College of Business Administration
Straz Hall / Marquette University
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee
,
Wisconsin WI 53201-1881
Private Institution
Web site
Program e-mail address:
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)
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
Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:
1,565
Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:
29
Distance undergraduate business student enrollment:
0
Total College enrollment for 2008-09:
11,633
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?
No
Freshmen admitted by:
Indicate interest on university application
Minimum requirements for business program:
Entrance exam requirement other than SAT/ACT for business program:
No
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 %
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:
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
Top 10% of high school class
31 %
Top 25% of high school class:
61 %
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:
No
Financial aid web site
Business students who graduate within four years:
56 %
Business students who graduate within 6 years:
68 %
Freshman retention rate:
89 %
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.
Average class size in required business courses:
43
Average class size in business electives:
37
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 %
Number of elective courses available in business program:
77
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:
No
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:
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
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:
No
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:
No
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.
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?
No
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
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:
95
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:
27
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:
11
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.
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