 6,479,333

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

$ 6,954,319

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:

Academic merit

Scholarship consideration process:

All candidates are considered for scholarships

Other scholarship considerations:

N/A

Students receiving institutional scholarships for 2008-09 academic year:

69 %

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

1 %

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:

Financial aid web site

http://www.marquette.edu/financialaid/

Academics & Lifestyle

PROGRAM BASICS

Business students who graduate within four years:

56 %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:

68 %

Freshman retention rate:

89 %

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BSBA
Hours: 128
Degree: BSBA
Hours: 131
Degree: BSBA
Hours: 134

Other degree requirements:

For international business majors: language proficiency and must complete study abroad session and requirements for a second major. Entrepreneurship majors must complete requirements for a second major. Total credits to achieve a second major = 131-134.

ACADEMICS

Average class size in required business courses:

Average class size in business electives:

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 5 %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 86 %
Classes with more than 50 students: 9 %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:

30 %

Required business courses that had waiting lists, 2007-08:

0 %

CURRICULUM

Number of elective courses available in business program:

Electives added current year:

Brand Management

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

2003

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Finance

International Business

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Special programs for business students:

Applied Investment Management and International Applied Investment Management; both concentrations in Finance. The programs prepare students as money/portfolio managers. We are the 1st undergra business school to be named a CFA Program Partner. Students get training in portfolio analysis and investment ethics while managing a part of the University's endowment. Internships at leading US investment firms in the summer between junior/senior year is part of the requirement for these programs.

Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:

Business program offers study abroad opportunities:

Yes

Study abroad program description:

The college has direct arrangements with over 20 foreign universities that allow students to study abroad for up to 1 uear (and allowing students from those universities to study at Marquette). In addition, the University sponsors other study abroad programs and the College offers several summer study abroad experiences at our partner schools around the world.

Volunteer work and community service opportunities:

Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:

Marquette University has a long-standing tradition of strong participation among all students in volunteer and community service. Several courses involve service learning activities and virtually all student groups have a community service or volunteer requirement for their members.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Beta Gamma Sigma (business honor society)
Beta Alpha Psi (accounting professional organization)
At least one club or student organization for each specialization in the College (Economics Marketing Real Estate Finance HR IT Intl Bus etc)
For students not in our applied money management programs the finance student organization has an investment club
Several of the student organizations hold job and career networking events
There is a Global Business Brigades group that travels abroad to help areas in less developed countries with infrastructure assistance

FACULTY

Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 67
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 49
Permanent/tenured professors: 44
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 16
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 0
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 24
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 5

Prominent faculty:

J Craig Andrews Marketing
John B Davis Economics
Anthony Pennington-Cross Finance/Real Estate

STUDENT LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:

Beta Alpha Psi
Beta Gamma Sigma
Financial Management Association
Information Technology Student Organization
Real Estate Club

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:

College: upgraded wireless network; upgraded all classroom computer technology; installed two so-called mobile laptop computer labs; upgraded workstations in student computer lab; completely re-furnished and expanded the research room for our applied money management programs. University: upgraded wireless network in dorms and library.

Trading laboratory available:

COMMENTS

Thank you for making it much easier to go to specific pages to complete the survey, rather than having to page through the whole thing to get to parts that had not been completed. However, on a couple of occasions when I did that, it did not seem the information was saved properly. However, when I went to re-do what I thought was not saved correctly, what had appeared as a blank screen was re-populated as soon as I started to re-type the response.

Alumni Affairs & Careers

ALUMNI

Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:

20,474

Total living alumni:

17,133

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

17 %

Mean alumni gift 2007-08:

$ 13,685

Median alumni gift, 2007-08:

$ 100

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

Prominent alumni:

Name: Jeffrey Joerres
Title: Chairman, CEO and President / Manpower Inc.
Name: John F. Ferraro
Title: Global Chief Operating Officer / Ernst & Young
Name: James H. Keyes
Title: Chairman of the Board (retired), Johnson Controls, Inc

CAREER SERVICES

Percent of 2008 graduates who provided employment information:

84 %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 85 %
Not Seeking full-time employment in business: 15 %

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

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

492

Other activities and services provided for business majors:

Career counseling, workshops for resume writing and interviewing; a mentor program aimed at juniors with mentors coming from the regional business community; internship matching and placement; skills and competency evaluations

Job offer results, 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 74 %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 19 %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 4 %
Did not report having received a job offer: 3 %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 73 %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 19 %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 4 %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 4 %

Top hiring firms:

PricewaterhouseCoopers
General Electric
KPMG LLP
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
Ernst & Young
Wells Fargo
Walgreens

M&I Bank Corp
Accenture
Kohl's Department Stores
Metavante Corp
Robert W. Baird
Kohler Company
Northwestern Mutual
Brady Company
US Bancorp
Johnson Controls
Bill Gates Investment

Graduate compensation:

Mean base salary: $ 47,500
Median base salary: $ 48,000

Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 0 %
Finance/Accounting: 45 %
General Management: 4 %
Human Resources: 4 %
Management Information Systems: 18 %
Marketing/Sales: 19 %
Operations/Production: 7 %
Logistics/Transportation: 0 %
Other: 3 %

Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Accounting: 10 %
Consumer Products/Retail: 7 %
Consulting Services: 10 %
Financial Services: 33 %
Government/Education: 3 %
Pharma/Biotech/Health: 9 %
Manufacturing: 13 %
Media/Entertainment: 0 %
Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
Real Estate: 5 %
Sports/Leisure: 3 %
Technology/Science: 3 %
Non-Profit: 2 %
Transportation: 0 %
Utilities: 0 %
Other: 2 %

Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 100 %
Canada: 0 %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 2 %
Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
Midwest: 93 %
South: 0 %
Southwest: 1 %
West: 2 %
US Possessions/Territories: 0 %

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

Internship postings on job boards, previous academic year:

256

Top internship recruiters, 2007-08:

General Electric
Ernst & Young
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
KPMG LLP

Harley-Davidson
M&I Bank
Johnson Controls
Robert W. Baird
Briggs & Stratton
Northwestern Mutual
Stark Investments
MillerCoors
Fiserv
Direct Supply, Inc
Charter Steel

Percentage of internships that were paid, previous academic year

96 %

Mean internship compensation per week:

$ 544

Median internship compensation per week:

$ 545

Average internship, in weeks:

Graduate Comments

Our business school does a fantastic job of offering students opportunities to study abroad. There are many different types of programs available to students, allowing a greater number to participate.

Marquette is much higher caliber than I had originally thought. Students here never stop studying; the library is full on Saturday nights. Our accounting program is a constant preparation course for the CPA - and our students almost always pass!

Marquette is a good school in general, but it needs major help in terms of student diversity.

Excellent teachers that learn your names and even give you their home phone numbers and tell the students to never hesitate to call. They want everyone to do well but they do not put up with much BS. They stress the importance of work and play and urge students to take advantage of the resources the school provides.

As good as teaching can be at Marquette, there are a few professors who don�t relate the class information as well as they could. At times certain classes seem out of date or could be more hands on then they are.

The Applied Investment Management Program really makes our business school different from the average undergraduate business program. This program allows students to invest more than $1 million of the school's endowment into equity and fixed income funds of our choice.

For the business school to improve, the core business classes that each business student is required to take needs to change. Classes including information technology, supply chain management, organizational behavior, and human resources are all important parts of a business model, however the format of these classes is dry, the professors are average, and the material relates very little to the real world.

Career Services is great at helping the majority of students, but not the student with special needs or requirements.

Marquette�s College of Business is a wonderful place to get an undergraduate education. My classes were small, my professors were excellent, and I felt that the professors were always available if and when I needed them. Our facilities are outstanding, and I feel fully prepared to enter the workforce. Marquette also does a superior job at finding internships and full-time positions for students.

Advising could be better. At times it feels like some advisers are not interested in helping the students as much as they should. Hours can be restricted and meetings can be rushed. It was apparent that the amount of �service� offered dropped off as the years went on within the university. Not as much effort was given the last two years as were given the first two.

You begin your business classes your freshman year, allowing you to take a wide variety of classes so that you can find your niche in order to decide a major. You must maintain a certain GPA, but initially everyone is allowed in the business school.

I have had professors who were horrible. They never gave any feedback on homework, tests, or projects and were never available to discuss the 8/20 you received. Something Marquette has taught me is that�s just life. No matter where you go there will be someone that you do not get along with or you do not understand. It�s the effort you put into finding those who you can turn to that make where you are worth while, and that is entirely up to the individual. Marquette is not a place for people who want an easy four years. It�s hard work, but if you make the most of it, it will pay off.

The caliber of the teachers makes you wonder why they�re in Milwaukee.

Class sizes are small, and upper level business classes focus on case studies and using quantitative methods in conjunction with qualitative analysis to solve strategic problems. There is heavy emphasis on discussion and decision-making.

While all business students are required to take business ethics courses, there is a sort of moral ribbon that runs through all of the teaching at Marquette. Because we are a Catholic school situated in the center of a city (Milwaukee) that struggles with poverty, students learn to give back to the community by not only serving in traditional volunteer roles like soup kitchens and inner-city tutoring programs, but also with hands-on �Service Learning� coursework.