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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Radford University

College of Business & Economics

  • Program Basics

      • Radford University College of Business and Economics
      • College of Business & Economics
      • PO Box 6950
      • Radford, Virginia
      • 24142
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.radford.edu/cobe
      • Program e-mail address: busadviz@radford.edu
      • Program phone number: 540-831-5074
      • Status: Public (state-operated)
      • AACSB accredited: Yes
      • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1974
      • Institution: Four Year
      • Business Program: Four Year

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Total undergraduate: 7,918
      • Full-time undergraduate business: 1,288
      • Distance undergraduate business: 0
      • College or university freshman retention rate: 75 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • BBA Accounting
      • BBA Finance
      • BBA Economics
      • BBA Management
      • BBA Marketing
      • BS Economics

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $8,320.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $19,478.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $347.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $811.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $7,274.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $1,100.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 57 %
      • International: 1 %

    • Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

      • US: 96 %
      • Canada: 0 %
      • Other Non-US Citizens: 4 %

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 7 %
      • Asian American: 2 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
      • Native American: 1 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 81 %
      • Chose not to report: 1 %
      • Other: 1 %

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

      • Northeast: 1 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 98 %
      • South: 1 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

    • Standardized tests required of all applicants:

      • SAT
      • Interviews are: Not required

    • Application deadlines:

      • Fall 2012 2/1/2012
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 72 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 33 %
      • Female applicants: 57 %

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements

      • Secondary school record: Very Important
      • Class rank: Very Important

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

      • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The business program office
      • 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
      • 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

    • Internal transfers:

      • Method for handling internal transfers: Separate application
      • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: Complete pre-business courses with 2.0 GPA

  • CAMPUS LIFE

      • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: Yes
      • 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:

      • BBA 120
      • BS 120

    • Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

      • 2.0 GPA overall and in major

  • ACADEMICS

    • Percentage of business classes:

      • With 20 or fewer students: 31 %
      • With 21 to 50 students: 64 %
      • With more than 50 students: 6 %

  • CURRICULUM

    • Electives:

      • Available business electives: 63
      • Total business faculty: 55
      • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 80 %

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Economics
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • General Management
      • Special programs: Concentrations in Entrepreneurship and International Economics.
      • Work study: Work study in departmental offices.
      • Study abroad programs: Study abroad programs led by business faculty in Ireland, Australia
      • Volunteer opportunities: Local service, governmental and non-governmental organizations.

    • Extra-curricular activities:

      • Beta Gamma Sigma
      • Fed Challenge
      • Student managed investment portfolio
      • Day at the Fed
      • Delta Sigma Pi
      • Alpha Kappa Psi

  • FINANCIAL AID

  • CAREER SERVICES

    • Employment Information

      • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 65 %
      • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 65 %
      • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 35 %

    • Accepted first job offer:

      • By graduation : 38 %

    • Compensation

      • Median base salary : $40,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 6 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 32 %
      • General Management: 15 %
      • Human Resources: 6 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 26 %
      • Operations/Production: 2 %
      • Logistics/Transportation: 4 %

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

      • US: 100 %

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

      • Northeast: 2 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 96 %
      • South: 2 %
      • Career services offered: Experience business casually - representatives from various firms come to campus to help students prepare for a job search.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 12,600
      • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 12,400
      • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 67 %

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