Program Basics

• • Stillman School of Business
  • Stillman School of Business
  • Seton Hall University
  • 400 South Orange Avenue
  • South Orange, New Jersey
  • 07079
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.shu.edu/academics/business/index.cfm
  • Program e-mail address: Stillmaninfo@shu.edu
  • Program phone number: 973-761-9222
  • Status: Private
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1950
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Four Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 5,148
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 684
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 50
  • Distance undergraduate business: 0
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 81 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 68 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 79 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
  • Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $31,440.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $31,440.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $2,050.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $958.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $958.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $11,578.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,300.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 33 %
  • 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: 34 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 86 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 40 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 21 %

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

  • Mean: 1182
  • Median: 1170

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

  • From: 1130
  • To: 1245

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

  • Mean: 26
  • Median: 25

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 24
  • To: 28

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 98 %
  • Canada: 0 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 2 %
  • Dual Citizenship: 0%
  • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 6 %
  • Asian American: 6 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 11 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 69 %
  • Chose not to report: 6 %

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

  • Northeast: 78 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 8 %
  • South: 1 %
  • Southwest: 0 %
  • Midwest: 7 %
  • West: 6 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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: 21
  • Minimum High School GPA (if applicable) required for admission: 2.9
  • Interviews are: Not required

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 rolling
  • Spring 2013 rolling
• • Additional application requirements: 4 years high school English, 2 years foreign language, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, one year laboratory science, TOEFL (international students), 4 years approved electives, counselor/teacher recommendations, and transcripts.
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 6,446
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 84 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 18 %
• • International applicants: 1 %
• • Female applicants: 33 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

  • Secondary school record: Very Important
  • Class rank: Considered
  • Talent/ability: Considered
  • Interview: Considered
  • Extracurricular activities: Considered
  • Volunteer work: Considered
  • Character/personal abilities: Considered
  • Application essay: Considered
  • Work experience: Considered
  • SAT/ACT scores: Very 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: 1,429
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 33 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 23 %

• Admission requirement for admission to the undergraduate business program

  • Minimum SAT: 1040
  • Minimum ACT: 21
  • Minimum high school GPA: 2.9
• • 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: 87 %
  • 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: 2.67
  • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: 45 or more credits (12 at SHU) and 3 courses: MATH1205, ECON1402 and BACC2103 (with a grade of at least C+ in MATH1205 and at least C in ECON1402 and BACC2103). A GPA of at least 2.67 across all 3 courses.

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Stillman Exchange (Business School's Newspaper)
  • Alpha Kappa Psi
  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • Sport Management Student Association
  • Marketing 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:

  • BSBA 120
  • BABA 120

• Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

  • Successful completion of the Undergraduate Assessment Process.

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 28
  • Business electives: 23
  • Non-business electives: 18

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 21 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 79 %
  • With more than 50 students: 0 %

• Course enrollment:

  • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 66 %
  • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 6 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 43
  • New electives: Adept Reasoning and Communication; Freshman Business Seminar
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2008
  • Total business faculty: 80
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 46.25

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Eleanor Xu
  • Henry Amoroso
  • Gady Jacoby

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Sports Business
• • Special programs: Leadership Development program, various business case competitions, comprehensive assessment program with presentations critiqued by business practitioners, trading room with hands-on instruction, student-run business newspaper, Sports Polling center where students conduct surveys on sport issues, Market Focus Group room for market studies, “Passport” program that rewards participation in extracurricular activities, wireless computing and business spirituality retreats.
• • Work study: Students may earn general elective credits by participating in approved academic internships. Internships are available as early as the summer after freshman year, and most are paid positions. Proximity to the New York metropolitan area affords the opportunity for internship experiences with numerous high-profile firms in every industry possible. Students who are eligible for federal funding can work for the Stillman School and other academic units on campus.
• • Study abroad programs: Each year, Stillman sponsors 3-4 international trips of 1-2 weeks in duration. Trips include corporate site visits and networking with local business leaders. The School has exchange agreements with universities in Beijing, Dublin, London, Macao, Shanghai, Wuhan and Xian. Business students may participate in University study abroad programs. Destinations include: Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, England, France, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia and Spain.
• • Volunteer opportunities: Freshmen must provide 10 hours of community service in their first semester. SHU's Division of Volunteer Efforts helps students choose volunteer programs and host days of service in surrounding communities. All Stillman School clubs take part in some form of community service, and Beta Alpha Psi members provide volunteer income tax assistance to low-income taxpayers. University Student Servant Leader Awards are made annually to students who have made outstanding service contributions.

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • Each discipline has its own academic club.
  • Business case competitions with the CFA Institute and Johnson & Johnson.
  • Investment Club.
  • The Stillman Exchange newspaper.
  • Dean’s Advisory Committee.
  • Seton Hall Sports Poll conducted by The Sharkey Institute.
  • Beta Gamma Sigma and discipline-specific honor societies.
  • Numerous guest speakers and programs.

FINANCIAL AID

• • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Central financial aid office at the university
  • Financial aid web site: http://www.shu.edu/offices/financial-aid/index.cfm

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $10,760,380.00
  • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $10,135,722.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 80 %
  • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 1 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 9 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 73 %

• Loans

  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: Yes
  • Maximum amount a student can borrow per year regardless of nationality?: $12,500.00
• • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $45,751.00

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 70 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 86 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 14 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 53 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 50 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 34 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation: 7 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 9 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 153
  • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 641

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • Prudential 6
  • Ernst & Young 5
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers 5
  • KPMG 5
  • Deloitte 5
  • ADP 3
  • NJ Nets 3
  • JPMorgan Chase 2
  • Barclays Capital 2
  • Madison Square Garden 2
  • Forever Collectibles 2
  • Johnson & Johnson 1
  • AT&T 1
  • Bank of America 1
  • IRS 1

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $49,231.00
  • Median base salary : $52,500.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $4,400.00
  • Median signing bonus: $3,000.00

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

  • Finance/Accounting: 54 %
  • General Management: 4 %
  • Management Information Systems: 4 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 25 %
  • Other: 13 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 19 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 11 %
  • Financial Services: 35 %
  • Government/Education: 6 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 3 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 4 %
  • Real Estate: 1 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 8 %
  • Technology/Science: 4 %
  • Non-Profit: 3 %
  • Transportation: 1 %
  • Other: 5 %

• 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: 93 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 4 %
  • Midwest: 1 %
  • South: 1 %
  • West: 1 %
• • Career services offered: Students completed 292 approved internships. Freshmen take part in a career education seminar and a career assessment activity. We have a full on-campus interview program and six separate recruiting events. Career fairs include the Government and Non-Profit Career Fair, the Big East Career (and Virtual Career) Fairs. We offer career advising, resume critiques, mock interviews, and seminars on interview-related topics. Online LinkedIn and Pirate Alumni Mentor programs are available.

INTERNSHIPS

• • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 93
  • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 786

• Top internship employers (number of students hired):

  • Prudential 14
  • New Jersey Nets 12
  • Merrill Lynch 11
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers 6
  • New York Red Bulls 6
  • KPMG 5
  • Ernst & Young 5
  • Madison Square Garden 5
  • Positive Impact Partners 5
  • Deloitte 4
  • Gucci 4
  • JPMorgan Chase 4
  • Tinari Economics 4
  • NBC Sports 3
  • Johnson & Johnson 3

• Internship pay

  • Internships that are paid: 44 %
  • Mean compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $516.00
  • Median compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $509.00
  • Average internship length, in weeks: 12

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 19,146
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 16,395
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 6 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $790.00
  • 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

  • David B. Gerstein President, Thermwell Products Co, Inc.
  • Stephen Waldis Founder and CEO, Synchronoss Technologies
  • James O'Brien CEO, CIti Capital Advisors

• • -Seton Hall's business program is unique because of the small class sizes and interactions with professors. You can get to know the teachers on a personal level, and feel comfortable in class. These small classes promote active participation. Getting to know the professors has been very beneficial because some of them are now my advisors.
    
    -A stronger career center that can provide more helpful information regarding how international students can find jobs within the business industry in America.
    
    -The location of our school is a great factor; however, it is the way our school utilizes the location that makes it unique. Seton Hall makes sure to connect with industry professionals, alumni and non-alumni, across all areas of business and bring these individuals either physically on-campus to speak or make these individuals available through a mentoring network. Additionally, the school makes sure to talk with the students and gain an understanding of what works well and what doesn’t. Instead of being of the opinion that there is only one way to do things Seton Hall is very adaptable.
    
    -I would have liked to see more Supply Chain Management & Entrepreneurial classes offered. These majors are highly on the rise and the business school has already started to respond. I am just a little late, yet, I look to come back to receive my MBA in this area after I have secured a Marketing position..
    
    -Our Career Center is the characteristic of the business school that sets it apart from others. The staff is incredibly involved with helping the students find internships and jobs in their field of study. They also offer a variety of resources to their students such as memberships to Vault.com and Optimal Resume. It does an excellent job in preparing Seton Hall's students for the recruitment process.
    
    -Recruiting has traditionally been strong for accounting, sports management and information technology majors. There are fewer major firms that hire on campus for finance, management, marketing and economics, not to say that they do not exist. A larger emphasis on attracting major firms in certain majors would make Seton Hall's business program more appealing.
    
    -The Stillman Business School requires a Sophmore/Senior assessment where groups must create a product launch, which allows the students interaction with legitimate corporations and hands on experience. There are also so many opportunities to participate in activities that provide knowledge a classroom cannot, such as the Sports Polling Center, participation in the athletic programs, career fairs, workshops, and guest speakers on a weekly basis.
    
    -Seton Hall could utilize more adjunct professors who have industry experience as opposed to "academics".
    
    -I never had a class where a professor didn't know my name. Class sizes are relatively small and allow students to build relationships with professors if they so choose. I also thought that the number of adjunct professors provided keen insight into the dynamic environment of the current business world, and really helped put an emphasis on staying topical and aware of what goes on in the marketplace.
    
    -The only way I believe the business program could be made stronger is if there were more events for students to interact with local business professionals. Right now, there are a good amount of these opportunities, but many students are unavailable because of classes or work, so if the school made these on weekends or more often, students would have excellent opportunities to network.
    
    -Really it is what you make of it. We have great resources within the business school, if you take advantage of them. The Leadership Development Honors Program is the gem of the Stillman School of Business. The council of top executives around the metropolitan area serve as mentors in a one-of-a-kind opportunity for students. The faculty members are also great people. Acting Dean Strawser is superb and Leadership Development Director Mike Reuter is a wonderful man who changed my life. All of my professors have had industry experience, and bring it into the classroom.
    
    -There are a number of professors who should not be teaching. If a professor is a genius in economics, it does not qualify him or her to be able to relay information to students. All too often, professors know what they are talking about, but struggle with engaging students and showing that they care.
    
    -As a sport management major, I find Seton Hall to be unique just in the fact that the sport management program is in the business school. Many schools have it placed elsewhere.