Program Basics

• • North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management
  • Jenkins Graduate School of Management
  • Campus Box 8614
  • Raleigh, North Carolina
  • 27695
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.poole.ncsu.edu
  • Program e-mail address: poole_undergrad@ncsu.edu
  • Program phone number: 919-515-5565
  • Status: Public (state-operated)
• • AACSB accredited: Yes

• Accreditation other than AACSB:

  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1992
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Four Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 23,171
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 2,352
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 170
  • Distance undergraduate business: 0
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 91 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 56 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 82 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • BS in Accounting
  • BS in Business Administration
  • BA in Economics
  • BS in Economics

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $5,153.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $17,988.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $1,865.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $8,536.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,000.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 43 %
  • International: 3 %

• Mean and median age of full-time business students in the newest entering class:

  • Mean: 19
  • Median: 18

• Percentage of newest entering class:

  • Top 10% of high school class: 31 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 78 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 97 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 3 %

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

  • Mean: 1170
  • Median: 1160

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

  • From: 1110
  • To: 1230

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

  • Mean: 25
  • Median: 25

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 23
  • To: 27

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 97 %
  • Canada: 0 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 3 %
  • Dual Citizenship: 0%
  • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 6 %
  • Asian American: 6 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 3 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 79 %
  • Chose not to report: 1 %
  • Other: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 3 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 3 %
  • South: 91 %
  • Southwest: 1 %
  • Midwest: 1 %
  • West: 1 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • SAT or ACT
• • Interviews are: Not offered

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 2/1/2012
  • Spring 2013 11/1/2012
  • Summer 2013 2/1/2013
  • Fall 2013 2/1/2013
• • Additional application requirements: Freshman-HS transcript, SAT or ACT (w/ writing) required; Transfer - 30 hours of college credit, one each college English and calculus; International - above plus English proficiency proven through exam (many options of exams acceptable)
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 23,670
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 49 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 48 %
• • International applicants: 5 %
• • Female applicants: 43 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

  • Secondary school record: Very Important
  • Class rank: Important
  • Talent/ability: Considered
  • Interview: Not Considered
  • Extracurricular activities: Considered
  • Volunteer work: Considered
  • Character/personal abilities: Considered
  • 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 university admissions office
  • Total undergraduate business applicants: 3,112
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 47 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 60 %
• • 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 offered

• Freshman admission:

  • Does the business program admit freshmen?: Yes
  • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 66 %
  • 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
  • Additional application requirements for freshman admits: College prep coursework, strong GPA, SAT or ACT

• Internal transfers:

  • Method for handling internal transfers: Separate application
  • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 3.0
  • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: Completion of 30 credit hrs, completion of freshman English and college calculus, successful GPA on all management coursework attempted

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Poole College Student Ambassadors
  • American Marketing Association
  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • Alpha Kappa Psi
  • Poole College Peer Leaders
• • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: No
  • 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:

  • BS 120
  • BA 120

• Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

  • Completion of computer proficiency exam

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 89
  • Business electives: 34

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 12 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 79 %
  • With more than 50 students: 9 %

• Course enrollment:

  • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 90 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 73
  • New electives: None
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2011
  • Total business faculty: 96
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 55 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Mark Beasley
  • Stacy Wood
  • Robert Clark

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Supply Chain Management
  • Other leading area of study: Financial economics
• • Special programs: Alexander Hamilton Scholars Program- a dual degree program with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Combines International Studies and management including a study abroad component. Global Perspectives Certificate- co-curricular program that combines coursework, international experience foreign language and service.
• • Work study: Internship and co-op opportunities, both full and part-time, during the academic year and/or summer. For-credit internships available in some areas of study.
• • Study abroad programs: Management students have opportunities to participate in university exchange, semester or year abroad, and faculty-led international study experiences taking both general and business coursework.
• • Volunteer opportunities: Management students provide community service through their involvement in student clubs and organizations. All of our student groups emphasize community service as an important aspect of professionalism.

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • Accounting Society/Beta Alpha Psi
  • Alpha Kappa Psi (national business fraternity)
  • American Marketing Association
  • Society for Human Resource Management
  • Collegiate DECA
  • Business Ethics Society
  • National Association of Black Accountants
  • Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization

FINANCIAL AID

• • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Central financial aid office at the university
  • Financial aid web site: http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/financial_aid/

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $4,852,410.00
  • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $4,635,113.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
  • Other criteria for scholarship consideration: Financial need, academic merit, potential to succeed, program of study, hometown, potential for leadership
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 34 %
  • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 1 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 74 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 10 %

• Loans

  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 70 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 62 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 38 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 44 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 16 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation : 32 %
  • No job offer reported: 8 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 51 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 14 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation: 26 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 9 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 246
  • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 693

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • Credit Suisse 7
  • Bank of America 6
  • NC State University 5
  • Deloitte 3
  • Wells Fargo 3
  • Cisco Systems 3
  • State Employees Credit Union 3
  • Northwestern Mutual 3
  • Accenture 2
  • BB&T 2
  • Belk 2
  • Caterpillar 2
  • IBM 2
  • Lowes Home Improvement 2
  • SAS 2

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $42,423.00
  • Median base salary : $41,250.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $6,500.00
  • Median signing bonus: $10,000.00

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

  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 37 %
  • General Management: 12 %
  • Human Resources: 6 %
  • Management Information Systems: 5 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 17 %
  • Operations/Production: 2 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 7 %
  • Other: 10 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 10 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 5 %
  • Consulting: 3 %
  • Financial Services: 30 %
  • Government/Education: 2 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 6 %
  • Manufacturing: 4 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 1 %
  • Technology/Science: 6 %
  • Non-Profit: 0 %
  • Transportation: 2 %
  • Utilities: 1 %
  • Other: 27 %

• 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: 2 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 5 %
  • Midwest: 2 %
  • South: 89 %
  • Southwest: 1 %
  • West: 1 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Career services offered: The Poole College of Management houses its own career development office within the college. Student support services include career coaching, internship & co-op opportunities, employer information sessions , professional development workshops, and career fairs each fall and spring.

INTERNSHIPS

• • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 192
  • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 441

• Top internship employers (number of students hired):

  • Credit Suisse 12
  • Cisco Systems 9
  • GlaxoSmithKline 8
  • Merrill Lynch 8
  • Northwestern Mutual Financial 8
  • Bank of America 8
  • Ameriprise Financial 5
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers 4
  • Carolina Hurricanes 4
  • ClearImage 4
  • GE 4
  • IBM 4
  • Duke Energy 3
  • BB&T 3
  • Schnieder Electric 3

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 22,480
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 21,191
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 4 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $206.00
  • Median Gift: $112.00
  • Did the business program receive a gift of $10 million or more in the last academic year? Yes
  • Donor and Amount: Lonnie Poole - $37,000,000

• Prominent alums of the undergrad business program

  • Stanhope Kelly Regional President for NC & SC, Wells Fargo
  • Philip Rivers Quarterback, San Diego Chargers
  • Anne Marie Pecht Senior Attorney,US Dept of Justice

• • -The Poole College of Management has a lot of connections with businesses in Raleigh as well as others. They even have business opportunities for students abroad. I think the number and quality of study abroad programs is very unique.
    
    -I would like to see more banks recruiting on campus. We have very strong connections with tech companies and other Fortune 500 companies but the banks just don’t seem to be as prominent.
    
    -What makes my business school unique is the professors I believe. Many of the professors are people who used to work in specific business industries such as accounting and supply chain and consulting and such, and so by having that experience and also the ability to teach, I feel that it gives us an advantage by not only having the knowledge of business subjects, but also giving us a better idea of how the things we are learning about will come into play in the business environment. Our professors do a good job at relating their teaching to what and how we can use this knowledge in the business environment to gain a competitive advantage over others in order to succeed.
    
    -I feel like acquiring more staff to reduce class sizes, would be extremely helpful. Especially for the 300 level classes that have as many as 350 students in one section. This would allow for more personal attention, greater learning, and more relationship building between the professor and students.
    
    -Location is outstanding for a businessman/woman to start their professional career. Career / Internship Fair is phenomenal.
    
    -Advising could use work. I had 4 different advisers in my 4 years at the university. I never developed a very good relationship with them.
    
    -This program does an excellent job of making sure undergraduate students receive a base knowledge in all areas of business (economics, finance, marketing, accounting, etc). The program is also heavily geared toward career assistance and preparing students for full-time positions.
    
    -I believe they should start some mentoring programs. With the economy so weak, there aren't many opportunities and there's increasing competition. I feel NCSU students would be much better prepared if they had someone in their field to mentor and further develop business acumen without costing a company time and money.
    
    -You constantly get emails and reminders about events on campus and Business professionals coming to campus to speak. Furthermore, I get an email every week of new job postings which helps because sometimes you get too busy with school to search the job listings. Overall, I feel like I am taken care of here.
    
    -I think the curriculum could be more rigorous, especially in the introductory level classes like "Intro to Supply Chain" or "Intro to Finance". Because of budget cuts, we've all been put in auditorium style classrooms for these courses with 250-300 other students. As a result, professors give more exams on scantrons or in other easy to grade formats. Students don't really have to learn the material, they just have to learn enough to get by. In these large classes students aren't made to feel accountable, so they don't work as hard to learn the material.
    
    -The Poole College of Management has recently shifted to a greater of focus on business ethics. This is due to a 37 million dollar endowment provided by MR. Lonnie Poole. The college feels entrepreneurship, sustainability, and ethics are very important to the future of the United States' economy.
    
    -In the student's junior year, they declare a concentration within their major. Before this, each student is required to take an "intro" course related to each area of concentration. For example, though I am concentrating in marketing, I had to take Operations and Supply Chain Management, Accounting, Human Resources, etc. This helps students decide what area they would like to concentrate in if they are still unsure but also gives those who do know what they want to do a more well-rounded background knowledge of all aspects of the business world.
    
    -I would like to see more classes required/available for concentrations. Again speaking from my concentration in particular, I only had five different classes to choose from and had to take four of those five. I had a lot of free elective hours to fill though, and with being required to take humanities, science, English, etc. classes already, I feel that these hours could be filled with more classes from my specific concentration.
    
    -North Carolina State University's business school puts emphasis on real world experience and job preparation. They bring in industry leaders and speakers to help tie in the concepts students are working on to real world scenarios. The amount of experience, exposure, and job readiness that the business school prepares its students for is second to none.