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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Rowan University

Rohrer College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Rohrer College of Business
      • Rohrer College of Business
      • Bunce Hall
      • 201 Mullica Hill Road
      • Glassboro, New Jersey
      • 08028
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.rowan.edu/colleges/business
      • Program e-mail address: vanbrunt@rowan.edu
      • Program phone number: 856-256-4025
      • Status: Public (state-operated)
      • AACSB accredited: Yes

    • Accreditation other than AACSB:

      • ABET
      • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1972
      • Institution: Four Year
      • Business Program: Four Year

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Total undergraduate: 10,438
      • Full-time undergraduate business: 845
      • Part-time undergraduate business: 99
      • Distance undergraduate business: 0
      • College or university freshman retention rate: 86 %

    • Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

      • Within four years of admission to the university: 87 %
      • Within six years of admission to the university: 93 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • B.S. Accounting
      • B.S. Entrepreneurship
      • B.S. Finance
      • B.S. Human Resource Management
      • B.S. Management
      • B.S. Management Information Systems
      • B.S. Marketing

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $8,646.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $16,226.00
      • Annual Required Fees: $3,372.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $332.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $625.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $10,652.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $1,500.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 25 %
      • International: 2 %

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

      • Mean: 18
      • Median: 18

    • Percentage of newest entering class:

      • Top 10% of high school class: 10 %
      • Top 25% of high school class: 17 %
      • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 27 %
      • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 15 %

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

      • Mean: 1107
      • Median: 1090

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

      • From: 1040
      • To: 1150

    • Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

      • US: 98 %
      • Other Non-US Citizens: 2 %

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 3 %
      • Asian American: 2 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 86 %
      • Chose not to report: 1 %

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

      • Northeast: 99 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

    • Standardized tests required of all applicants:

      • SAT or ACT
      • Minimum SAT score on 1600 scale (if applicable) required for admission: 1040
      • Minimum ACT Score (if applicable) required for admission: 22
      • Minimum High School GPA (if applicable) required for admission: 2.0, 3
      • Interviews are: By invitation only

    • Application deadlines:

      • Fall 2012 3/1/2012
      • Spring 2013 11/1/2012
      • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 7,285
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 58 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 22 %
      • International applicants: 0 %
      • Female applicants: 25 %

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements

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

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

      • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The university admissions office
      • Total undergraduate business applicants: 1,245
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 50 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 17 %

    • Admission requirement for admission to the undergraduate business program

      • Minimum SAT: 1040
      • Minimum ACT: 22
      • Minimum high school GPA: 2.0, 3
      • 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

    • 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

    • Internal transfers:

      • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 2.5
      • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: Successful completion (D or better) of statistics I and Calculus Techniques and applications or P

  • CAMPUS LIFE

    • Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

      • The Accounting Society
      • The American Marketing Association
      • The Finance Management Association
      • The Management Information Systems Association
      • The Society of Human Resource Management
      • 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
      • BS 120
      • BS 120

    • Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

      • 2.0 Overall GPA ,2.5 GPA in Business coursework, BS Management and BS Human Resource Management require a supervised internship

  • ACADEMICS

    • Average class size:

      • Required business classes: 27
      • Business electives: 21

    • Percentage of business classes:

      • With 20 or fewer students: 24 %
      • With 21 to 50 students: 76 %
      • With more than 50 students: 0 %

  • CURRICULUM

    • Electives:

      • Available business electives: 52
      • New electives: Principles of Personal Finance
      • Last curriculum overhaul: 2000
      • Total business faculty: 65
      • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 57 %

    • Most prominent faculty:

      • Gulser Meric
      • Jooh Lee
      • Steven Edward Phelan

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • General Management
      • Special programs: Rowan University Trading Room, SAP University Alliances Program, Course Embedded Professional Development Modules, The MBA Senior Privilege program
      • Work study: The Career Management Center (CMC), Internships, On-Campus Work Study, Off-Campus Federal Work Study, Professional Experience Program
      • Study abroad programs: Business students have full access to the university's complement of study abroad opportunities, marketing faculty on occasion offered courses in international settings during the summer
      • Volunteer opportunities: The Office of Service Learning, Volunteerism & Community Engagement at Rowan University provides programming, resources, and support to promote a Rowan community of active citizens, In partnership with the Internal Revenue Service, students participate in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA).

    • Extra-curricular activities:

      • Business Plan Competition
      • Elevator Pitch Competition
      • Principles of Presponsible Management Education Conference
      • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
      • Leadeership Rowan
      • Bureau of Business Associations
      • Beta Gamma Sigma
      • Student Managed Investment Fund

  • FINANCIAL AID

    • Scholarships

      • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $640,446.00
      • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $650,000.00
      • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: academic merit
      • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 17 %
      • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 0 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 0 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 100 %

    • 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: 50 %
      • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 60 %
      • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 9 %
      • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 66
      • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 87

    • Compensation

      • Mean base salary: $30,000.00
      • Median base salary : $25,000.00

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

      • Finance/Accounting: 37 %
      • General Management: 13 %
      • Management Information Systems: 1 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 21 %
      • Other: 28 %

    • Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Accounting: 24 %
      • Consumer Products/Retail : 14 %
      • Financial Services: 10 %
      • Government/Education: 4 %
      • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 1 %
      • Manufacturing: 3 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 6 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 1 %
      • Real Estate: 1 %
      • Sports/Leisure: 4 %
      • Technology/Science: 4 %
      • Transportation: 1 %
      • Other: 27 %

    • 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: 84 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 11 %
      • Midwest: 5 %

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 9,690
      • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 9,542

    • Alumni gifts

      • Mean Gift: $254.00
      • Median Gift: $50.00
      • 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

      • Fred Graziano President, Retail Division/TD Bank
      • Brian F. O'Malley President & CEO/Domino's Food Inc.
      • Lawrence J. Salva Senior VP/Chief Accounting Officer & Controller/ comcast Corporation

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