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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Oregon State University

College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • AACSB accredited: Yes
      • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1908
      • Institution: Four Year
      • Business Program: Four Year

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Total undergraduate: 20,621
      • Full-time undergraduate business: 2,091
      • Part-time undergraduate business: 262
      • College or university freshman retention rate: 83 %

    • Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

      • Within six years of admission to the university: 42 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • Accounting
      • Finance
      • Management
      • Marketing
      • Business Information Systems
      • Entrepreneurship

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $6,624.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $20,304.00
      • Annual Required Fees: $1,372.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $184.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $564.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $8,352.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $1,602.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 31 %
      • International: 9 %

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

      • Mean: 23
      • Median: 21

    • Percentage of newest entering class:

      • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 16 %
      • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 21 %

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

      • Mean: 1072
      • Median: 1070

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

      • Mean: 23
      • Median: 23

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 2 %
      • Asian American: 9 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 6 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 1 %
      • Native American: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 73 %
      • Chose not to report: 7 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

    • Standardized tests required of all applicants:

      • SAT or ACT
      • Minimum High School GPA (if applicable) required for admission: 3.0
      • Interviews are: Not required

    • Application deadlines:

      • Fall 2012 8/27/12
      • Winter 2012-13 12/10/2012
      • Spring 2013 3/4/13
      • Fall 2013 6/24/12
      • Additional application requirements: resume
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 77 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 44 %
      • Female applicants: 31 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

      • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The business program office
      • Total undergraduate business applicants: 536
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 83 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 98 %

    • Admission requirement for admission to the undergraduate business program

      • Minimum high school GPA: 3.0
      • 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?: No

    • Internal transfers:

      • Method for handling internal transfers: Separate application
      • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 2.5
      • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: 90 credits and no business course grade below a C-

  • CAMPUS LIFE

    • Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

      • Students in Free Entreprise
      • OS Investment Group
      • AMA Marketing Group
      • Students in Info Management Club
      • Management Club
      • 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:

      • BA 126

  • ACADEMICS

    • Average class size:

      • Required business classes: 50
      • Business electives: 44

    • Percentage of business classes:

      • With 20 or fewer students: 10 %
      • With 21 to 50 students: 60 %
      • With more than 50 students: 30 %

  • CURRICULUM

      • Total business faculty: 76
      • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 54 %

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Management Information Systems
      • Special programs: Many experiential learning opportunities and ability to interact with the business community
      • Work study: Our College employs a large number of student workers in operations of the College and in our Business Solutions Group and Close to the Customer Project which provide MIS and marketing services to external customers
      • Study abroad programs: Classes and International Business Information Students in the IB option programs (all programs except Australia) will earn the IB option IF they complete the required courses abroad with appropriate grades/credits as well as pass BA 348 and BA 349. Grades earned abroad are calculated into OSU and COB GPA. It's important to do well in classes on exchange! Note: Students going to Australia take classes that are part of our sophomore, junior and/or senior core depending on class standing at term of participation.Students participating on any of the other nine programs will take the equivalent of 18 credits while abroad. These classes will involve studies in international finance, international marketing and international management. Depending on the location, students take 4-5 classes throughout the term.
      • Volunteer opportunities: Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) continue their work to combat hunger; raising over 70,000 pounds of food for local food banks, teaching financial literacy and market economic principles at local schools, and participating in the planning and execution of a state-wide hunger conference to be held in January 2012. During the 2010-11 school year, SIFE students logged over 8,600 community service hours.o OSU BIS students volunteered at the Portland SIM golf tournament, raising $10,000 in scholarships for OSU BIS students.

    • Extra-curricular activities:

      • Students in Information Management Club
      • Students in Free Entreprise
      • Oregon State Investment Group
      • AMA Marketing Group
      • Management Club
      • Beta Alpha Psi

  • FINANCIAL AID

  • CAREER SERVICES

    • Employment Information

      • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 29 %
      • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 39 %
      • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 61 %

    • Received first job offer:

      • By graduation: 48 %
      • No job offer reported: 52 %

    • Accepted first job offer:

      • By graduation : 48 %
      • No job acceptance reported: 52 %

    • Top employers (number of students hired):

      • Target 8
      • Oregon State University 4
      • KPMG 3
      • Georgia Pacific 3
      • Samaritan Health Services 3

    • Compensation

      • Mean base salary: $47,293.00
      • Median base salary : $48,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 1 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 32 %
      • General Management: 16 %
      • Management Information Systems: 7 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 27 %
      • Operations/Production: 10 %
      • Other: 6 %

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

      • US: 99 %
      • Canada: 1 %

    • Percentage of 2009-10 academic year graduates who accepted jobs in regions of US:

      • Midwest: 3 %
      • South: 3 %
      • West: 94 %
      • Career services offered: networking, meet the firms night, company tours and recruiting events

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