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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Oklahoma City University

Meinders School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Meinders School of Business
      • Meinders School of Business
      • 2501 N Blackwelder AVE
      • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
      • 73106
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://msb.okcu.edu/
      • Program e-mail address: admissions@okcu.edu
      • Program phone number: 4052085050
      • Status: Private
      • AACSB accredited: No

    • Accreditation other than AACSB:

      • ACBSP
      • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1904
      • Institution: Four Year
      • Business Program: Four Year

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Total undergraduate: 2,227
      • Full-time undergraduate business: 198
      • Part-time undergraduate business: 11
      • College or university freshman retention rate: 78 %

    • Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

      • Within four years of admission to the university: 51 %
      • Within six years of admission to the university: 66 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • BA/Business Administration
      • BBA/Accounting, business administration, economics, finance, information technology
      • BS/Computer Science

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $27,500.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $27,500.00
      • Annual Required Fees: $2,700.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $840.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $840.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $10,590.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $1,500.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 41 %
      • International: 14 %

    • Percentage of newest entering class:

      • Top 10% of high school class: 27 %
      • Top 25% of high school class: 65 %
      • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 32 %
      • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 13 %

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

      • Mean: 26
      • Median: 26

    • Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

      • From: 24
      • To: 28

    • Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

      • US: 86 %
      • Canada: 0 %
      • Other Non-US Citizens: 14 %
      • Dual Citizenship: 0%
      • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 11 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 87 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 4 %
      • Southwest: 85 %
      • Midwest: 9 %
      • West: 2 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

    • Standardized tests required of all applicants:

      • ACT or SAT
      • 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: Recommended

    • Application deadlines:

      • Fall 2012 5/1/2012
      • Additional application requirements: Our proximity to the state capital and downtown Oklahoma City gives students numerous internship and service learning opportunities.
      • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 1,329
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 73 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 33 %
      • International applicants: 8 %
      • Female applicants: 41 %

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements

      • Class rank: Very Important
      • Talent/ability: Important
      • Interview: Considered
      • Extracurricular activities: Considered
      • Volunteer work: Considered
      • 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 university admissions office
      • Total undergraduate business applicants: 143
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 64 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 55 %

    • 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?: Yes
      • Admissions interviews for the undergraduate business program are: Recommended

    • Freshman admission:

      • Does the business program admit freshmen?: Yes
      • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 77 %
      • Are freshman business admits required to complete or obtain minimum GPAs in pre-business courses before taking upper-level courses? No
      • Process for freshmen admission?: Indicate interest on university application

  • CAMPUS LIFE

    • Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

      • student accounting society
      • Phi Kappa Phi
      • Delta Mu Delta Business Honorary Society
      • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: Yes

  • PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

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

      • BA 124
      • BBA 124
      • BS 124

  • ACADEMICS

    • Average class size:

      • Required business classes: 22
      • Business electives: 16

  • CURRICULUM

    • Electives:

      • Available business electives: 28

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Economics
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Sports Business
      • Special programs: Busey Institute for Enterprise & Leadership; Love's Entrepreneurship Center; Corporate Directors Institute; Academy for Customer Excellence and Service; Steven C. Agee Economic Research and Policy Institute.

  • FINANCIAL AID

    • Scholarships

      • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $3,874,048.00
      • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $3,088,117.00
      • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 74 %
      • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 24 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 80 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 20 %

  • CAREER SERVICES

    • Employment Information

      • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 100 %
      • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 79 %
      • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 21 %

    • Received first job offer:

      • By graduation: 48 %
      • No job offer reported: 11 %
      • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 46

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

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 30 %
      • General Management: 30 %
      • Management Information Systems: 10 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 10 %
      • Operations/Production: 10 %

    • Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consumer Products/Retail : 20 %
      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Financial Services: 20 %
      • Government/Education: 20 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 10 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 10 %
      • Technology/Science: 10 %

    • Job offers accepted by most recent graduates in North America:

      • US: 100 %

  • INTERNSHIPS

    • Internship pay

      • Internships that are paid: 100 %
      • Average internship length, in weeks: 16

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

    • Alumni gifts

      • Did the business program receive a gift of $10 million or more in the last academic year? No

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