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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Rockhurst University

Helzberg School of Management

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Total undergraduate: 2,130
      • Full-time undergraduate business: 235
      • Part-time undergraduate business: 7
      • College or university freshman retention rate: 82 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • BSBA
      • BA in Economics

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $27,770.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $27,770.00
      • Annual Required Fees: $740.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $925.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $925.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $8,220.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $1,400.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 46 %
      • International: 1 %

    • 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: 12 %
      • Top 25% of high school class: 26 %
      • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 23 %
      • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 17 %

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

      • Mean: 24
      • Median: 24

    • Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

      • From: 21
      • To: 28

    • Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

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

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 10 %
      • Asian American: 2 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 7 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 77 %
      • Chose not to report: 2 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 1 %
      • Southwest: 7 %
      • Midwest: 92 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

    • Standardized tests required of all applicants:

      • ACT
      • Minimum SAT score on 1600 scale (if applicable) required for admission: 1000
      • Minimum ACT Score (if applicable) required for admission: 21
      • Minimum High School GPA (if applicable) required for admission: 2.8
      • Interviews are: Not required
      • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 2,296
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 73 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 27 %
      • International applicants: 2 %
      • Female applicants: 46 %

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements

      • Secondary school record: Considered
      • Class rank: Important
      • Talent/ability: Considered
      • Interview: Considered
      • Extracurricular activities: Not Considered
      • Volunteer work: Considered
      • Character/personal abilities: Considered
      • Application essay: Not Considered
      • Work experience: Important
      • SAT/ACT scores: Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • High school GPA: Important

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

      • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The business program office
      • Total undergraduate business applicants: 494
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 27 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 22 %

    • Admission requirement for admission to the undergraduate business program

      • Minimum SAT: 1000
      • Minimum ACT: 21
      • Minimum high school GPA: 2.8
      • 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 required

  • CAMPUS LIFE

    • Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

      • Delta Sigma Pi
      • Accounting Club
      • Economics Club
      • 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:

      • BSBA 128
      • BA 128

  • ACADEMICS

    • Average class size:

      • Required business classes: 30
      • Business electives: 25
      • Non-business electives: 30

    • Percentage of business classes:

      • With 20 or fewer students: 25 %
      • With 21 to 50 students: 75 %
      • With more than 50 students: 0 %

    • Course enrollment:

      • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 20 %
      • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 11 %

  • CURRICULUM

    • Electives:

      • Available business electives: 27
      • New electives: AC 3970 - Income Tax Prep Practicum
      • Last curriculum overhaul: 2004
      • Total business faculty: 33
      • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 16 %

    • Most prominent faculty:

      • Sudhaker Raju
      • Martin Stack
      • Myles Gartland

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • International Business
        • Organizational Behavior
        • Health Care Administration
      • Special programs: Barcelona, Spain/IQS University A winter study tour of Spain covering nine subjects.
      • Work study: Extensive Network of Internship Learning Opportunities, Premier Regional Business Network over 600 regional employer partners, Nearly 50 diverse business settings in the metropolitan area, many lead to job placement post-graduation.
      • Study abroad programs: Helzberg School students are encouraged to study abroad through accredited programs that literally open the classroom door to the world. Several well-established study abroad programs are available to students through a number of affiliated universities and study abroad providers.Approved Jesuit Study Abroad Programs available to business students include:Burkina Faso: Reading West Africa – Santa Clara University China: The Beijing Center El Salvador: Casa de la Solidaridad – Santa Clara University England: London Study Program – Fordham University Italy: The Italy Center – Spring Hill College Italy: The John Felice Rome Center – Loyola University (Chicago) Philippines: Casa Bayanihan – University of San Francisco Spain: Madrid Campus – St. Louis University Spain: Universidad de Deusto Vietnam: Loyola Vietnam Program – Loyola-Chicago Zambia (Southern Africa): Gonzaga in Chimfunshi (Chimpanzee Orphange) – Gonzaga University In addition, the business school sponsors an international business course that includes a seventeen day international business immersion experience in cooperation with the business school of the Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Barcelona, Spain, a Social Entrepreneurship initiative in Duchity, Haiti including a week long research/implementation trip, and a Global Research Initiative (GRI) International Business Practicum in cooperation with a corporate business partner which includes a week long international market research and business development trip.
      • Volunteer opportunities: The Center for Service Learning at Rockhurst University was formally established in 1994 to promote and organize community service projects and course-based service learning at Rockhurst. Business students actively participate in service relate experiences through the Center, to include annual service related trips across the United States, as well as South and Central America, and the Caribbean during Sprint Break. In addition, business students participate in community service projects as part of the Freshmen in Business Seminar Course, projects planned by the Dean’s Student Advisory Board, and the Nu Omega Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi, the school’s coeducational professional business fraternity. In addition, Helzberg School students also serve through the Community Work Study program. Helzberg students are employed by the Rockhurst University work study program but actually perform the work at an area school or youth-serving non-profit organization. Students may work as a tutor helping with homework and basic skills; lead arts and crafts activities; mentor youth in character-building programs or assist with after-school programming. This year, advanced accounting students are also offering free income tax preparation services in the evenings through a local not for profit agency.

    • Extra-curricular activities:

      • New Omega Chapter of the Co-educational Professional Business Fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi
      • Business Student Chapter of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)
      • Helzberg School Chapter of the Finance and Accounting Student Body (FASB)
      • 4. Annual student planned Dinner with Industry Event
      • Annual Business Etiquette Dinner
      • Membership in the Dean’s Student Advisory Board (DSAB)
      • Center for Leadership and Ethics Bi-Annual Guest Lecture Series
      • Economics Club

  • FINANCIAL AID

    • Scholarships

      • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $3,285,124.00
      • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $3,078,605.00
      • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: academic merit
      • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 97 %
      • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 1 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 35 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 65 %

    • Loans

      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
      • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $19,470.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 6,526
      • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 5,416
      • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 15 %

    • Alumni gifts

      • Mean Gift: $2,418.00
      • Median Gift: $100.00
      • Did the business program receive a gift of $10 million or more in the last academic year? No

    • Prominent alums of the undergrad business program

      • LaVaughn M. Henry, Ph.D. Vice President/Sr. Regional Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cincinnati Branch
      • Jim Wanserski Principle of Business Advisory Services Wanserski & Associates
      • Mark Lamping CEO, Meadowlands Stadium Company, LLC

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